Category Archives: 10 Commandments

Theology Has Consequences

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work Ideas Have Consequences, a brief book whose ideas are still bringing forth consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis Schaeffer, introducing … Continue reading

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Do all paths lead to heaven?

Yes, and no. It is a common enough analogy supporting a common enough fallacy, the idea that all religions are simply different paths that meet at the top, finding God. If it’s a fallacy, and it is, then in what … Continue reading

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Goodness, Truth and Beauty

What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens? Much in every way. On the negative side, we would do well to remember that the citizens of God’s city, like those in the city of man, are still sinners. Though we are … Continue reading

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Does God promise to bless this nation if we will repent?

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land (II … Continue reading

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What’s Your Number?

Psychology, being something of a murky social science, has long been a source of murky attempts to diagnose not just what is wrong with us, but what we are. Pop psychology, especially seems to specialize in personality tests. We carry … Continue reading

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Don’t Take the Bait; Murderous Hearts; Beatings As Blessings

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Isn’t God just concerned with our hearts?

First, God is deeply concerned about our hearts. We often seem to think that only our thoughts and actions matter and our feelings are out of our control. Orthodoxy, right doctrine, matters. Orthopraxy, right behavior, matters. Orthopathos, right feeling, matters. … Continue reading

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Right Now Counts Forever

It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Sin is the result of either loving something more than we ought or the result of loving something less than we ought. We are to love, … Continue reading

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Last Night’s Study, Romans 2: 17-29

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Lies, Lunacy or the Word of the Lord I

The Bible is an extraordinary book, and it is an ordinary book. It is not, of course, the only book to cross history’s stage to come with a claim to being the very Word of God. In some instances it … Continue reading

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