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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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500+ | An Argument Against Prohibiting Worship
My COVID Confession As I begin laying out a defense of sustaining corporate worship through COVID, I want to disclose my own position toward the virus. INTRODUCTION In Fall of 2019, rumors of a rapidly spreading virus in China were reaching US media sources. By Winter of 2020 and into Spring, the world was gripped…
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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…
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Right Doctrine and the Function of Denominations
There is a place, then, for faithful denominations to emphasize and debate their differences. Those differences matter. We should be equally vocal, however, about what we call the “catholicity” of the church. In the Apostles’ Creed, we confess, “I believe in the holy catholic church.” Catholic, in this sense, means universal. There is one and…
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“Woke” Anger
On the morning of January 11, 2017, a grieving mother stood in a crowded courtroom and said these words to her son’s murderer, “I forgive you.” The godly woman was Felicia Sanders. The murderer was Dylann Roof. On June 17, 2015, Roof went into Emanuel AME church in Charleston, SC, and murdered nine parishioners in…
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Two Classes
It’s a sad reality that we have been and continue to be indoctrinated to think of humanity only in terms of skin color. Some would prefer I use the term “race” instead of skin color but it’s time to get rid of that word and the way we currently use it. The Scriptures teach us…
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