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10 mins read|02/16/19Our American ethos trumpets the ideal of the rugged individual who doesn’t need anyone else. But that’s not only a lie; it’s also the recipe for disaster.
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10 mins read|09/01/18Early in the church’s life, some Christians were dragged before the city authorities in Thessalonica and accused of “turning the world upside down,” (Acts 17:6). They were guilty as charged. They were turning the world upside down. Or, rather, they were putting the world right side up.
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10 mins read|11/19/17We strive, in short, to master the art of swatting mosquitoes. And all the while, we remain blind to the fact that in pulpit after pulpit, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is as rare as Merry Christmas inside a synagogue.
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10 mins read|05/18/17The church’s worship should boldly and explicitly do two things: confess the incarnation and practice for the resurrection.
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6 mins read|02/24/17On a recurring basis, Christians spot news headlines that signal yet one more moral collapse in society, the growing paganization of the cultures in which we live, the spread of antipathy toward the faith.
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8 mins read|02/15/17The God who calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves will seem hopelessly out of touch with your insulated life of self-sufficiency.
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7 mins read|01/29/17A single, fifteen minute sermon that proclaims Christ and him crucified for you is more important than hundreds of hours of lectures by experts on revitalizing your ministry.
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7 mins read|01/26/17The table is full-laden; feast ye all sumptuously. The calf is fatted; let no one go hungry away.
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9 mins read|11/06/16The church is God’s flock. Jesus is both a lion and a lamb. The zoo turns out to be as packed with theology as a seminary, if not more.
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7 mins read|10/04/16The side of God he has made known to us is Jesus. He is the one and only revelation of the Father, the one and only revelation we need.
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11 mins read|09/29/16We need pastors who carry that same concealed weapon in their mouths, who are outfitted with the same word the angels have: the word steeped in divine blood, shed for you. That is all we need, for the word does it all.
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9 mins read|09/12/16Real theologians can’t shut up about who Jesus is and what he’s done on your behalf. So-called theologians with little interest in Jesus may be book smart but they're Gospel stupid.
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