Category Archives: communion

Special Valentine’s Day Edition

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Way in the Manger

It is increasingly fashionable, and has always been quite easy to debunk a number of Christmas season staples that are either less than certain or certainly not true. We don’t know, for instance, how many wise men there were, because … Continue reading

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Being Sought First, the Kingdom of God

Our faith is, more often than not, more both/and than either/or. Man’s responsibility or God’s sovereignty? Yes. Mourning or dancing? Yes. Living or dying? Yes. Our temptation in light of this is always to push for one side or the … Continue reading

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Grace, Glorious Grace. Tune in to last Monday’s study.

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The Love of the Father

Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim to love. The devil, however, is quite content … Continue reading

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Embodied Faith

A culture that denies that truth exists and can be known is already dead whether its obituary has been written or not. Cultures are built on truths, even if those truths are false. It is bad enough to be wrong, … Continue reading

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth of what we are. Any time I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone … Continue reading

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What are some good goals for the new year?

I’ve never read a book on leadership. I’ve not hired a life coach. I haven’t ever attended a personal development event. And I’m not much one for to-do lists. That said, I can see the wisdom in this aphorism- if … Continue reading

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What Are You Worried About?

We are inveterate plea-bargainers. We are adept at the art of the deal. Romans 1 tells us that in our fallen condition, we all deny the God we know exists. We know we stand guilty before Him, but we suppress … Continue reading

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The Gates of Hell Advancing

The feint is a rather critical part of any battle strategy. There are few occasions where a direct, unambiguous assault will work out well. We want instead to keep our enemy guessing, unsure as to whether we will be coming … Continue reading

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