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In the Game of Politics Justice Loses
Majoring on Minor Offenses There’s no question that it’s bad form. The trouble I have is with objecting to bad form when the function is so wicked. Last week the President flew to Texas, and took the...
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Socialism Rightly Applied
Socialism in the Government The concept of socialism is rightly repugnant to many, especially those of us who have been reared in the individualistic United States. If anyone with a biblical worldview...
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The Bible — Sacred History, Your History
My Ancestors “Are you RC Sproul’s son?” It’s a common question, and apart from the fact that there would have to be a whole other RC Sproul who also happened to name his son RC for it not to be so, an...
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The Scandal of the Gospel
Wanting Grace for Us, but Not for Them All of us, both within and without the church, face the temptation of being legalists when dealing with others’ sins against us, and antinomians when dealing with...
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The Irony of an Arrogant Calvinist
Reformed, Calvinist, Prideful It’s an irony that hits close to home, so it’s one I make note of regularly. We who confess to being Reformed, Calvinistic, embracing the doctrines of grace, begin our...
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Think Rightly, Feel Deeply — The Magic of Music
Mind & Emotions CS Lewis, in his trenchant essay, Myth Made Fact makes much of the fact that our hearts and minds tend to be binary. That is, the more clearly we are thinking the less powerfully we...
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On Human Cruelty & Selective Application
Cruelty in Iraq & the Middle East I have seen none of the pictures. I have no position on the accuracy of the stories. If it is true that Muslims in the middle east are beheading children it is...
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The Perfect Family Recipe
Proverbs & Promises I never want to diminish another’s hardship. Indeed I can’t imagine a greater one. I know there are too many heartbroken parents out there who sought diligently to raise their...
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Recognize the Blessing in the Hardship
Learn the Meaning of Blessing Because we are by our fallen nature Pelagian we have a natural bent toward the notion of karma. Good things, we think, will happen when we do well, bad things when we do...
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Called to Disciple the Nations
Experiencing God’s Power Power, paradoxically, can sometimes be quite shy. I know great bolts of lightning and the attendant rumbling of thunder do not begin with a polite, and gentle, “Excuse me, may...
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A Verdict that Demands Evidence
Lying is Bad It’s a bad thing to tell a lie. Generally speaking we oughtn’t to do it. Truth be told, however, I suspect we lie less often than one might think, and do more damage with the non-lies that...
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Ray Rice, Domestic Violence, and Other Monsters
Connecting the Dots It is, I believe, a useful habit that I stumbled upon now more than 20 years ago. I have found that forcing myself to look at two issues at once often helps me see a new perspective...
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The Folly of Keeping Up with the Joneses
The Good Mr. Jones I have two sets of neighbors. On the east side is Mr. Jones. He’s a decent man, a loving husband, and an attentive father. He serves at the local soup kitchen at least once a month....
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Lovers (of the World) Gonna Hate
Human Trafficking & Abortion Next month I will be participating on a Christian college campus in an intriguing discussion. I have been invited, due to my public labors on behalf of the unborn, to...
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