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Some Simple Counsel for a Joyous Christmas

It is, as the song goes, the most wonderful time of the year. I’m a deep aficionado of the advent season, but understand that it isn’t always sugarplums and flying reindeer. I wonder, however, if sometimes our less than ideal … Continue reading

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Beating Mr. Bulver; The Spirit of Christmas Presents & More

This Week’s Encore Presentation of Jesus Changes Everything

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The Boy Behind the Curtain or, Silence of the Clams

It’s a simple rule really, but a powerful one, one I have found quite helpful to my peace of mind, making the best use of my time and my mental energy. I follow this rule- anyone speaking ill of another … Continue reading

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What should I look for in finding a church?

A Church First, that it be a church. The Reformers argued that there are three distinguishing marks of the church- the Word, sacraments and discipline. That means your campus ministry isn’t the church; your podcasts are not the church; your … Continue reading

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Giving Honor To Our Fundamentalist Betters

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading

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Oh No!!!!!!!! Giving Mr. Bill His Due

I would never suggest that poverty is not real. I regularly suggest that it’s not quite as real, or rather quite as widespread as many seem to think. There is no question that the sundry follies of both parties over … Continue reading

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Encore Edition; Limited Atonement, Pastor Pinhead & More

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done; And You Did Too

My friend and co-author Paul Derry said it, and I’ll never forget it. We were talking about working together on a book, that book which became Call Me Barabbas. I was concerned my battered reputation might hurt his chances to … Continue reading

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What’s wrong with expositional preaching?

Not much. Here is yet another place where we ought both to define our terms and to put the question in context. The majority of pulpits in this nation are filled with people sharing their own personal thoughts, with sprinklings … Continue reading

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The God of Space and Time in Space and Time

We are all by nature Pelagians. Like the heretical monk Pelagius, we like to think we are basically good. Help in fighting this temptation is one of the great blessings that comes from embracing Reformed theology. Now we understand not … Continue reading

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