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Grace; National Debt; Abimelech; 1934 and God’s Glory

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Living in Our Fears

It is our fears that reveal to us our treasures, and the shape of the idols of our hearts. And the devil likes nothing more than to prey upon those fears, even through the medium of our purported friends. I … Continue reading

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How did we get in this mess?

What if I told you that on September 12, 2001 terrorists in the United States killed 3000 people, and the story didn’t even make the news? What if I told you that on January 7th terrorists killed 2500 people in … Continue reading

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A Ratio Hornblower- Meeting Franco’s Friends

Last week I published a brief piece (here) that argued that making a nation Christian is a good thing, while trying to make nationalism Christian was a fool’s errand. Simply put, we as a nation become more Christian the more … Continue reading

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Christian Nationalism

My father told a lot of jokes. That’s what dads do. One I remember goes like this. There was a monk that had allowed nicotine to get ahold of him. Given the amount of time spent in prayer he thought … Continue reading

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Alice in Negative World

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? There is a group of mostly younger thinkers who have embraced a paradigm that affirms that the broader culture’s relationship to Christians has gone from one generally positive … Continue reading

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Is it immoral to fluctuate prices based on temporal demand?

Of course not. Wendy’s, the hamburger chain, recently caught flak when they announced plans to introduce “dynamic pricing.” This simply means that you’d pay more for a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, for instance, at 12:30 PM than you would at 3:30 … Continue reading

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Fighting From Freedom

I have, on more than one occasion, taught a class on dystopian novels. We’ve read Brave New World, 1984, That Hideous Strength and more. I always ask my class “Why do these men, the rulers over these dark and domineering … Continue reading

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Should we pay taxes that finance abortion?

It is one of my great passions, the desire to see me, and the evangelical church take the evil of abortion more seriously, to have our hearts more deeply broken, and our actions more faithful. We have all, I fear, … Continue reading

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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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