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Do Small Group Bible Studies Help Us Understand the Bible?
Ages ago, while a young Christian in college, I attended quite a few Bible studies over the course of four years. Some were better than others. The studies invariably fell into one of two categories. In the first type, one … Continue reading
Burger King Spirituality
Recently I stumbled across an article that I first read years ago. The piece, by John Ortberg, was entitled “Happy Meal Spirituality;” in it, he notes that the success of the McDonald’s Happy Meal reveals something important about the American … Continue reading
Criticism, Ignorance, and the Vandals
In my senior year of high school, my English teacher was a man we students regarded with a curious mixture of fear and admiration: Marion A. Wash. Unless you were hopelessly dense, you figured out quickly that if Mr. Wash … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Religion and Spirituality, Roger Nicole, Rome, Worldliness
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Love and Sound Doctrine
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. – John 15:12 In this verse our Lord returns to the old lesson which He has taught before: the great duty of love towards other Christians. … Continue reading
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Tagged J. C. Ryle, New Testament, Reformed spirituality, Religion and Spirituality, Theology
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Redeem Me, That I May Keep Your Precepts
I have a regrettable habit of buying books that I don’t have time to read. Consequently, I often buy a book that lies unused for a long while before I get around to reading it. It took me several years … Continue reading
On Not Being Conformed to This World
Somewhere in the distant past, I discovered the “Lake Wobegon” monologues of Garrison Keillor. Despite the fact that my personal background includes no connections to Norwegian bachelor farmers or lutefisk, over the years I’ve found resonance with some of Keillor’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Fundamentalism, Garrison Keillor, Pharisaism, Reformed, Reformed spirituality, Worldliness
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A Real New Testament Church
Imagine that you are the husband in the following scenario: You, your wife, and your two small children have just moved to a new city. On the first Lord’s Day after you arrive, you set out to worship in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Church History, Evangelical, New Testament, Reformed, Reformed spirituality, Screwtape Letters
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