Category Archives: wisdom

The Spirit of Rebellion in His Church

Though I haven’t the infernal wisdom that C.S. Lewis demonstrated in his classic work The Screwtape Letters, I think I know something about at least some of the devil’s stratagems. The Screwtape Letters, you remember, purported to be a series … Continue reading

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The Madness of the Method, or Losing the Lost

“You can’t turn back time.” “There’s no stopping progress.” It’s interesting the way we manipulate words. It’s certainly true, I suppose, that you can’t turn back time, and that there’s no stopping progress. But somehow these truisms have come to … Continue reading

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No Believer Could Ever, or, Logs-in-Eyes ‘r’ Us

It’s election season again, which means I once again enter into that weird phase where my ideological friends regularly make me cringe. Sometimes it’s over the top rhetoric in favor of some guy on the red team, other times it’s … Continue reading

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What should I expect from my local church?

It is an easy thing to grumble about the marketing mentality of so many local churches. Rather than taking direction from God’s Word we take it from sociological studies, surveys, and sage savants. What we often miss is that churches … Continue reading

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Why is it important to be a member of a local church?

While it is true enough that the concept of the invisible or universal church has its place, that place is not where a believer can hold membership. The Word of God calls on us to not forsake the gathering together … Continue reading

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What’s the ideal size for a local church?

The Bible doesn’t say. So neither will I. I will concede that different sizes have differing advantages and disadvantages. We live in the era of the mega-church. Churches that measure their membership in the thousands are positioned to support many … Continue reading

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Love One Another, Because He is In Us and Them

Do we not glide happily past this command? It should, though it doesn’t, go without saying. There’s no question that the Bible teaches this. There’s no question that the Bible emphasizes this. There’s no question that we’re not very good … Continue reading

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Stewarding Our Failures, Robust Dividends

When one invests his money wisely he ends up with more money. When one invests ones failures wisely he ends up with fewer failures. We don’t tend, however, to look at our failures as assets. We see them as burdens, … Continue reading

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The Lord Giveth, and the Lord Taketh Away

Though He is the potter and we are but clay, this does not keep us from complaining about our station. When the God of heaven and earth, the One who made all things, asks if the clay will ask of … Continue reading

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Surviving Biden

There has to be balance. There is a fatalism that simply shrugs when Rome’s imperial army is parked outside Jerusalem’s door. The destruction of the city in 70 AD was plenty bad. On the other hand, there are those who … Continue reading

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