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Jul 252 min read
The Unimaginative History of Luke
H.L. Mencken, the supposed atheist, arguably anti-Christian, certainly controversial, but often brilliant early 20th century American...
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Jul 182 min read
Accepting Truth Will Cut Your Heart -- and Set You Free!
In John 8:31-59, Jesus provoked some palpable tension in the midst of Jewish religious leaders when he shed light on some uncomfortable...
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Jul 132 min read
A Spirit of Courage and Boldness
At Pentecost, God reversed the curse placed on humanity at Babel. Because of hubris and sin at Babel, God splintered humanity into...
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Jul 63 min read
The Other Tongues of Babel and Pentecost
The human race had three significant rebellions against God in the book of Genesis. First, they rebelled in the Garden of Eden when they...
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Jun 292 min read
The Dark and Prophetic Example of Judas Iscariot
A dizzying number of Old Testament prophecies – maybe as many as 300 or more – fulfill themselves in the person of Jesus Christ. That...
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Jun 223 min read
Dynamite Power
Power is the ability to do work, or to effect a cause, or to make something happen. When there is no power there is no work, no...
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Jun 153 min read
The Light of Fathers
Jesus uses an obvious truth in Matthew 5:14-16 to teach us a powerful lesson about our potential as image bearers of God. He points out...
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Jun 83 min read
What I Learned on Mission in the Philippines
When I decided to go on a mission trip to the Philippines in January of 2014, I envisioned myself preaching to crowds of people, and...
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Jun 13 min read
Sunken Boats and Spiritual Integrity
Integrity is a word that means to be whole, undivided or complete. Boats are an excellent illustration of that concept. For instance,...
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May 243 min read
What Wins the Race?
Paul effectively uses racing imagery in many of his writings to motivate us toward divine goals. For instance, when writing to the church...
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May 172 min read
Taking a Look at Faithfulness? Where do You Find it?
The bible speaks highly of faithfulness. The concept is either directly mentioned, or indirectly described everywhere throughout the...
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May 103 min read
The Comforts of Good Mothers
The word comfort serves as both a verb and a noun. As a verb, it means to soothe someone in their time of pain or distress. To comfort...
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May 43 min read
The REAL Reason Why it is Better to Give Than to Receive
We don’t have a gospel record of Jesus saying it, but Paul tells us in Acts 20:33-35 that the Lord said, “it is more blessed to give than...
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Apr 272 min read
Are You Seeking God's Treasure?
In the English language, we often consider the verbs “to seek” and “to look for” to be synonyms. That is to say that we consider them to...
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Apr 202 min read
To Be Steadfast Like a Train or a Boulder?
Biblical steadfastness is often poorly illustrated as a kind of brute force strength – like an immovable boulder in a strong rushing...
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Apr 132 min read
The Danger in Failing to Plan
One of the most famous quotes of Benjamin Franklin is that if you fail to plan, then you are planning to fail. The wisdom captured by the...
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Apr 63 min read
Decisions and Bowls of Soup
Every single day demands more decisions than you can count. Almost all of those decisions are simple and require no significant effort on...
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Mar 303 min read
What Does the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Mean for You?
We think far too much about death as a termination of life. But that is really only true of biology. The bible tells us that life in some...
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Mar 233 min read
Palm Sunday and Decoding the Misunderstood Prophecy of the Popular Jesus
John’s gospel provides for us one of the most ironic prophecies of the bible. In John 11:45-53 Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the...
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Mar 162 min read
What Does it Mean to Grow Spiritually?
What does it mean to grow spiritually? Really. What does it mean? Have you thought about it? Does it mean going to church more? Does it...
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