What’s the Hope for a Society of Increasing Immorality?
We live in a society wrought with moral problems. We do well to remember that in every society and culture there has been immense moral issues, and that our modern…
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The Ultimate Purpose of Christian Parenting
God in the Bible instructs parents to lead their children to know and love the Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). He charges parents to raise up their kids in the “way they…
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The Vague-Specific Prayer Spectrum
In a previous post, using Paul’s example of prayer in Philippians 1, we saw how we should not be afraid of praying vague prayers. Meaning, we shouldn’t feel that all our…
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How the Promised Temple Truly Is Fulfilled In Christ (or, How Do We Read the Details of a Restored Temple in Ezekiel 40-48?)
Have you ever read through the book of Ezekiel and arrived towards the end only to find the final nine chapters are a long, confusing description of some future temple?…
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Don’t Be Afraid to Pray Vague Prayers
The majority of our prayers are filled with specific requests. We pray for specific people, in specific situations, often going through specific illnesses. Nothing about this is wrong. We certainly…
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Is Hearing God’s Word Really the Most Important Thing a Church Needs? Is Explaining the Bible a Pastor’s Main Work?
I was recently listening to a Christian podcast about churches and the role of pastors. In the middle of the podcast, the host commented, “The most important thing you can…
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Grace and Peace: How These Two Terms Summarize Christianity
The apostle Paul begins each of his letters with some variation of the greeting “grace and peace.” Many of us have read this many times that we haven’t considered why…
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The Utmost Importance of the Bible
God created the universe by his word (Genesis 1), then he ruled Adam and Eve by his word (Genesis 2), and when the first sin came, it was not merely…
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The Sabbath Command for Rest Fulfilled in Christ & What It Means for Us
On page one of our Bibles we learn that our God is a God of rest (Genesis 2:2). We also learn that we were made in his image (Genesis 1:27).…
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Our Incongruous Capacity for Joy
We are tiny, seemingly insignificant individuals on a planet swirling in the vastness of the universe. And yet, incredibly, we each have an incongruous capacity for joy. It seems we…
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