We Live in a Fathered World
Tim Chester, in his 2018 book Enjoying God, uses the term “fathered world” frequently. It’s a helpful term. He uses it to explain how the world we live in—and each…
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What’s the Best Form of Government?: Why God Didn’t Give the Israelites a Constitutional Republic
Yesterday America celebrated its Independence Day. We honored the day we gained our freedom from the British monarchy, remembering the Declaration of Independence that upheld “Life, Liberty and the pursuit…
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Embracing Both Assurance and Warnings (and Hope for Those Who’ve Strayed)
In the previous post, using Solomon’s downfall as our backdrop, we considered how we as Christians a) have wonderful promises of assurance and b) should be fearful and take heed…
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Take Hold & Take Heed: How Can We Have Assurance and Also Believe We Could Fall?
King Solomon’s story makes me tremble. As I write this, in my Bible reading he still hasn’t plunged. He’s doing right, much that is religiously impressive. He has dispositions and…
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Resisting Temptation Is Suffering
As Christians we love Jesus because of who he is and what he’s done for us in the gospel, and then out of that love we seek to obey him…
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Our Father In Heaven, Treasured Be Your Name: Valuing God in The Lord’s Prayer
I recently read a book where the writer replaced “hallowed” in the Lord’s Prayer with “treasured.” “Treasured” was placed in brackets, so he was not saying the original Greek word…
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We Can’t Handle Our Anxiety
“Why would I think I can handle my anxiety?” Have you asked that question? In the middle of our anxious moments, we’re not that self-reflective, but when sober-minder, have you…
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The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis Summary, Quotes, and Chapter Outline
Contents Brief Summary of The Abolition of Man C.S. Lewis wrote The Abolition of Man in 1943. In the book Lewis argues we must accept objective value as a foundational…
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Is Total Depravity Biblical? What Does Total Depravity Mean?
Total depravity. Many have misunderstood this term (especially since it is not the best term, as we’ll see below), so in this post I’d like to clarify what it means.…
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How Do We Attain Christian Unity? Christian Unity is a By-Product
Striving for Christian unity isn’t just a modern ideal. It’s quite biblical. The epistles, which are God-breathed letters to churches, abound with the goal of unity: “I appeal to you,…
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