Category Archives: kingdom

Rest Indeed

Though it comes rather early in the story, I am convinced that Genesis 3:15 is not just the hinge of the Bible, but it is the very hinge of history. It is there that God responds to the serpent’s assault … Continue reading

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Alice in Negative World

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? There is a group of mostly younger thinkers who have embraced a paradigm that affirms that the broader culture’s relationship to Christians has gone from one generally positive … Continue reading

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On Human Cruelty and Selective Application

While we we’ve been distracted by open borders and the election primaries, most of us have forgotten Gaza’s raid on Israel. Perhaps such is deemed no longer newsworthy since we are well aware that Muslims in the middle east think … Continue reading

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May the Best Man Win

It begins, I suspect, with a far too small view of the fall. There is plenty we lament about that dark day in history’s most beautiful spot. We know that sin brought division to Adam and Eve. The two were … Continue reading

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Adam’s Hope

Ere the dawn broke all was right Beholding gleaming perfect light But reaching up I fell down Bitter fruit, forfeit crown. He came and I the bitter fool Hiding, lying, rebel ghoul. Turned and blamed my precious gift Widening our … Continue reading

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Putting Bitterness and Envy to Death

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field (Genesis 3:1). Part of his craftiness is encouraging us to see sin as something that we do rather than the outworking of what we are. If we can … Continue reading

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The Quick and the Dead

There’s a reason why after we are introduced to someone new that we most often ask, “What do you do?” The truth of the matter is that our identity is, to a degree, rightly tied up in our labors. What … Continue reading

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No Middle Ground

There is in the broader world a constant search for some safe, middle ground on the issue of abortion. Pro-lifers and pro-choicers desperately seek a via media between an outright ban and the heartless destruction of fully grown babies moments … Continue reading

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Fighting From Freedom

I have, on more than one occasion, taught a class on dystopian novels. We’ve read Brave New World, 1984, That Hideous Strength and more. I always ask my class “Why do these men, the rulers over these dark and domineering … Continue reading

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Should we pay taxes that finance abortion?

It is one of my great passions, the desire to see me, and the evangelical church take the evil of abortion more seriously, to have our hearts more deeply broken, and our actions more faithful. We have all, I fear, … Continue reading

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