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  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    It needs two to make a peace, but only one to make an attack.

    June 26, 2024
  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    Yet it was not the Mosaic Law that guided me, but my own intelligence.

    June 14, 2024
  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    As long as one travels toward a promised land, the dream is there, to stop means to face the reality, and it is easier to dream than to realize the dream. (17)

    May 15, 2024
  • Saying ‘See Ya Later’ To My Son

    Saying ‘See Ya Later’ To My Son

    After diagnosis, Jude often wondered if he would die. I never said, “Of course not! Don’t think like that.” All men die. We must not treat death like the imaginary boogie man under the bed. It’s real for all of us yet does not have to be feared (Hebrews 2:15). We overcome fear of death…

    November 8, 2023
  • Hondo

    Hondo

    For one swift, stark moment he saw the Apache, saw the dark, slim body, saw the rifle muzzle not forty yards away, and knew…(read more)

    September 23, 2023
  • Question 15 | Don’t Wicked Men Also Glorify God

    Question 15 | Don’t Wicked Men Also Glorify God

    September 13, 2023
  • The Fourth Commandment, Corporate Worship, and the Strength of Culture

    The Fourth Commandment, Corporate Worship, and the Strength of Culture

    Corporate worship services at our church begin with a call to worship. A passage of Scripture, usually taken from the Psalms, is read aloud reminding the congregation of God’s invitation to worship and give thanks. We come before the Lord responsively, not presumptively. What’s interesting about those invitations to worship is they sound more like…

    September 13, 2023
  • Mild Religion and the Threat to Civilization

    Mild Religion and the Threat to Civilization

    The man with “mild religion” has no interest in obedience to Christ. He’ll occasionally show up to church, shirt collar in the clutches of his momma, wife, or girlfriend, but he has no passion for honoring Christ by the way he thinks, talks, or behaves.

    September 8, 2023
  • Question 13 | Didn’t Jesus Deliberately Hide His Message So People Wouldn’t Repent?

    Question 13 | Didn’t Jesus Deliberately Hide His Message So People Wouldn’t Repent?

    September 1, 2023
  • Question 12 | Aren’t Our Good Works Predestined?

    Question 12 | Aren’t Our Good Works Predestined?

    September 1, 2023
  • Question 11 | Isn’t Our Heavenly Inheritance Fully Guaranteed?

    Question 11 | Isn’t Our Heavenly Inheritance Fully Guaranteed?

    September 1, 2023
  • Developing the Christian Virtue of Intolerance

    Developing the Christian Virtue of Intolerance

    It honors Christ when you cultivate a godly hatred for false worship, evil thinking, and godless living. Speaking as Earth’s King, Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30). Either you actively promote Christ in worship and life, or you are his enemy.

    August 30, 2023
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