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7 mins read|04/11/19“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.” We hear those words on the lips of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. But, too often we misunderstand what he’s saying.
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5 mins read|04/10/19To keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
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1 min|04/01/19Paul says that all his suffering doesn’t compare with the glory that is coming. How is this an encouragement to us?
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8 mins read|03/27/19One of my jobs in high school was helping local ranchers work cattle. We’d vaccinate, cut off horns, castrate, mark their ears, and brand them.
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5 mins read|02/18/19Did the Apostle Paul just say that “he fills up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?" That seems a little at odds with Jesus’ statement, "It is finished."
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12 mins read|01/30/19Jesus is the heart of the Gospel, and the Gospel is Good News. But it is always Good News that comes to us best on the lips of another.
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10 mins read|01/02/19Jesus’ coming and death and resurrection guarantee us the victory over the lies, the desire to be pitied, and the appeal of stuff.
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9 mins read|11/06/18We tell our children if they work hard and play by the rules, they’ll succeed in life. Jerks, cheaters, and thieves won’t. They’ll end up in the gutter. Or jail. Or worse.
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21 mins read|10/22/18The biblical response to suffering, to recognizing that things are not as they ought to be, is lament.
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9 mins read|08/02/18In the tiny Bible-belt town where I grew up, tragedy brought people together.
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11 mins read|08/01/18Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.
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23 mins read|05/17/18There are a few occasions in the Bible where the curtain lifts, and we get to peer into the inner workings of the Divine Court.
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