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Foolish guys to confound the wise (1 Cor 1:27).

Friday, February 03, 2017

In the Garden of Good and Evil

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Jesus said of false teachers, "You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017

A JW Problem

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Jehovah's Witnesses have their own Bible. It's similar to ours, of course, but only similar. The New World Translation (NWT) was tra...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Please Don't Love Me

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Watch just about any movie or TV show these days and you're going to encounter it. He (or she) does something horrible to her (or him). ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Common Thread

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The New Testament ... the Bible, really ... is full of warnings about false prophets, false teachers, that sort of thing. They had them in t...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

A Positive Impact

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In the early days of the Church believers encountered horrible persecution. Prison, executions, and more. And, yet, they survived. How? By ...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

But God

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Ephesians 2 begins with one of the bleakest descriptions of human beings that you'll find in Scripture. And you were dead in your tresp...
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Saturday, January 28, 2017

News Weakly - 1/28/2017

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Not the Right Kind of Women Yes, I know, this is last week's news, but ... I'm sure you've all heard about the women's marc...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Kindness and Repentance

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Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentan...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Life! What a Conception!

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This week was the anniversary of the Roe v Wade ruling, so abortion was a popular topic. The Women's March was for it and opposed to wom...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

At Any Cost

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All of life is a trade-off, a balance sheet. We look at the bananas and wonder, "Are they worth that price?" We weigh "having...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Truth about Evil

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A syllogism is a common form of a logical argument. It takes two or more propositions (that are assumed to be true) and draws the required c...
Monday, January 23, 2017

On the President

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John Piper speaks of President Trump as "unqualified". He declares him such on the basis of immorality. "Donald Trump’s immo...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

A New Attitude

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You know, I'm sure, that the Bible is in favor of prayer, right? Jesus told the parable of the persistent widow who hounded a judge for ...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

News Weakly - 1/21/2017

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Gotta Love It According to this article at The Christian Post, "Thousands of Muslims are turning to Jesus Christ and what they view a...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

Two Kinds of Faith

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We know without doubt that salvation is a gift from God given on the basis of grace through faith and not works (Eph 2:8-9). Scripture is qu...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

The Sacred and the Secular

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We live in a world of sharp distinctions. Very few are concerned about you and your private religion. They are concerned about what you do ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Under the Amazons

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The tale is told of a race of women warriors known as Amazons. One of these queens participated in the Trojan War. Hercules did some work fo...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

"What's My Motivation?"

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Have you ever heard an actor ask that? "What's my motivation?" They're trying to figure out why their character acts a ce...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Love Fervently

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We know we are supposed to love God and love our neighbors. We know we are even supposed to love our enemies. We know we are to love our spo...
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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Spectators, not Participants

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"Church" has shifted its meaning. When we use the word we likely think of that building on the corner where Christians gather. If ...
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I am a husband, devoted to my wife, a father who loves his (adult) children (and, of course, their offspring), a son whom God blessed with marvelous parents, a man who enjoys the work he has been given, and so much more. Above all else, I am a follower of Christ with the aim of carefully handling His Word and patterning my life by His instructions as an act of worship.
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