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Good News

I’ve got great news — I just saved a bundle on my car insurance. This pop-cultural punchline might just expose a real problem we have in our Christian sub-culture: we don’t know what the good news is. The confusion, from … Continue reading

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Of Mice and Men

To suggest that wisdom is always balanced seems to me to be a bit, well, unbalanced. Whoever first uttered the words of wisdom, “moderation in all things,” should, I believe, have healed himself. All things? Isn’t that a bit extreme? … Continue reading

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Casting Mountains Into Seas, a Bible Study

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Election Results

That truism masquerading as tender wisdom from on high, that Jesus is not a Republican or a Democrat, likely conceals more than it reveals. As a truism, it is true. Jesus doesn’t check a party’s platform to see where He … Continue reading

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All Authority

We who are Reformed spend a great deal of time and energy speaking about God’s sovereign power. God’s power is more than worthy of our attention and study. We ought to be bowled over, blown away by that power. It, … Continue reading

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Be Still

The children of God are rather different from the children of men. We have been reborn by a sovereign God. They have not. We have been redeemed by a sovereign God. They have not. We are being remade by a … Continue reading

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Our Greatest Weapon

It was a wise man who first noted that there is nothing new under the sun. Sadly, Solomon seemed to sigh his way through this observation, wistfully longing for something new. We, if we were wise, would rejoice in this … Continue reading

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The Judge of all the Earth

I have to confess. I’m not saying it was the healthiest thing in the world to do, but boy did I loved doing it. It would be evening, and I’d turn on my television looking for what I artfully called … Continue reading

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Suffer the Children

I have spent years encouraging us to set aside our petty amusements, to put behind us the distractions of vanity fair, to throw off the sloth that luxuriates in the status quo. Like some spiritual drill sergeant I have been … Continue reading

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What are some blessings that come with cultural decay?

It is easy to be discouraged, to grow battle weary. The war between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent has been going on for millenia and may continue for millenia more. In our own corner … Continue reading

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