Category Archives: beauty

How can the church grow closer?

Community and the Christian have something of a love-hate relationship. Most of us long to be part of a vibrant, immersive, community of love built around Jesus and the gospel. We also, however, want to be left alone. We don’t … Continue reading

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When We Rise Up

Rituals are habits of remembrance. We give thanks before we eat to remember that God is our provider and to gratefully acknowledge Him as such. We celebrate advent to remember the joy of the incarnation. Neither of these are required … Continue reading

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Three Men and a Lady

Special Mothers’ Day Edition

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How should Christians to respond to persecution?

With a smile. For four very good reasons. First, it frustrates the heck out of your persecutors. Fear is their only weapon and they become very afraid indeed when it doesn’t work. When we were children we were told to … Continue reading

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A Conversation with Dr. David White on Growing Up Ligonier

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Looking for Love

We must not allow our grasp of total depravity to lead us to miss the remnants in us of the image of God. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of us, and makes us utterly unable to do … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 70- We must sing the songs of our fathers. It is easy, too easy, to confuse revolution and reformation. The former pulls up our history by the roots and tosses it onto the compost heap. The latter reshapes, remolds, … Continue reading

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Revival’s Rival

Revivalism is marked by a commitment to technique. It is an essentially man-made phenomena, driven by the wisdom of men. We are a people bent on bending the will of others to our own liking. Advertising is the medium of … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 69 We must open our families to the family-less. Each night I gather my precious wife and our two still-at-home sons for prayer before bed. Many nights I pray in thanksgiving for God’s very specific grace in all four … Continue reading

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Sacred Marriage, God Hears; Bible in 5 Minutes, Jonah

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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