Tag Archives: Christian Testimony

Does God take pleasure in the death of the wicked?

Yes, and no. First, to the no. The Bible explicitly says exactly this, “Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn … Continue reading

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The World and All

The Sadducees and Pharisees were no dummies. They just weren’t as smart as their enemy. As we read through the gospel accounts, it seems their strategy was simple: they would put an end to Jesus by forcing Him to destroy … Continue reading

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For Whom the Toll Belz

I was a student at Grove City College when I received a subscription to The Presbyterian Journal. It was not good looking. It had no articles apt to grab the interest of most college students. It wasn’t an academic publication. … Continue reading

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Last Night’s Study, Romans 10, Pt. II

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Christos Ho Kurios

Rome could not help but trip over her own feet. When you get the gospel wrong the error does not stay hermetically sealed, leaving everything else safe. Rather, the whole ship goes down. Rome, seeking to elevate the church, created … Continue reading

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How are souls made?

There are any number of theological questions that manage, at one and the same time, to elicit arguments and yet create no division. These are issues over which both sides, while disagreeing on the issue at hand agree that the … Continue reading

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An Ordinary Christian Life

It has become rather fashionable in certain circles to decry the rise in the church of what we call “the cult of personality”—and rightly so. A broader body consumed with consuming theological and biblical teaching via sundry media outlets is … Continue reading

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The Wonder of It All

Is it not true that most bad ideas are good ideas that took a wrong turn? That the thing pursued by the idea is a good thing, but the directions are off? Consider our desire, born right out of God’s … Continue reading

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Encouraging Women; Political Indifference & More

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Way in the Manger

It is increasingly fashionable, and has always been quite easy to debunk a number of Christmas season staples that are either less than certain or certainly not true. We don’t know, for instance, how many wise men there were, because … Continue reading

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