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Paperwork Without Passion
In Baptistic circles, “getting Saved” is a pretty big deal. An eternally big deal, in fact. But is fire insurance salvation true to the Scriptures?
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Zero Balance
What are you working for? Food that perishes, or food that lasts forever? And who’s going to give you such food? The Son of Man.
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A dying kid doesn’t meet Jesus, but lives anyway
When Jesus went back to his hometown, he didn’t exactly get a very expectant welcome. However, that doesn’t mean that nobody believed! And for those who did, he showed his great mercy and power. Today we look at the account of a desperate dad, and how his willingness to travel and beg led to the…
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Ingredients of Faith: Witness, Scripture, Experience
Why do people believe in Jesus? The exact blend of reasons varies from person to person, but as with most things, we can make some generalizations. In today’s return to the book of John, we see a few evident reasons why the Samaritans accepted Jesus as their Messiah, which also apply to us today. Come…
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Cross Examination
Central to the Christian faith is the idea that Jesus Christ opened the door for people of every tribe, tongue, and nation to enter into his kingdom, the family of God, by repenting of their sin and confessing him as Lord. Christianity also teaches that by nature we are rebels alienated from God. Thus, conversion…
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Don’t Trust Anyone! Should Christians believe in Jesus based ONLY on the Bible?
You might have sang a song in Sunday School that said “I stand alone on the word of God, the B-I-B-L-E!” Is this a great way to think about the Christian faith though? Certainly many of the people in my generation who also grew up singing that song now don’t believe the Bible’s witness about…
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More, or Less?
It’s the task of every teacher to make complex or difficult subjects accessible to the learner. The danger for students of theology is that we would fall into the trap of using that as an excuse to simplify God down to short, pithy doctrinal affirmations, rather than striving to always grow up into a more…
