Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

Sacred Marriage; Our Two New Little Lambs; Creation & More

This week’s all new Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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New Study Continues Tonight, Truth You Can Count On

Before Christmas we finished a six-part series on our call to be as children. For more on that theme, see my book The Call to Wonder. Today, January 26, we continue our new Bible study called Truth You Can Count … Continue reading

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Do the miracles of Jesus depend on the recipient’s faith?

Yes and no. In Matthew 13 we find Jesus back in His hometown. The people had heard of the wonders He had done, but were skeptical. It is here Jesus said a prophet is not without honor except in his … Continue reading

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Rightly Ordering Our Love: a Brief Lesson

It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Either we love something more than we ought or love something less than we ought. We are to love, in order. Eve, for instance, found the … Continue reading

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Dissecting Dilbert’s “Dad’s” Deathbed Declaration

Scott Adams passed away recently. He, to some degree, “live streamed” his last days via Twitter. That is, he posted regularly through his final moments. Besides writing a delightful, enduring comic strip in Dilbert, he was unashamedly conservative, and so … Continue reading

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Back Up: Rethinking Rebukes From a Friend

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive any time someone accuses us … Continue reading

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New Study Begins Tonight, Truth You Can Count On

Before Christmas we finished a six-part series on our call to be as children. For more on that theme, see my book The Call to Wonder. Today, January 19, we begin a new Bible study called Truth You Can Count … Continue reading

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What about reparations? Reparations, Guilt and Justice

I’m in favor of reparations. Because the Bible is in favor of them. When God established His nation, when He delivered that law which was to govern His people, He established reparations as the fitting punishment for those who were … Continue reading

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Rules For Our Reformation: Learning from Luther

The Protestant Reformation is called the Reformation for a good reason. It is not called the First Reformation or Reformation II, as if they happen every so often. I have never been asked, when referencing the Reformation, “Of which Reformation … Continue reading

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How were people saved in the Old Testament?

The only way there is to be saved, by trusting in the work of Christ alone. Because God is just, sin must be punished. Because we are sinners, that is bad news for us. God’s promise to Adam and Eve, … Continue reading

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