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- They will not believe that God can work miracles in their lives until they see that He has already worked miracles… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 month ago
- I was one way and now I am completely different. And what happened in between ... was Him. #TheChosen #BingeJesus 2 months ago
- "Stop wondering why no one sees God without God! Who sees the sun without the sun?" -Irenaeus of Lyon 3 months ago
- A scared world needs a fearless church. -AW Tozer #StillTrueToday 3 months ago
- Don’t forget whose you are. (1 Peter 2:9-10) 4 months ago
- We don’t go to church or invite people to church, we are the church. a.co/jexrjFy https://t.co/slPdXLYf9C 6 months ago
- The catch of fish is not necessarily, deterministically linked to the level of effort you exert to catch it (John 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 7 months ago
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The Sum of the Gospel: Toward an Evangelical Catechism
I wrote this last fall and had originally intended to publish it then. Better late than never, I guess. It is the result of significant reading and study for one of the core systematic theology classes in the M.Div curriculum … Continue reading
A Clear Context for Suffering
We avoid pain because… We have cultivated unhealthy perspectives God commonly uses pain and suffering in people’s lives to get their attention and to grow them up into spiritual maturity. Nonetheless, most people work very hard to avoid pain. Why is … Continue reading
God’s Goodness vs Human Suffering
Why do bad things happen to good people? (Question 3 of 8 in the Goodness of God series) A Brief Word of Encouragement Having talked about God’s goodness and how it compares to wish fulfillment, I feel it’s important to interject a word … Continue reading
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Distrust your heart, and live
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. (Proverbs 16:2) Some of the worst advice you could ever receive is to “follow your heart”. It’s a well-meaning platitude, and it fits right … Continue reading
In the Light
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life — the life was made manifest, and we … Continue reading
The Inerrancy of Proverbs
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. — Proverbs 16:16 It just hit me. Anyone following me on Twitter knows that I’ve been spending a lot of time in … Continue reading
