Fundamentals
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In Christ Alone
The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them. When they saw Him, they worshiped, but some doubted. Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Continue reading
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Onesimus and Perfection
The letter to Philemon is one of the most fascinating books in the New Testament. It’s among the shortest books in the Bible, but it’s incredibly dense in terms of practical applications. It’s also a book that stirs my curiosity; there’s so much unspoken backstory that I really want to understand. But there’s only one Continue reading
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The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light Continue reading
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Making Fasting Matter
Have you ever considered the fact that fasting is something Christians do in the New Testament? We often associate fasting with the Old Testament since it had periods of required fasting. The New Testament commands no such observances, but we find fasting listed along other traditions of worship we are familiar with. Acts 14:23 says: Continue reading
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Contradictions and Dispensations
One of the more challenging aspects regarding God’s law is helping others understand the divisions between the laws found in our Bibles. While everything we have collected of God’s message is in a single bound volume, it’s not all one law. In order to understand which passages we should view as binding to ourselves as Christians, Continue reading
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Lucifer
image by Thomas Bresson on Wikimedia Commons How you are fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on Continue reading
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Is Baptism Really an Outward Sign of Inward Grace?
Is Baptism Really an Outward Sign of Inward Grace? Serena, writing for A Wordy Woman, provides an in-depth analysis of baptism as it’s portrayed in the New Testament. It’s practically impossible to pull any one quote out of this post because the author’s logic flows so smoothly from point to point. From the initial believers Continue reading
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Christianity, the World’s Most Falsifiable Religion
Christianity, the World’s Most Falsifiable Religion Interesting thoughts: This belief has been a source of contention with many people, even Christians, in the past. But the more I research, the more I find it to be the case that Christianity is the only viable worldview that is historically defensible. The central claims of the Bible Continue reading
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I’m Just a Passing Through
Is it possible we’ve grown overly comfortable with this world? I saw a preacher I love and respect talking about how he simply doesn’t feel welcome in America anymore. I understand where he was coming from, and I sympathize with his feelings. I do not criticize him for the statement; it was just an impetus Continue reading
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“Liberal” Is Not a Bad Word
What do you think about when you hear the word liberal? I was raised to equate the word with all sorts of negative qualities, and I imagine many of you were too. It was a word that denoted an enemy of truth: “His views are too liberal.” It was a word to discredit political enemies: “Don’t Continue reading
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