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What Christianity is Really All About
Have you ever run into a Christian who is all about what you can or can’t do? The Christian life, in their humble opinion, is all about rules, where you can go, what you can eat or drink, what you should or shouldn’t say. Being around such people is tiring…and guilt-inducing. Romans chapter 14 is… Continue reading
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The Strange Command to Pay Your Taxes
As the dreaded April 15th approaches, it’s interesting to note that there are many Christians today who say they “like to get paid in cash” because, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, “I don’t have to pay taxes on it.” This kind of thinking at once surprises me and doesn’t surprise me. First, it surprises me because… Continue reading
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The Ultimate Motivation to Live for God
There are many ways we try to motivate ourselves and others to be holy. Most of them begin with something like this: “You ought…” Paul uses a different carrot, and it is the most powerful motivation we can offer anyone. When the Apostle turns the corner in Romans 12 from the doctrinal section of Romans… Continue reading
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If God is Your Hobby, He is Not Your God
Have you ever met a man who says he believes in God, and yet views Him as a relatively insignificant part of life? The world is full of such men (and women). He may go to church every so often, he may or may not read the Bible, he usually tries to do good. He may give a little money… Continue reading
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Don Knowlton’s Beautiful Feet
More than once when I was in college, I received a check from a friend of my parents named Wally Qualley. Yep, that was his name. I don’t remember anything about this man who sent me at least a couple of checks for about $500 each, except that I had a sense he was wealthy, and… Continue reading
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Doctrines of Grace
Sinclair Ferguson says the key truth of the Bible is found in Jonah 2, verse 9, where from the belly of the fish, Jonah prays: “Salvation is of the Lord.” And it is, of course, and often even more than we imagine. Salvation is totally by grace. In contrast, many Christians tend to think that… Continue reading
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Why It Is So Important to Know the Love of God
Imagine that someone you love deeply is involved in an automobile accident. For ease of illustration, imagine that you’re a parent and the person injured is your only son. After the accident, for the longest time, he is in a coma and the doctors are not sure that he is going to make it. You are naturally… Continue reading
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Why More Rules Don’t Make You More Holy
In the early 1980’s, I attended a Bible seminar called Basic Youth Conflicts put on by a Bible teacher named Bill Gothard. Gothard was a Youth Pastor in the Chicago area for a number of years until he went into this traveling ministry of putting on these seminars. There were many good and useful things that… Continue reading
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Pastoring a “Feel Good” Church
One of the things that I find fascinating in my role as a Pastor at Edgewood is to occasionally find out what people out there are saying about our church. The truth is that I really don’t know what people outside of Edgewood are thinking and saying, probably because I’m just naturally insulated. People outside of… Continue reading
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The Missing Peace by Josh Knowlton
(Note from Roger:Today I have asked one of my favorite people in the world to be a guest blogger. He is my one and only son, Josh Knowlton. Josh is a sophomore at Wheaton College studying Anthropology. Aside from academics, Josh is a member of the Wheaton Men’s Glee Club and the acapella group, Thundertones. He’s… Continue reading
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