Getting Over Your Moral Superiority
By Daniel Emery Price
03/26/26
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Getting Over Your Moral Superiority

The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
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Magnus Persson
Magnus Persson
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The Original Sin of Preaching: The Constant Craving for a Useful God in Pulpit and Pew

God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.
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Russ Lackey
Russ Lackey
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Even Chuck Norris Needed a Savior

The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.

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This is the first installment in our series, From Eden to Easter: Life and Death in the Garden. Each day throughout Holy Week, we will take a special look at the gardens and wildernesses of Scripture, and in particular, these scenes' connections to Christ's redemption won for us on the cross.
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Dear Weary Parent: Balancing Law and Gospel

The goal isn't to give kids a balanced or equal measure of each but to give the right medicine at the right time.
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Bradley Gray
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Fullness of Life in Christ

No matter how stringent one's "regulations" — "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (Col. 2:21) — the sinful nature that resides in everyone's heart is untamable by self-effort alone.
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The Proclamation of Paint

How intentional will we be about utilizing gospel spaces that already inescapably communicate?
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A Review of Unloved: The Rejected Saints God Calls Beloved

Sometimes the old story is the one we need to hear again and again.
Edward Killian
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A Review of Dying to Live: The Foundation, Focus, and Shape of the Christian Life, Second Edition

Senkbeil is a pastor’s pastor, a master of the art of pastoral care.
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Psalm 7: The Divine Contradiction – Only Faith Overcomes Revenge

God is a judge, but unlike you, God is just!
Amy Mantravadi
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An Interview with Tom Holland about Cultural Christianity

Jesus is very difficult to bring down. That’s the power of it.
Edward Killian
Edward Killian
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We Are Beggars: Martin Luther’s Final Words and the Heart of the Gospel

Luther’s final thoughts were not meant to bum you out or lead you to despair.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
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Gospel Action

The liturgy ensures that the gospel is never something inward, merely a thought or sentiment of the believer.
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Bradley Gray
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This Is Your Story

The gospel is best understood in terms of those two most important words: for you.
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New Year, Same You

It's a new year, and you are still the same you: a sinner who is simultaneously perfect in every way because Christ declares it to be so.
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