Tag: Christianity
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Creeds, Catechisms, and Councils?
Why do we need them? Some view the Bible as insufficient. We should let that sink in: there are believers in God who believe that the Bible is insufficient… They would wholeheartedly defend the power of God, the holiness of God, and the omniscience of God but deny the Bible as the sole, stand-alone, need-nothing-else…
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Back to School Warnings
This passage hit me recently as I was driving to the office. It offers some helpful points for our back-to-schoolers. Young people: 2 Samuel 11:1–17 (LEB): 1 It came about in the spring, at the time kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They ravaged all of…
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Is God An Egotistical Tyrant?
God demands worship. That can be a challenging statement for those who have struggled with their faith or were not raised in a God-fearing home. To be clear, God, by definition, is a being worthy of praise and worship. How can a being demand worship and not be self-absorbed or egotistical? I briefly addressed this…
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Tough Situations
Tough situations are not peculiar to the human experience. We all find ourselves in them from time to time, but for some people, their entire life is one. There are people in tough situations that are no one’s fault. Health has failed them or someone dear to them, so their entire world has been rocked.…
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What Must You Do To Be Lost?
We don’t typically list this, but taking a survey seems helpful. Often, we think it is much harder to be saved than lost… That may not be accurate. Consider: There are many things one would have to do to be lost. You would have to reject God’s existence – Rom. 1:20 — Psa. 19:1-4 You…
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To the Protective Partners
Some of the best advice I was given when I first started preaching was ways to protect my marriage (None of these are entirely original to me). The reality is adultery doesn’t just happen. It happens because several other things happened first. Things that are by themselves entirely preventable. That wistful, flirtatious conversation doesn’t just…
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Mom and Dad, You Need to Know…
It saddens me that many parents have bought into the cultural pressure. The popular slogans of young people today are no different from those of previous generations. “I have my rights.” “I don’t need you watching over me all the time.” “Stay out of my life.” “It’s none of your business.” “I need my social…
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Busy, Busy, Busy
Are you in a hurry? Are you rushing? Last week was it like that? Will it be like that this week? Does next week sound a lot like that, too? Two questions: Why are you so busy? With what are you so busy? As a preacher friend accurately observed, “We have become so busy with…
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