100 Blog Posts of 2019
In 2019 I sought to write more, with the goal of writing better. The advice I kept (and keep) hearing from podcasts and writing books was if you want to…
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December 2019
15 posts
C.S. Lewis on the Danger of Political Pride, Hatred, and Idolatry
Political interest can lead us into pride and hatred, and it may even become our idol. And all this is nothing new. It’s not because of 24/7 media or the…
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Quality, Quantity, and Seeking the Other
It has become commonplace to talk about idolatry in Christian churches. Things which we place on an equal plane with God—be it money, success, comfort, fame, sex, or anything—are our…
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How Can Jesus’s Government Increase Without End? The Possibility of New Worlds in Eternity
We’ll all probably heard the prophecy about Jesus from Isaiah 9 this Christmas season. It is predicted there that Jesus will be born, he’ll be king, he’ll be called “Wonderful…
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Favorite Books Read in 2019
Last week I listed the seventy books I was able to read in 2019. Here are my favorites of those books from different categories. For longer reviews of each of…
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Books Read in 2019
(As a side-note right away: Reader, please feel free to skip this post if it sounds boastful at any point. Personal posts like this on my blog are mainly for…
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Why God Alone Must Be In Complete Control
Why must we hold that God’s will alone reigns supreme? What’s at stake in such a discussion? Many Christians, especially in the past few hundred years in Western Christianity, reason…
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Forgiveness and Satisfaction Symbolized in the Lord’s Supper
When we reflect on the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, we commonly understand the wine to symbolize Christ’s shed blood and the bread Christ’s broken body. And such a view…
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Our Hearts Follow Our Wealth, So Let’s Be Rich Toward God
The four posts in this series were part of a church-wide devotional I wrote about wealth and money. The devotional was given out to aid the congregation through our church’s…
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We Possess the Kingdom, So Let’s Be Rich Toward God
The four posts in this series were part of a church-wide devotional I wrote about wealth and money. The devotional was given out to aid the congregation through our church’s…
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