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The Godly Discipline of Reserving Judgment
It is sinful either to be biased toward young, black men or police officers. Perhaps the killing was self-defense and justified. Perhaps it was murder and worthy of capital punishment itself. As we navigate these tumultuous times, your Christian testimony will shine brightly as you both denounce criminality, wherever it exists, and uphold the biblical…
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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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Pray & Watch
“And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night” (Nehemiah 4:9). Nehemiah, as an unlikely character, sets the standard for the church’s response to adversity. I’ll explain why he was an unlikely character in just a second. First though, as he was leading the reconstruction of…
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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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Faith Over Fear
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on…
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On Burroughs’ Gospel Worship
Many, perhaps most, Christians believe that God’s worship must be regulated. For this majority, worship is regulated by sincerity and ability to evoke “authentic” emotions. I recently heard this comment, “I used to believe dance had no place in worship until I saw someone perform a ballet to Psalm 23. It brought me to tears.…
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I Don’t Want to Know…
“And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah…” -Jeremiah 24:7a Certain of my family members actually enjoy watching a show called Dr. Pimple Popper. The title says it all doesn’t it? Occasionally, one of those family members will say, “Hey, come watch her lance this cyst.” The very thought…
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On the Education of Children
There are numerous issues in public education that should cause Christian parents to, at the very least, take a long pause before inserting their children into them. Some things to consider: public schools fail to educate in the truth, fail to discipline children as they require, and embrace the goals of the cultural revolution. In…
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