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11 mins read|08/19/18Don’t say you’re beyond hope, for there is not one beyond God. Don’t say you’ve done too much evil, for there is no wrong bigger than God’s heart of forgiveness.
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7 mins read|07/30/18This is my fifteenth year on staff at Bible camp. The path to the snack shop is well worn, and I’m an expert at carpet ball.
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8 mins read|07/09/18Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
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10 mins read|05/25/18That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”
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10 mins read|03/06/18Only Jesus’ absolute absolution can satisfy a troubled conscience.
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9 mins read|02/06/18No matter how great our efforts or how righteous our intent, we will go from troubled to scared, and scared to terrified, unless we are sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb.
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13 mins read|02/05/18The practice of Confession in the Christian church is given to us so that I can offload my sins to He Who takes my sins to death for me—none other than Christ Jesus.
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11 mins read|01/16/18The pastor declares it. We receive it. The forgiveness of sins. It’s a simple thing.
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10 mins read|12/28/17As a new year approaches, a mawkish paranoia sets in. Looking over our shoulders, we add up our good choices, our praises, and our reasons to celebrate.
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13 mins read|10/26/17Good preaching does something for you. It delivers to you a Good Samaritan.
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6 mins read|10/11/17This book tells of my long and brutal journey. From married to divorced. From a seminary professor and pastor to a disgraced, bitter truck driver in the oil fields of Texas. From a man at war with God to a child redeemed by grace.
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10 mins read|09/12/17When we say, “I’ve screwed up big time. I’ve betrayed my spouse, my family, my friends. I’ve hurt lots of people,” we don’t need to hear, “Yes, you have. You need to make that right, learn to walk the talk, and act like a Christian next time."
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