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What Does It Mean To Be “God’s Chosen People”?
For 8 years I led a Bible study for inmates at “the Walls”, the castle-like maximum security prison in the middle of Waupun. During this time, one of the most interesting characters I met was neither a guard nor an inmate but another prison “minister” like me, an orthodox Rabbi not surprisingly named Moshe (Moses). Moshe was a delightful Continue reading
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Does That Person’s Pain Come From Sin?
When you see trouble and pain in someone else’s life, do you ever wonder what they did wrong? If so, you’re not alone. It’s a knee jerk reaction for many people, as it was for the disciples… As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who Continue reading
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A Trade You Must Make To Get Into Heaven
(A loose and modern-day paraphrase of Philippians 3:4 – 9) “Years ago, I had my confidence in all the wrong places. I assumed that I could know God and go to heaven on the basis of what I had done. For instance, I was extremely religious. It came naturally. My grandfather was a deacon and Continue reading
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The Part I Played in My Salvation
I have this high school memory: it was likely junior year, maybe a late morning in the fall – band class, and I was walking outside to the football field with some other marching band members. I was pontificating about Jesus – foolishness about how maybe he did exist and maybe he didn’t. Like I knew Continue reading
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How to be Known by God
Many ask the question, “Do you know God?” It’s a good question, and a biblical one, but there is another way to consider our relationship with the Lord. It is to ask the question, “Does God know you?” This question is just as important as the first. Paul put it this way… But now that you Continue reading
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Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation?
It was probably 10 years ago that I got a call from another pastor in town (since moved away) inviting me to lunch. He and I had never really connected, so I gladly accepted. As we sat down at Culvers one early afternoon, he didn’t take too long to get to his point. He had Continue reading
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God Looks at the Heart
It’s easy to think that outward appearance is what matters in life, but the Bible tells a different story. Take for instance, the time when the Prophet Samuel was sent to Jesse’s house to pick out a King of Israel to replace Saul. He made a snap judgment when he began looking over Jesse’s sons… When they Continue reading
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Did Jesus Preach the Gospel?
There are three parables/stories in Matthew 25 that on the surface, challenge a traditional evangelical understanding of how we are saved, the most powerful one coming at the end, where, in the story of the sheep and goats, Jesus says, Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty Continue reading
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