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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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Knowing the Enemy

There are, no matter what may be happening around the globe, at least three wars going on at the same time. There is, from the garden of Eden to the consummation of the Kingdom of God the battle between the … Continue reading

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The Silence of the Lambs

The world, Paul tells us, knows what’s coming. not only highlights the universal guilt of all men, but ironically defines that guilt as the denial of what we know. We know that there is a God, and that we fail … Continue reading

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Life In a Blender

Life in a blender, as those who regularly listen to the Jesus Changes Everything podcast know, isn’t always easy. There is confusion and danger at every moment. Swimming against the churning swirl is the only way to stay above the … Continue reading

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The Devil in the Details

The Christian is engaged in a three-front war. The Bible, replete with martial language, bears this out. The great evil trinity against which we fight is the world, the flesh, and the devil. In our day, sadly, we have made … Continue reading

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Kingdoms in Conflict

“Theological liberalism no longer announces itself with old men in big steeples but disguises itself in young men in skinny jeans and glasses” I tweeted the above some time ago. From all appearances, based on the responses I received, theological … Continue reading

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Ask RC- How can we tell the difference between the accusations of the devil, and the conviction of the Holy Spirit?

Jesus, we ought to remember, was betrayed twice by His disciples. While the betrayal of Judas carried Jesus inexorably toward His passion, the betrayal of Peter was of the same dark hue. Both pushed Jesus away as the other, both … Continue reading

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Me Not Me

I’m not the man I used to be. Neither am I the man I will one day be. And yet, I am the man I used to be, and will forever be that man. The passage of time experienced by … Continue reading

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Everything Old Is New

It’s not always easy to grasp the relationship between the Old and New Testaments. The temptation among those who take a more covenantal approach is to de-emphasize the differences. My dispensational friends are wont to drive a wedge between the … Continue reading

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Mirror, Mirror

We are all such moral monsters that we find it rather easy to other-ize other moral monsters. That is, because our sin blinds us to our sin, while making the sins of others bright as a thousand blazing suns, we … Continue reading

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