Category Archives: kingdom

Assassination ABC’s

The Bible tells us not that we are what we eat, but that we are what we worship. We are like the idols that we construct (Psalm 115:8). One step removed from the idols, I think we might also be … Continue reading

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Is it ever right for Christians to disobey the government?

As always, it is important to define our terms. It is not uncommon for government leaders to use their influence to seek to win over the people to a particular behavior. The government uses airtime on the radio telling us … Continue reading

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Growing in Stature and Wisdom

The relationship among the members of the Trinity is beautiful, indeed the very font of beauty. Such hasn’t, however, kept us sinners from finding ways to take the beauty and using it to bring the ugliness of division into the … Continue reading

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Getting Grace

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Power of His Glory

You want to know what your problem is? You don’t love Jesus enough. I know this not because I know you, but because I know me. I’ve got the same problem. My wife has the same problem, as do my … Continue reading

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Gaining the World

It is all too easy, when dealing with a rather crafty devil, to lose sight of the real battle. As we witness the broader unbelieving culture sink ever more deeply into foolishness we exhibit our own foolishness when we think … Continue reading

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How can my prayer life improve?

Before I seek to provide any help let me first confess that I’m not coming from a position of great victory here. I’ve spent much of my adult life praying that my prayer life would improve (which, of course, is … Continue reading

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For Whom Big Ben Tolls

If you know much of anything about my father you know he loves the Pittsburgh Steelers. I don’t believe his entrance into glory changed that. In heaven, after all, when we are glorified we are even more us than we … Continue reading

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The Year of Our Lord

The world is half full of glass half-empty thinkers, and I am one of them. Puddleglum is my patron saint. And nothing exposes the vast expanse of emptiness in the top half of the glass like listening to the evening … Continue reading

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It May Not Be About Me

It’s one of my favorite lines, not just because of how funny it is, but how true. “I’ve talked long enough about me… how about you talk about me for a while?” We are all, I suspect, our own favorite … Continue reading

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