And I Quote… October 17

Worldliness is that system of values, in any given age, which has at its center our fallen human perspective, which displaces God and his truth from the world, and which…

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The Pilgrim’s Progress | Part Five

  Chapter Seven—On Trial for the Gospel Christian and Faithful were treated horribly by the citizens of the town of Vanity—yet their response always remained loving and patient. Too often…

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Friday Findings—October 14

Stop the Revolution. Join the Plodders “What we need are fewer revolutionaries and a few more plodding visionaries. That’s my dream for the church—a multitude of faithful, risktaking plodders. The…

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10th Anniversary Men’s Retreat

Our annual retreat for the men (and boys aged 12 and over) of Westside Baptist Church will be held at the Tall Timber Ranch from November 17-19. This year marks…

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Gregory Nazianzen… Yet Speaking

He was baptized as Man—but He remitted sins as God—not because He needed purificatory rites Himself, but that He might sanctify the element of water. He was tempted as Man,…

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A•poc•ry•pha

normally refers to a group of books, not considered canonical by Jews or Protestants, that until 1827 were included (though clearly separated from the canon of the Old and New…

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Figurative Fig Leaves

What do entrepreneurs do when they pull up a carrot and discover that there is only one inch of carrot for every ten inches of carrot greens? They market the…

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And I Quote… October 10

It is sometimes supposed that wrath denotes absence of love, or is the opposite of love. But the opposite of love is not wrath, but indifference, as most parents know…

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The Pilgrim’s Progress | Part Four

  Chapter Five—A Faithful Friend As he relates the trials that Faithful met with in the valley, Bunyan reminds us that, though all true Pilgrims walk the same narrow way,…

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Friday Findings—October 7

3 Godly Ambitions for the Christian “Some of my favorite biblical commands are the ones that most counter our culture, and even our little Christian subculture. We find just such…

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