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A CALL TO CHURCH COMMITMENT OVER CHURCH CONSUMERISM
I don’t know that any society has had more options available to them over the course of human history than we do in the U.S. in 2017. As I scan my home office where I’m writing this, I see a door knob (attached to a door), a backpack, my phone, the computer I’m writing on…
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AGAINST PLAYING IT SAFE
God encouraged risk-taking. When you stop to think about what God was asking Abraham to do in Genesis 12, it really is unreasonable – according to conventional wisdom. God tells Abraham to leave home. Home represents everything that is familiar and comfortable. God says, “leave it behind.” That would be hard enough, but it gets…
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PARADISE LOST
Do you know the book of Genesis? Below are some short video illustrations that will help give you a refresher.
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THE PROBLEM WITH DIVINE JUDGMENT
In the famous story of Noah, we are confronted with divine judgment which is a problem for many people. Modern people often find the notion of divine judgment distressing and even primitive. Miroslav Volf is a Croatian. As you can imagine, being from the Balkans, he is intimately familiar with injustice. Volf writes this, “Violence thrives secretly nourished by…
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LAS VEGAS AND JESUS
The world is yet again numbed by the senseless atrocity of Las Vegas this week. Shock, horror and grief have gripped the U.S. Inevitably cascading from this deluge of killing are the questions: “Why?” “How?” “Who?” There are no shortage of Christian reflections on this, so this one isn’t intended to be all-encompassing that accounts…
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IF I OBEY GOD, I WON’T BE HAPPY
This is one of Satan’s tactics. If he can get you think God isn’t really looking out for your interest; if he can get you think God isn’t good, then he’ll get you to think, “If I obey God about this or that, I won’t be happy.” Through the enemy’s attempt to disorient us, we…
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LET’S MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE
Why did God create? We know from the rest of the Bible God didn’t create because he had needs he wanted his creation to meet. It’s not as though God had an itch he couldn’t scratch so he made the cosmos to take care of that for him. So why did God create? Well, let…
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COLLISION: WHEN CHRISTIANITY MEETS CULTURE – PART 2
It is my firm conviction Christian values have been more prized than the Christian gospel since America’s inception. That is, many of us get more excited over seeing our favorite political candidate win an election than we do over God saving a sinner. That’s why, by the way, the phrase “God and country” is able to garner energy…
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WOULD YOU BE HAPPY IN HEAVEN IF JESUS WASN’T THERE?
We have to think about this one. It’s important. How we answer this question, may change a lot of other things for us. Would you be happy in heaven if Jesus wasn’t there? If you could have heaven with no sickness, no injustice, with all your family and friends, with all the delicious food you could ever…
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