Respectable Sins | Part Three

Quotes When I talk about specific areas of acceptable sins, one comment I often hear is that pride is the root cause of all of them. While I agree that…

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Friday Findings—March 18

Headscarves and Hashtags “[O]ur brothers and sisters who bear witness while walking through the fire could never relegate their Cross-bearer to a position of “honorable mention” in the same-God debate.…

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John Newton… Yet Speaking

When the brazen serpent was erected in the wilderness, to cure those who must otherwise have died, the benefit was not restrained to those who had been bitten by the…

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An•gel•ol•o•gy

Angelology, coming from the Greek words angelos (meaning messenger) and logos, (meaning word), is the study of the doctrine of angels. The Greek word angelos (and the Hebrew equivalent malʾāk)…

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Rock and Gold | Part Two

This is part two of this article. To read the first part, please click here. In evaluating books therefore, we must take three things into account. The first thing you…

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And I Quote—March 14

No one interprets anything without a set of underlying assumptions. When we presume to explain the meaning of the Bible, we do so with a set of preconceived ideas or…

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Respectable Sins | Part Two

Quotes [S]ad to say, the concept of sin among many conservative Christians has been redefined to cover only the obviously gross sins of our society. The result, then, is that…

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Friday Findings—March 11

My Too-Weak Tribute to Jerry Bridges Jerry Bridges, the author of our book of the month, sadly passed away this past Sunday. This article is a touching tribute to the…

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Henry Lyte… Yet Speaking

JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee: Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence, my all shalt be. Perish, every fond ambition, All I’ve sought, and…

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So•te•ri•ol•o•gy

Soteriology, coming from the Greek words soteria (meaning deliverance or salvation) and logos, (meaning word), is the study of the doctrine of salvation. As we discussed last week, all mankind…

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