07/10/26
Understanding Iran therefore requires more than studying military capabilities or diplomatic strategy. It requires taking theology seriously. Christians understand this because the gospel shapes lives, cultures, and civilizations. Our calling is not merely to analyze those competing stories but, more importantly, to proclaim the true King whose kingdom comes not through revolution or coercion, but through His death and resurrection.
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07/14/26
The Christian does not meditate because life is calm. The Christian meditates because life is anything but calm. Trials teach us that we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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08/21/21
These statutes are a description of what the child of God looks like—how they walk, talk, teach, live, and have their being!
08/21/21
When explaining that sinners were saved by grace alone Erasmus would not go so far as to say that the reception of God’s grace erased human responsibility.
08/20/21
This spiritual giant of the Middle Ages is worth considering on this anniversary of his death.
08/19/21
As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls
08/18/21
God picks the unexpected and the unlikely, and goes to the unforeseen places, stacking the odds against himself, in order that age after age might stand in open-mouthed wonder at his sovereignty in and over all things.
08/17/21
What God created, God will grow. We don’t add a few stitches onto his creation.
08/16/21
The grace of God does not save us at the beginning only in order to keep ourselves in his good graces by our good enough readiness.
08/15/21
Green is the color for “ordinary time” in the liturgical church year. It's the regular time of year that always gets overshadowed by other seasons such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter.
08/14/21
Hypocrisy continues to rear its head as the formalistic worship and worshippers neglect their LORD and their neighbor.
08/14/21
Is this text about marriage or Jesus? The answer should be obvious by now: Yes!
08/14/21
No longer do we read about Jesus promising to satisfy and raise and abide in His people. Instead, we encounter a Jesus who goes on the attack.
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08/14/21
The new life Christ opened for us in His justifying resurrection, the new life into which we were baptized is a life of faith.
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