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Embracing Christ: Consciously Thinking of Jesus As We Relate to God

January 17, 2023

What happens in our relationship with God—which, of course, includes our half-heartedness, our consistent sins, our excitements and emotional roller-coasters, and more—what happens if in that, we subtly start relating…

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Sin Is “Barbs In Your Eyes, Thorns In Your Sides”

April 18, 2022

“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes…

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How Can Jesus Live in a Sinner Like Me?

August 22, 2021

At a Bible study at our church recently, we came upon the point in Colossians where the climax of the gospel is, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians…

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Good Friday, Easter Sunday—What About Saturday? The Cosmic Significance of Jesus’s Day in the Tomb

April 11, 2020

Yesterday was Good Friday. Tomorrow Jesus is going to rise. But Saturday he’s in the tomb. What is the significance of today? There’s many answers. Our God is a God…

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Forgiveness and Satisfaction Symbolized in the Lord’s Supper

December 13, 2019

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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What’s the Hope for a Society of Increasing Immorality?

October 11, 2019

We live in a society wrought with moral problems. We do well to remember that in every society and culture there has been immense moral issues, and that our modern…

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Grace and Peace: How These Two Terms Summarize Christianity

September 20, 2019

The apostle Paul begins each of his letters with some variation of the greeting “grace and peace.” Many of us have read this many times that we haven’t considered why…

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9 min

31 Reasons to Preach the Gospel to Yourself

September 6, 2019

Should we really “preach the gospel to ourselves”? “Preach the gospel to yourself” has become common advice in gospel-centered circles. But is it biblical and actually beneficial? Of course most Christians…

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God Enthusiastically For Us On Judgment Day

August 5, 2019

Someday you will stand before God. What feeling did that statement evoke in you? Due to our innate feeling of sin and of God’s God-ness (or “holiness”), we fear. But…

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How the Most Devout Christians Are Saved

August 2, 2019

The apostle Paul—with all his devotion, leadership of churches, sufferings for Christ, brilliant theological letters, and missionary work in unreached areas—was saved by the same way as the thief on…

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Embracing Christ: Consciously Thinking of Jesus As We Relate to God

Sin Is “Barbs In Your Eyes, Thorns In Your Sides”

How Can Jesus Live in a Sinner Like Me?

Good Friday, Easter Sunday—What About Saturday? The Cosmic Significance of Jesus’s Day in the Tomb

Forgiveness and Satisfaction Symbolized in the Lord’s Supper

What’s the Hope for a Society of Increasing Immorality?

Grace and Peace: How These Two Terms Summarize Christianity

31 Reasons to Preach the Gospel to Yourself

God Enthusiastically For Us On Judgment Day

How the Most Devout Christians Are Saved

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