We Live in a Fathered World
Tim Chester, in his 2018 book Enjoying God, uses the term “fathered world” frequently. It’s a helpful term. He uses it to explain how the world we live in—and each…
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Embracing Both Assurance and Warnings (and Hope for Those Who’ve Strayed)
In the previous post, using Solomon’s downfall as our backdrop, we considered how we as Christians a) have wonderful promises of assurance and b) should be fearful and take heed…
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Take Hold & Take Heed: How Can We Have Assurance and Also Believe We Could Fall?
King Solomon’s story makes me tremble. As I write this, in my Bible reading he still hasn’t plunged. He’s doing right, much that is religiously impressive. He has dispositions and…
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Apathy and Prayerlessness
Some people (like me) struggle with semi-frequent feelings of apathy. It’s a mindset of “whatever,” “what’s the point,” or “it doesn’t matter much.” Where Does Apathy Come From Where does…
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Finding Daily Purpose in the Gospel
“What am I doing?” It’s a question we ask ourselves from time to time. Confused and muddled—straying from purpose and direction—we continue tasks and work, but we often feel ‘off’ doing so. Funks, moods, and weariness can set it, and we feel lost…
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Considering in Christian Living
It’s simple to see change in our actions and behavior. And because of this we can begin to think our Christian life and growth consists mainly in our actions. We can think the Bible is a list of do’s and do not’s, of actions we are too perform or avoid, and that adhering to these is how we bring about change. But what if we’re more complex than that?…
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Why Did Jesus Rise? 4 Reasons for the Resurrection
In history, three days after he died on the cross, Jesus of Nazareth rose from his grave. We must stress the historical fact that this truly did happen, just as with his life and his cross. If you could go back around 2,000 years, you could watch Jesus of Nazareth die on a Roman cross and you could see him on Sunday alive again…
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I’m A Complexity of Causes and Effects
After reading Edward’s Freedom of the Will this morning, I see that everything has a cause. All things are chains of effects from the millions of causes. This means 1) my Will is not self-determining; 2) I am a chain of thousands upon thousands of causes and effects…
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