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Don’t Take the Bait; Murderous Hearts; Beatings As Blessings

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Isn’t God just concerned with our hearts?

First, God is deeply concerned about our hearts. We often seem to think that only our thoughts and actions matter and our feelings are out of our control. Orthodoxy, right doctrine, matters. Orthopraxy, right behavior, matters. Orthopathos, right feeling, matters. … Continue reading

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Lies, Lunacy or the Word of the Lord I

The Bible is an extraordinary book, and it is an ordinary book. It is not, of course, the only book to cross history’s stage to come with a claim to being the very Word of God. In some instances it … Continue reading

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How will the church respond to marginalization?

Despite our foolish belief otherwise, there is no bright and shining line that separates the church and the state, at least as we commonly conceive them. One could argue that many of our culture war flash points exist precisely where … Continue reading

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Last Night’s Romans Study

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Imputation, Infusion and Eternal Consequence: A Parable

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and … Continue reading

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Queer Is As Queer Does

It is a tiresome truth that those of the world, both inside and outside the church, grumble that some of us inside the church make a big deal over other people’s private lives. The Bible is a big book, chock … Continue reading

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A Higher Power

It is not a difficult thing to discern the nature of someone else’s god. Some people carry their religion on their sleeve, advertising their spiritual commitments on bumper stickers or t-shirts. You can tell the Amish by their clothing, even … Continue reading

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Last Week’s Study on Romans 1

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Lie Upon Lie

It is my habit, when teaching my ethics students at the local community college to ask them this straightforward question- is it every ethical to tell a lie? The great majority of students affirm that there are circumstances where such … Continue reading

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