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Culture

  • Should Our Government Call People to Obey the Bible?

    I hadn’t been paying attention to the news, so I was legitimately shocked when I saw this headline on CNN: “What does the Bible verse Jeff Sessions quoted really mean?” To be candid, I’m suspicious about any news outlet offering authoritative interpretations of the Bible. So I caught up on all the drama. Long story…

  • The Lord Returns- Ezekiel 43:1-9

     Take a moment to pray. Ask God to speak to you through his word—for his Spirit to convict you of sin, teach you the truth, and lead you in walking by faith. Setting the Scene As Ezekiel’s fourth vision continues, his angelic guide takes him from the new temple to the east gate. Here he…

  • Laughing at the Lordship of Jesus

    So like a billion other people, I saw Avengers: Infinity War this weekend. My wife and I saw it with two dear friends in a packed theater of 500 people. No spoilers below, but I am going to ruin one joke in the movie. At one point in the plot some goods guys (man, there are a…

  • Spiritual Heart Surgery- Ezekiel 11:1-25

    Take a moment to pray. Ask God to speak to you through his word—for his Spirit to convict you of sin, teach you the truth, and lead you in walking by faith. Setting the Scene Hearts can be tricky. I don’t mean our literal hearts beating in our chests, but our capacity for responding to…

  • The Lost Goal of Christian Maturity

    And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, equipping the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s…