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“Any and all efforts to save yourself by doing good deeds are nothing other than splendid sins." — Douglas Wilson

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

A Study in Contrasts

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“There is no authority except from God , and those that exist have been instituted by God.” If the COVID era had a defining passage, sur...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Anonymous Asks (345)

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“What does an eagle signify in the Bible?” Birds of prey are majestic, beautiful, horrible creatures. If you’ve ever watched a winged pr...
Sunday, March 09, 2025

Making Connections

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For all the good they do, the English Bible’s chapter divisions often break up the text in ways that don’t much help the interpreter in hi...
Saturday, March 08, 2025

119: Sin and Shin

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The penultimate letter of the Hebrew alphabet has two different names, though it’s technically the same letter. Jews pronounce it Shin [ ...
Friday, March 07, 2025

Too Hot to Handle: See You in Court, Brother

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Wow. Christians going to court with one another. ...
Thursday, March 06, 2025

Just Church (17)

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We’re continuing our exploration of what Social Justice ideology does to the church. We began by looking at the scriptural pattern for fel...
Wednesday, March 05, 2025

The Building Blocks of Reality

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The Old Testament is full of hints, winks and nudges. Or so it seems to me. For example, I cannot read Abraham’s words to Isaac, “ God ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Quote of the Day (49)

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Assurance of salvation and eternal security are not identical concepts. The former describes my level of confidence in my relationship wit...
Monday, March 03, 2025

Anonymous Asks (344)

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“How do you feel about prayer in public schools?” My family returned to Canada from overseas when I was due to enter grade 4, resulting ...
Sunday, March 02, 2025

Emotions and Emoting

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The verb “to emote” derives from “emotion”, but with a slight change in emphasis. Merriam-Webster says it means “to express emotion,” the...
Saturday, March 01, 2025

119: Resh

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The Hebrew letter Resh [ ר ] signifies poverty or need. Scholars say it looks like a man bent over. It’s appropriate, then, that in these...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Too Hot to Handle: ‘Apostles’ and ‘Prophets’

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Everybody’s looking for greater certainty these da...
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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Just Church (16)

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When we left off last week, I was laying out for you the plan for fellowship that we find in the Bible. Our purpose was to get a clear sen...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

On Millennial Lifespans

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Back in November of last year, our own Immanuel Can recommended a relatively short study guide from Regular Baptist Press entitled Why Dis...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Into the Wood Chipper

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Christianity Today ’s Emily Belz worries, “ Is This the End of USAID ?”, before launching into a list of all the wonderful things the bigg...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Anonymous Asks (343)

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“Was Jesus a pacifist?” As defined by Merriam-Webster, pacifism is “opposition to war and violence as a means of resolving disputes”, of...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Five Ways We Deceive Ourselves

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Self-deception may be the worst kind of deception there is. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of ways to be deceived, and all can res...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

119: Qoph

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Hebrew sources say the letter Qoph [ ק ] represents the number 100, the eye of a needle, the back of the head, and possibly … a monkey. ...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Too Hot to Handle: Bad Reasons to be Nondenominational

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Christianity Today reports that about one in six ...
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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Just Church (15)

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Chapter 5: A Higher Vision “… we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctri...
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