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Soul Diagnosis: How to Know if You Are a Christian
It’s about as puzzling as it is pervasive. Especially in our nation, people assume the label, “Christian,” for themselves as easily as a food preference. A 2014 survey revealed that…
Read MoreChristmas and God’s Heroic Sovereignty
Christmas is almost here. It’s a time to celebrate what God did. He brought everything together to do what we could not. He brought salvation to ill-deserving humanity in the…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Pause
It’s almost Thanksgiving. But, there is still today, which is considered the single busiest travel day in the US. AAA estimates that 47 million Americans will travel more than 50…
Read MoreCan ISIS be Considered Real Muslims?
Much of the world continues astir in the wake of ISIS’s brutal attack last Friday on Paris which left 129 people killed and more than 350 wounded. Social media was…
Read MoreWhen Affliction is Stacked
You’ve probably been there. Unprecedented affliction enters your life. Along with it, all the new experiences. The anxiousness. The sleeplessness. The darkness, loneliness, anger, sorrow. Things compound. By God’s grace,…
Read MoreReformation Reminders: Rome and Her Desecration of Christ
his Saturday, October 31, commemorates nearly 500 years since one of the greatest movements of God in church history; the Protestant Reformation. Up to the time of the Reformation, much of…
Read MoreArminianism and Its Hazards
Chances are you’ve discussed it lately. Who chose whom? God? Man? Both? Whose will and choice triggers salvation? Man’s? God’s? Both? It’s a common occurrence to spar over Calvinism (the…
Read MoreLocal Church Visitor and Assimilation Ministry
Prior to ascending back to heaven, Christ commanded his church to take up the mission of making disciples (Matt. 28:18-20). Consequently, churches have the responsibility and privilege to obey this…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Aortic Replacement Surgery
As mentioned in a post a few months ago, I have was born with a condition called Loeys-Dietz syndrome. One of the symptoms is aortic aneurysms which often necessitate a…
Read MoreMinistering to the Suffering
One of my mentors used to wisely say, “We are either in a trial, about to enter a trial, or coming out of a trial.” Such is life under…
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