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Thursday
Tambourines & Trumpets in Public Worship Meetings
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This has been burning in me for a couple of weeks. I guess I’d better get it out. I’ll be as gentle as I can. I get it that some folks...
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...
Tuesday
What Is The Vengeance Of God?
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You know, I think we’ve misunderstood the idea of God’s vengeance. For example, in Isaiah 61 , God defines his idea of what vengeance ...
Wednesday
What is a Tidal Wave, really?
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I grew up within driving distance of the ocean, and we made frequent trips. I love the pounding surf and the tide pools and the beaches an...
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Thursday
My Authority
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Authority is always given, never taken. That’s pretty much immutable. Father could claim authority in my life in his role as my creat...
Reflections on Some Influencers
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I was reflecting on some of the guys who have influenced my life in God over the years. None of these guys had a position of “leader,” but a...
Blue Collar Jesus
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My day job is what’s normally called a “white collar” job. Most American jobs are. Recently, I was doing a lot of digging. Digging is m...
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Saturday
Responding to this Election
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There are maybe two primary kinds of people reacting with distress to the election results. One kind is all about outrage. That outrage...
Thursday
I Don't See It That Way
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We confuse two very different thoughts, and I wonder if maybe we do this fairly often: We begin with "I don't see it that way,...
Does Love Mean Acceptance?
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I’ve been challenged by some of my brothers. The context has been how to respond to homosexual believers, but the issue is bigger than that...
A Personal History with Unchurched Believers
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I grew up in the church. Later, I met Jesus in another church during the Jesus People revolution. That was far more interesting than regula...
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Returning to the Glory of the First Century Church
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Every so often, I hear someone moan wistfully, “If only we could return to the glory days of the first century church! If only we could be a...
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Offense at God Stops the Promises
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John the Baptist was aware, perhaps more than most people, that Jesus’ mandate (in Luke 4) included the anointing “To proclaim liberty to...
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The Symphony
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I enjoy classical music. More than any other kind of music, the composers of great classical music wove melodies and harmonies together, of...
The Work of Growing
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My mind has been taking me on some strange paths, recently. You who are parents, have you ever given birth to a post-pubescent adult, r...
The God Who Gossips?
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How often does this happen to you: you’re minding your own business, and suddenly God points out someone’s fault to you? Sometimes, it’s a...
Help Discerning the Move of God
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God’s people have been rebuked with a couple of phrases plucked out of the Bible more times than I care to recount: “Decently and in ord...
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Monday
The Gadarene Swine Fallacy
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We hear it preached quite often that if a Christian isn’t in fellowship with others, she is in greater danger from the various enemies of ou...
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