Category: 500 Words
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Brand Ambassador or Christ’s Ambassador?
Is a pastor a brand ambassador? Christ calls every pastor to a specific work in a specific church. God calls him to minister to a local body, to serve as the shepherd to a definite membership roll. In the apostolic era, the name of your church simply matched its geographical location. We have letters to…
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God is Good
I was standing in a friend’s backyard recently when he turned the conversation to God – a topic he does not particularly enjoy discussing. According to him, preachers are nothing but storytellers and church-goers hypocrites. His biggest problem with God’s existence, though, is that the world is full of suffering. If God existed, in other…
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White Elephant Worship
Have you ever bought a gift for someone and been disappointed by their reaction to it? You thought your gift would make a big impression, and instead, the person didn’t want such a gift at all! In fact, it might come back to you at next year’s white elephant party. I’d encourage you to think…
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The Christian Myth
“You are enough!” That’s a popular mantra among many Christians. However, the problem is that it does not come from the Bible and further demonstrates that Christians are operating with a non-biblical worldview. Why do Christians believe falsehoods like this one, and what should they believe? We could offer several reasons why Christians might believe…
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Lost in Thought
Only 6% of the American population has a Christian worldview. Christian sociologist and researcher George Barna disclosed this stark finding in a recent presentation. When concentrating on the church, the percentage rises to only 21%. Put another way, for every five evangelical Christians that walk into the church, four of them have not adopted a…
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The Origin of Coronavirus
Where did the Coronavirus originate? We have been obsessed with that question since the pandemic fanned to a flame. Was it rotten bat meat from a Wuhan wet market? Was it bio-engineered by a lab in the same city? The answer to that question is important because it may be a matter of justice. Certain…
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Simone Biles’ 5 Million Reasons to Be Pro-Choice
Several weeks ago, stand-out Olympian, Simone Biles, stated she is not just pro-choice, she’s “very much pro-choice.” She argued that because the foster system has room for improvement, it’d be better to murder the children who might wind up in it. Makes sense right? It’s always easier to play God over someone else’s life. Progressives…
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Finding Comfort in God’s Absolute Sovereignty
As adults, rather than maturing in our understanding of and comfort from God’s sovereignty, we question it. Some imagine a God who created the world and then stepped away to let it unwind on its own. Others place a limit on God’s sovereignty – as though men or Satan can thwart his divine plan.
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The Bright Side of Afghan Refugees in America
It’s widely agreed the situation in Afghanistan is a complete disaster. The decision to remove troops from the country resulted in the sudden displacement of tens of thousands of Afghanis, and the death of many more. Estimates are that the United States has received between 30,000 to 50,000 folks who need support for housing, employment,…
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Vaccinated Against Conscience
How can Christians maintain unity in light of debates over COVID mandates? Maybe you are on the side of the young woman who wrote, “there is no better way in our current climate to walk out the command to ‘consider others better than yourself’ than to receive the vaccine.” There are other Christians who share…
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Pray for the 2021 General Assembly
This year, there are 47 overtures. You may peruse them here. These may not all come to the floor of the assembly. They read, however, like a laundry list of contemporary concerns. We may address issues like Critical Race Theory, white supremacy, and “Asian American Flourishing.” The overarching concern at this time, however, is our…
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Good Works Get You Into Heaven
You are not saved “because of works.” So you and I would never say we are going to heaven because we’ve been good enough. This sort of person might also believe he’s able to fill the Grand Canyon one grain of sand at a time. It is also sinful, though, to say works are not…
