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The Extent Of The Mercy Of God
Lots of people underestimate the severity of sin. In turn that propensity turns into a similar response to the mercy of God: we underestimate it also! One of the things that makes God’s mercy so great...
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The Severity Of Sin
Some years ago a group of protesters I’ll call Occupiers because of their propensity to camp out for days in various places, sometimes waved signs before cameras to draw attention to their complaints....
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Does God Really Love?
Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi from Pexels Atheists accuse God of being hateful. “Progressive Christians” claim the Bible simply isn’t an authority or true because it has all those stories about God...
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So, Fishing It Is, Then
You’d think that after the resurrection, once Peter and the other disciples really grasped the fact that Jesus was alive, they’d be ecstatic. Coronation plans back on. Messiah, about to plant His...
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Waiting
Photo by Tim Mossholder from Pexels When I was little I remember waiting . . . a lot. I remember waiting for my mom when we went shopping. I remember waiting for my birthday, which was hard. I mean,...
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Blessings
When I was a young adult, I hated the word “blessing,” especially in a song like “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing.” It seemed like an empty word, along the line of “nice.” I wanted meatier words....
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Not A Religion
Christians are apt to tell others outside the faith that we do no have a religion; we have a relationship. It’s really true. When I consider what is different between the beliefs of, say, my cousin...
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Putting Christ In Christmas?
Call me cynical, but I find the call to put Christ in Christmas to be a suspect cause. I do think there’s a legal issue at stake—the US Constitution guarantees the freedom to express and practice our...
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The Visit Of The Magi
I’ve heard the story of the wisemen since I was a child. At one point, one of my favorite Christmas carols was “We Three Kings.” But when I learned the Bible never calls them kings and that we don’t...
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Did You Know? First Christmas Facts
First Christmas Facts A widely celebrated event like Christmas generates all types of art and music, which sometimes overshadows Biblical facts. Did you know what actually happened, though artists’...
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The First Week Of Advent — Hope
I don’t know much about Advent. Here’s what the always-helpful Wikipedia says about it: Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation...
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Christians Have Answers—A Reprise
A number of years ago, atheists popularized a response to the Christian catch-phrase, Jesus is the Answer: “If Jesus is the answer, what is the question?” Some time later, a Christianized edition...
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Paul Was A Creationist—A Reprise
Some time ago, during my personal time in the Bible, it dawned on me that the Apostle Paul must have been a creationist. Clearly he viewed Genesis as a historical record. He drew parallels in numerous...
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More About Stability
As I recover from the stroke I had a year ago, I find myself somewhere between walking with a cane and walking without a cane. My issue is balance, as I mentioned back in January. Some might recall...
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Save Now!
Hosanna! the people cried as Jesus made His way up the road to Jerusalem crowning Mount Zion. Those thousands of Jews gathered from all over the area, making their Passover pilgrimage, had heard about...
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So What’s Next?
Our consumer culture tells us to keep moving forward, keep looking for what’s around the bend. But maybe that’s human nature. I remember when I was a kid, I could hardly wait to read like my big...
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Christ At The Center Of Christmas
Whatever else Christmas once meant in another culture at a different time, and no matter what it means to those today who don’t know Jesus, the reality is, He has made such a big impact on the world...
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God Come Down-Reprise
This article, excluding a few revisions, first appeared here in December 2010. On Sunday, the USA Weekend magazine that comes with my newspaper splashed the word GOD across the front cover. The lead...
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The Constancy Of Christ
Of all the things we talk about at Christmas, my guess is that the constancy of God is not high on the list. But maybe it should be. First, what do I mean by “constancy”? Nothing tricky. I’m not trying...
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For Me . . . What’s My Focus?
We live in such a “me” era, which started with the “Me Generation” back in the 1970s and has only escalated with the Generation Me of the following decade. So I hesitated to feature the words “For Me”...
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