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What I Answered on Sunday
If “it isn’t my temptation,” it is all the more important to speak up, because those for whom it is a temptation may not see the danger. Continue reading
Ten Key Principles for Difficult Questions
God could have provided a systematic textbook full of propositional statements answering our questions, but He didn’t do that. God is not merely a system of knowledge. Continue reading
Knowledge and Scorn
But we are all that way: when we know a thing we have only scorn for other people who don’t happen to know it. – Mark Twain (Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc) Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And … Continue reading
Seeking Power, Attributing Power
Muslims must believe that all power, success, and victory comes from God alone. – Abu Bakar Bashir, head of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid Once I tried to use Him, Now He uses me; Once the pow’r I wanted, Now the Mighty … Continue reading
Rightly Using I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Four
When we sin, the god we hold in our hearts is a false one, an idol of our own making. Continue reading
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Tagged Holiness, Humility, judgment, persecution, Sanctify the Lord, trust
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Boiling Away
Many of our problems boil down to pride. We would do better to keep boiling away until the pride evaporates, too. Continue reading
The Sins We Talk About
(recycling an old thought today that’s been “percolating” for a long time) The Sins We Give the Most Attention The kind of sin that the other guy does, and that I don’t do. The kind of sin that I do, … Continue reading
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