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The Iron Marshall
Red grinned at him. “You spin a good yarn, Marshal, but, you know, we didn’t figure any of it was worth throwin’ a loop over.” “I can carve it on your headstone,” Shanaghy said. “What?” “He asked to be showed; we showed him.”” “Hey,” Red said, “that ain’t bad! I’ve seen men buried with less.”
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Sitting at Jesus’ Feet in Corporate Worship
If we truly believe Scripture is the life-giving Word of God, why don’t more Protestant churches read it to their congregations? Why is not our worship centered around hearing from the living God rather than making ourselves heard? As Christians, we need to sing less and listen more! Let’s make worship a Mary moment not a…
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Man, Woman, Garden
Well, it’s June, and that means it is Pride Month. For the next 30 days, your social media stream may be much more colorful than usual. I suggest you take this as an opportunity to reconsider the Bible’s teaching on gender, marriage, and sexuality. As Christians, our response to the dogmatic assertions made by the…
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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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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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Slow to Speak
This week, I was going to discuss the error of liberation theology, but there are yet more stories about police officers killing young, black men. We are hearing of Daunte Wright, of Minnesota, Adam Toledo of Chicago, and, most recently, Peyton Ham of Leonardtown, Maryland. These events are deeply concerning to us, as Christians. Every…
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“Race” and Christ
Issues of race are inflaming our country. Recently, we have been told that everything from mathematics to the layout of the national interstate system is based on an underlying current of systemic racism. As Christians, this should be of concern to us. In part, this is because much of the modern conversation about “race” flows out of an evolutionary framework.…
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The Great White vs. The Yellowfin
If you look at the way things work in the world, it often does seem like the wicked are prospering. And in Job chapter 12 we’re at this point where there’s this dialogue between Job and his friends. They are trying to instruct Job, explain to Job, why he’s experiencing such calamity. His family is…
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Martin Luther’s Easter Book and the Extra Calvinisticum
As we come up to the celebration of Resurrection Sunday, I want to recommend a resource to you that you can read maybe over the next week or so, devotionally. It’s a resource put together by Roland Bainton. That name may be familiar to you since he’s written what many consider to be the best…
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Mercy to Sinners
02/03/2021 | Mercy to Sinners Did you know it brings glory to God when you seek his mercy? Nehemiah chapter 9 presents Israel’s repentance and request for mercy. In this chapter, we see the people have come together and they are praying, several of the Levites are praying, and they are reflecting on God’s glory…
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Beauty From Chaos
What is the true work of the Holy Spirit? How do you know where the Spirit of God is working? Maybe you have seen or participated in a “worship” service in which people are dancing, running around, and speaking in “tongues.” “This,” they would say, “is the evidence of the work of the Holy Spirit.”…
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