Monthly Archives: June 2023

Broken Churches

Broken homes are created by broken people. Before we can offer the balm of Gilead to those living in broken homes, we need to be perfectly clear how they got that way. For all the pressures assaulting the family, for … Continue reading

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Expunged

I received a notice in the mail that, despite being from our local government, was most welcome. The local court let me know that my previous conviction of felony OWI has been expunged. As far as the state of Indiana … Continue reading

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Sacred Marriage, 6th Commandment; Banned Books & More

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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God Killers

There is a potent cure for rubber-necked ghouls. You know the pattern. An accident takes place on the interstate. The lanes are cleared, but traffic remains backed up. Why? Because too many people when passing by slow down to take … Continue reading

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Are Mormons Christians?

No. No one, of course, can see into anyone else’s heart. What we can do, however, is listen to another person’s profession of faith. Mormons do not believe that which is essential to the Christian faith. There are many areas … Continue reading

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God’s Hammer

Sometimes, indeed often, we build and maintain our paradigms for our own comfort. Our worldviews are usually less the result of careful, dispassionate, sober-minded analysis and more the result of self-serving, special pleading, rationalization of our sin. We believe not … Continue reading

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RIP Consensus

Everybody is for diversity, until they aren’t. Everyone is for equity, until they aren’t. Everyone is for inclusivity, until they aren’t. Suppose, for example, that famed racist David Duke wants to speak on your campus about the racial superiority of … Continue reading

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Sacred Marriage, 5th Commandment; Uganda’s Gay Laws & More

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Naked and Unashamed

I’m as guilty as the next guy. We are all willing to lament the propensity of the church to shoot its wounded. We are given to complaining about the lack of transparency at the local church, that we smile at … Continue reading

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How can I know God’s will for my life?

Open your Bible. It tells each one of us His will for us, which is to repent and believe the gospel, to obey all that He commands, to seek His kingdom, to disciple the nations. The Bible contains the law … Continue reading

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