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Thursday
Rethinking What God Drawing Us Actually Means
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I’ve been looking at how the Bible uses the Greek word, ἕλκω, helkō. It’s an interesting word. Fundamentally, it’s about “to draw by inwar...
What Makes You Married?
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Here’s an awkward question: what constitutes a marriage? The Bible has lots of wisdom about how to make your marriage good, and a fair bit...
More Thoughts on Job and His Sorry Friends
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The more time I spend with Job, the more I’m impressed, both with the man and with the lessons that his book teaches me. He started ou...
Literal or Metaphor
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I’ve found myself coming back over and over to Jesus’ conversation with Nick at night in John 3. I have realized something new about Nick’s ...
A Measure of Faith
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Romans 12:3b: “God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” Measure: μέτρον Metron. “determined extent, portion measured off, measur...
A Closer Look at Clearing the Temple
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Jesus cleaned out the temple twice, once at the beginning of his ministry, and once at the end. A lot of folks read the story about Jesus ...
Transformed Thinking about Scripture
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It's hard, isn't it, to let the Scriptures stand on their own, particularly when they're passages that are a little uncomfortabl...
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Odd thought just crossed my mind. Romans 5 is happening, or something like it. We’re sure seeing a lot of the works of darkness revealed o...
Friday
Do Not Think That I Came to Destroy the Law or the Prophets
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I’ve run into several people recently who quote Matthew 5:17, and use that to say that the OT Law is still valid. “Do not think that I came...
Thursday
If God is Love, Then....
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Here’s an interesting exercise. Scripture is clear: God is love ( cf 1John 48&16). Not just friendship love, not just sexual love,...
A Very Messy Narrow Way
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I’ve been reflecting on something interesting recently. I have some children, and now they have children. And of course, once upon a t...
My children were born for such a time as this.
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I’ve been reflecting on some of what Scripture says about the nature of believers’ words in difficult times. Well, our words should be this ...
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We Have Misunderstood Matthew 18
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I’ll bet you’ve read this passage from Matthew 18. You may have heard it preached or practiced. “Moreover if your brother sins against...
“I came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it…”
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"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” That i...
The Vengeance of God
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Isaiah 61 begins, “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has s...
Jesus and Intercessors
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I woke up thinking this morning about how Jesus interacted with folks. As I was wandering towards wakefulness, I was praying for som...
Target Fixation
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I’m pretty careful about where my attention goes, and about how I handle my words. God’s instructions are pretty clear, and I’ve learned...
Are We Mere Men?
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I’ve been struck by how much vitriol and, well, hatred that there is toward certain congressional leaders among Christians. I’m struck by ...
Jigsaw Revelation: the Love of God
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Have you ever put a jigsaw puzzle together? Sometimes you find two or three pieces that fit together, and suddenly that part of the pi...
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