Correction: We Don’t Like It But Need It
Many know the biblical ideas sin and repentance. We know that receiving Jesus is repenting of your sins and believing the gospel. But there’s another word the Bible uses a…
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What Does It Mean to Die “In Peace”?
King Josiah was the godliest of the Israelite kings. “Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his…
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A Precious Verse That Has Helped in My Sweating Anxiety
Right away I’ll make this quite personal: For the last few years now I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating with anxiety. I’ve tried to track…
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What’s the Best Form of Government?: Why God Didn’t Give the Israelites a Constitutional Republic
Yesterday America celebrated its Independence Day. We honored the day we gained our freedom from the British monarchy, remembering the Declaration of Independence that upheld “Life, Liberty and the pursuit…
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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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Help for When We’re Feeling Overwhelmed
Psalm 102 begins with this introduction (and these psalm prescripts are inspired and part of Scripture), “A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he is faint and pours out…
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Jesus and Moses’ Conversation About Exodus
When Jesus was transfigured (meaning, ‘transformed’) on the mountain, he spoke with Elijah and Moses. But what is fascinating is the topic of their conversation: “They spoke about his exodus” (Luke 9:31, literal translation). I was struck by this because one of these men speaking to Jesus is the original exodus deliverer himself…
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Who Is This “Son of Man”?
Jesus’ favorite title for himself was not “Son of God.” Neither was it “Lord” or “Christ.” The title he most frequently used for himself was “Son of Man.” Why is this?…
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Who Do We Think We Are? Correcting God and Presuming We Know All
At the end of the book of Job—the story of the innocent suffering—the main character Job is charged with trying to “correct” God (Job 40:2, NIV). After reading the book through pretty swiftly, I read that verse and agreed that that was essentially what Job was doing much of the time. He was complaining, confused, and correcting and contending…
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