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What if the Apostle Paul Had Gotten Proud?
It would have been bad, that’s what. Proud people are pretty unusable by God, and so Paul would have been put on the shelf. And maybe we would have missed half of the New Testament, you know the part that Paul wrote (Just imagine the Bible without Romans). And maybe the gospel wouldn’t have gone… Continue reading
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Would you want to live the Christian life if there was no resurrection?
John Piper quotes a story about a monk who was asked a form of the question, “Would you want to live the Christian life even if it weren’t true, that is, if there were no resurrection?” What would you say? Of course, the truth is that there are benefits to living a Christ centered life.… Continue reading
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The Weapons of Our Warfare
I’m not much of a fighter, but I did try. As a cadet at West Point, I reluctantly learned to use the pugil stick (Sorry, the image to the left will have to do – no pictures of my fighting exploits remain). Pugil sticks are those giant Q-tip like “weapons” that you have perhaps seen… Continue reading
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Give And It Will Be Given Unto You
If you give money to the Lord, do you get money back from Him? I think there is biblical evidence for the idea, but that said, giving is certainly not God’s plan for his children to “get rich”. Here’s a better way to put it: giving financially is the way to have enough so that you can continue to give to… Continue reading
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When You Think You’re Something Great
I have a friend who recently needed to talk to a person in charge of a particular organization. What he related about his conversation was interesting. He had the sense that she couldn’t be bothered in dealing with him. She was of the impression that she was someone of great importance who really shouldn’t have to deal with a… Continue reading
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When a Christian is Depressed
There is an idea going around – and I think it’s been going around for a long time – that true Christians, or at least godly Christians, are never depressed. It’s a wonder where ideas like this come from. I suppose there is a twisted logic to it – Christians are going to heaven, so why be… Continue reading
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A Lesson on Procrastination
It’s been almost 30 years, so I don’t remember his name. Could’ve been John…so let’s go with that. But I do remember the conversation we had, because he told me something I never forgot. And I remember something else too (read to the end). Here’s the story: It was circa August 1986, and my third year… Continue reading
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Where are the Commands for Personal Evangelism?
Some people are under the impression that the Bible does not tell us to do personal evangelism. Have you ever considered it? It’s interesting – try to think of a biblical command that says something like this: “Be sure to tell your family and your co-workers and your neighbors about Christ,” and you’ll get the idea. You… Continue reading
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I Believed; Therefore I Spoke
The title above expresses a universal truth: when you believe something, it comes out of your mouth. So said Jesus (Matthew 12:34), and so expressed the Apostle Paul… Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also… Continue reading
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The Turning Point In My Life, Conclusion
(This is part 3.) What had I done wrong? What was my problem? Would I ever be able to go into ministry? And then, in a flash, the Spirit of God led me to 2 Corinthians 3:5… “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is… Continue reading
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