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To Weep at Babylon’s Rivers: The Church in the World
Yesterday I read the excellent Psalm 137 and it made me reflect on the orientation, and the failure to do this, of the Church being the Church. The Psalm begins: By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat...
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Christ is the Decree: The Unfolding of Election
I’ve become convinced over the past year of two things: 1) Election (God choosing) is a serious biblical concept that is woven from Genesis to Revelation. It cannot be ignored without severe ignorance...
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Strength in Weakness: Gospel, Paradox, and a World of Zombies
*This post contains spoilers from the newly released World War Z.* The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians that the foolishness of God is above the wisdom of men and the weakness of God is above the...
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Running in the Dark: A Reflection
It has been awhile since I’ve posted but I wanted to share a reflection from someone I read regularly with my own additions. Here’s Glen Scrivener: He shines in the dark I understand this well. This...
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Jesus once lambasted the Pharisees when they came at Him with accusations of impurity by His associations (Mark 2:15-17). Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors...
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Participation: The Humanity of Jesus and the Hope of Redemption
One thing that I’ve regularly pondered and commented on is the concept of ‘Election’. That is: ‘to elect’ is from the Latin ‘electare’ which means ‘to choose’. As I’ve said elsewhere, it is one of...
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“A Doctrine for Fighting Men”: Predestination and Hope in a World of Monsters
When one looks outside or flips on the news, what is seen? We see a world drenched in terror and blood. We see cases of human depravity, where man murders another, where man rapes another, where man...
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What is the Gospel?
Amongst some of my friends, we enjoy talking about all sorts of things pertaining to philosophy, faithful daily living, relationships, social and cultural realities etc. Of course, we work from a view...
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The Veil Betwixt Life and Death: Jesus, Frankenstein, and Life After Death
What is life? This simple, and yet unendingly deep, question is foundational to understanding and framing what we are and what our purpose in being is. It determines what we choose to do, even in the...
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Friendship
I am going to make a bold claim right away and say that the heart of our purpose is friendship. That is: we were created to be friends and to be befriended. This could sound a lot like an empty...
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Shadows & Lies: Broadchurch, Trust, & Human Nature
I’m late to the party, but I just got done watching the BBC crime-drama Broadchurch. The general setting is that a boy is murdered in a small, sleepy, English town that is the picture-perfect example...
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