Christianity
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Why a Christian Must Believe All the Bible
It seems so logical to many to declare that we can’t believe all the Scriptures. After all, some parts are so hopelessly outdated…and we just know that we can’t say “Yea and amen” to everything we read. Of course, “God is love”, and we should not “…judge, lest we be judged,” but most everything else Continue reading
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Why Rejecting Any Particular Truth of Scripture is Ruinous for Overall Spiritual Health
Have you ever had a friend who lied to you? A spouse…or a boss…an employee, or a fellow employee? Probably you have. Maybe you have even been that person. As James says, “…we all stumble in many ways…” (James 3:2 ESV) Anyway, when it happens, and you discover it, one thing is sure to follow Continue reading
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20 Quotes from Prayer Changes Things
I love good quotes about prayer. They motivate me, and I’ve put different ones on my prayer lists through the years to help me pray. Last time I put my favorite quotes from a recent book on prayer, Enjoy Your Prayer Life, and I promised I would follow up with a list from another short Continue reading
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A Morning Encounter at the Hampton Inn
“I’m born again!” It was 9:15 a.m. this past Friday morning, and I was comfortably ensconced in an easy chair in the lobby of the Branson, Missouri, Hampton Inn. I was minding my own business…reading my Bible. The man speaking towered over me announcing his spiritual state. “I’m born again too,” I answered, looking up. Continue reading
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Why Followers of Jesus Believe the Bible…
A few weeks ago I was out to dinner with three other pastors, and we got to talking about how Jesus proves that there is life after death. The Lord was arguing with the Sadducees (who said there isn’t a resurrection), and Jesus brought them to that moment where Moses was at the burning bush, Continue reading
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Ten Books I’m Reading (or Recently Read)
We’re redoing our church library and the pastoral staff was asked to compile a list of books we’re reading to make a nice section of recommendations for the church. Here’s what I came up with… Knowing God by J.I. Packer I read this for a Sunday school class back in my college days and recently started Continue reading
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A Common Way People Miss Heaven
Most of us understand the investment idea of hedging your bets. It’s the old cliché about eggs and baskets. You don’t put all your money in one place. Financial gurus call this “diversification”. You diversify so that if one of your companies or stocks or mutual funds goes belly-up, you don’t lose it all. The Continue reading
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The Trouble When CHRISTIANS Say There Are Many Ways to God
Most non-Christians consider it the height of arrogance when Christians claim that Jesus is the only way to heaven. Granted, on the surface I suppose it does seem awfully exclusive and even uncharitable to say that Jesus is the way and the only way to God. However, when people who consider themselves Christians affirm and accept other religions, I have a heart to 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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Christianity vs. Feminism and Everything Else
One of the great testimonies to the truth of our faith is the fact that it works. I don’t like the way that sounds, but I won’t edit it. It’s pragmatism, but only, I hope, in the best sense. I am 48 years old. I have been a Christian for 30 of those years; I celebrated my Continue reading
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