Category Archives: wisdom

This Week’s Study- Complementarianism vs. Egalitarianism

Did God design men and women as equally valuable but with complementary roles, of as equally valuable and interchangeable roles? What does the Bible say? And how do we handle disagreements among those who claim submission to God’s Word? Check … Continue reading

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Rebels Without a Cause: Fighting the World With Its Weapons

It was Marx who argued that, rather than man shaping economic realities, it was the economic realities that shape man. Despite his manifold and manifest follies, he had something of a point here. Setting aside for a moment the chicken … Continue reading

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Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places…

We must not allow our grasp of total depravity to lead us to miss in us God’s image. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of us. We’re unable to do anything in ourselves pleasing to God, including coming … Continue reading

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This week’s study- Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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Excessive Words; War Principles; Fame and More

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Preponderant Problem of Power Preaching Pulpits

It’s a bad fault of mine, but I suspect you suffer from it as well. My fault is that I assume that others have the same faults I do. If I struggle with pride, my guess is that those to … Continue reading

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The Greatest Commandment: First Study- Our Worthy God

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Your Mercies Begin Afresh Each Day O Lord

There is something both healthy and unhealthy about our propensity to see our salvation in a punctiliar, once-for-all context. Many, though not all of us can pinpoint the day when, by His grace we entered into His kingdom by faith. … Continue reading

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Mostly Modern: A Worldview on Our Worldviews

Does a fish know it’s wet? When one is born in water, goes to school in water, marries in water and raises little fish in water before dying in water, despite its ever presence, the water just isn’t noticed. So … Continue reading

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Meek and Mild? Smoldering Wicks and Cracking Whips

Jesus, like love, is something everyone wants to lay claim to. There is no organized coalition banded together by a hatred of love. So too there are precious few people who are willing to lay a charge at Jesus’ feet. … Continue reading

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