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Rebels Without a Cause: In Submission to the King

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. Wouldn’t hard times give rise to strong … Continue reading

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A Matter of Life and Death Now and Forever

We live in strange times. It used to be said that the only two things we could be certain of were death and taxes. Taxes you can still be pretty sure of, but death has recently become rather more cloudy. … Continue reading

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Dinner and a Bible Study, Tonight: Being Like Children

We continue our weekly Monday night Bible study. We begin at 7:00. Local guests are invited for dinner at 6:15. We air the study on Facebook Live (RC-Lisa Sproul). Within a day or two we post the video of the … Continue reading

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Where are we evangelicals “wrong” on the Bible?

The evangelical position on the Bible, that it is inspired, inerrant, and infallible, true in all that it teaches is true, from top to bottom. Our orthodoxy (right doctrine) on the Bible is orthodox. It is our orthopraxy (right practice) … Continue reading

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Last Things First- Knowing the End from the Beginning

Last things last, that’s what I used to say. There’s plenty of difficult theological issues for us to wade through without having to worry about the end times. We all agree, after all, that in the end our side wins. … Continue reading

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I Always Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me

Privacy has long been an escalating battle. For every idea and technology to hide ourselves we come up with an idea and technology that reveals ourselves. VPNs, pseudonyms, combat ip addresses and facial recognition software. All of which is by … Continue reading

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Be Careful Little Children What You Hear: Listen Now

There is a steep penalty to pay for our steeply declining level of discourse. As a culture we have grown radically more emotive and radically less thoughtful. We communicate in 280 characters, through memes, with the broad brushed strokes of … Continue reading

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Here We Stand; We Can Do No Other, God Help Us

The difference between a right perspective and a wrong one is rarely a matter of data. It can happen that way. I may think I need a snowblower because I believe Fort Wayne averages 212 inches of snow annually. It … Continue reading

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The Science of Laughter and the Laughter of Science

I know they do this. In a world where a new crop of dissertations is needed every year and research grants can make or break a university I’m sure there have been extensive scientific studies into laughter. Without so much … Continue reading

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Total World Conquest Through The Power of Repentance

The world is full of hypocrites. The solution to this problem is twofold. If you’re more modern, you deal with the gap between obedience and what you pretend to be by trying harder. You try to make your sin go … Continue reading

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