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“Cover Your Nudity!” Street Preachers and Bad Theology
Read more: “Cover Your Nudity!” Street Preachers and Bad TheologyHave you ever seen one of those crazy people standing on a street corner yelling about hell wearing a sandwich board? Well I saw one a few days ago. Or rather I heard him and his looming voice, carrying all throughout the downtown streets of San Antonio. My mom and I had driven down to…
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The Self-Checkout Line and 50 Shades of Grey
Read more: The Self-Checkout Line and 50 Shades of GreySo I have a confession. I encountered the 50 Shades of Grey DVD stand at Kroger last night. And I was tempted for a good while about whether or not I should get it. Especially since it was so appropriately situated next to the self-checkout line. How clever. As I walked around the store the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 6
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 6This week, we continue reading the message that Jesus began teaching in chapter 5. (If you’re now joining in this study you are welcome to read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here.) In chapter 5, Jesus began to address the crowds teaching that the heart is the root of all sinful behavior and now He…
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When I Can’t Find A Reason for God to Love Me
Read more: When I Can’t Find A Reason for God to Love MeGod’s love has never seemed fully unconditional to me. Before, I used to try to find reasons for God loving me. Before, there would always be something that I had done that I thought was good, simmering in the back of my mind to validate God’s reason to want to love me. And in the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 5
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 5This week we arrive at Jesus’ first preaching scene in Matthew chapter 5. (If you are now joining in this study you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here). So far we have read about Jesus’ ancestral background in chapter 1, birth in chapter 2, baptism in chapter 3 and preparation through Satan’s…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 4
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 4As we continue on in Matthew chapter 4, we meet a new character arriving on the scene: Satan. (If you are now joining in this study, you are welcome to begin here at Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1.) This character is given access to Jesus as Jesus is led into the wilderness for the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 3
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 3This week as we read in Matthew chapter 3 we see John the Baptist arriving on the scene just as Jesus is about to start His ministry. (If you’re now joining in this study, you can read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 2 available here…and Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 available here ) Contrasting…
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Grace Motivates Purity
Read more: Grace Motivates PurityI used to assume that the idea of purity in itself motivated purity. Anytime that I glimpsed purity… purity in others, purity of the Lord, purity in the Word or purity manifested in the world I would be very drawn to it. Purity was, and still is, very appealing to me, beautiful to me, desirable…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 2
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 2As we continue this week in Matthew chapter 2, we read that Jesus’ birth causes quite a stir in Jerusalem. (If you are now joining in this study you are welcome to read Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1 here ). From the outset, wise men arrive in Jerusalem inquiring about the birth of the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 1Continuing on in my Getting to Know Jesus blogs, I have decided to go through the book of Matthew in an orderly fashion so that I can gain a better understanding of what this whole book is about. I have chosen Matthew because it flows right from the Old Testament into the New Testament and…
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