The Gospel
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The Deepest Book in the New Testament
Hebrews, that is. Don’t you think so? The writer, Mr. Anonymous, is not exactly skimming the surface. After all, there’s the question of “Sabbath rest” and Moses and angels. There are high priests and losing your salvation (or not losing your salvation!) and solid food. And don’t get me started about Melchizedek. But what is Hebrews Continue reading
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What Made Jesus Weep
One of the hardest things we have to do as followers of Christ is keep the reality of eternity ever before us. Heaven seems so glorious…yet so far away, and Hell seems so impossibly horrendous that it is hard to think sustained thoughts about either destination. And since we have a hard time reckoning with the reality of eternity, we Continue reading
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Hurricane Katrina, the Hand of God, and Other Bad Ideas
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 and the levees broke, there was more than one accusing voice which said it was the Bourbon Street sin that caused the hand of God to unleash on the city. Did you know that Jesus spoke to this? He said, “Not so fast.” Of course, he didn’t mention Continue reading
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A God of the Law…or a God of Grace?
I have mostly happy memories of church life growing up. From age 7 – 17, I attended the Antioch United Methodist Church in our hometown of Antioch, Illinois. To be sure, church services were boring – that’s not a happy memory particularly, but the people were nice. There was friendly Bob Olson, and elderly Betty Continue reading
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Examine Yourself to See if You are in the Faith
The question today is important: Are you a Christian? Paul instructed the church at Corinth to… Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV) This is 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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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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