Believe the Gospel. Become the Gospel.
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time is Liam Neeson’s portrayal of the forgiveness of Jean Valjean in the movie rendition of Les...
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Apr 18, 20223 min read
Four Things We Proclaim When We Take Communion
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 11, For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord...
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Jun 21, 20214 min read
Preoccupied. Superficial. Religious. Which Are You?
If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, you might have seen a sign that says, “Eastern Continental Divide.” It’s the divide...
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Jun 1, 20213 min read
Let Jesus Turn Your Grave Into a Garden
Our sin, Scripture says, has not only put a curse over us; it has released one into us. Death is at work in us, and that shows up in the...
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Sep 24, 202013 min read
Being a “Gospel Above All” Christian in Your Approach to Social Media
The Gospel Is the Center What do we mean when we say “gospel above all”? Is that another way of saying “just preach Jesus” and avoiding...
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Aug 10, 20205 min read
Six Characteristics of Gospel-Shaped Love
Jesus said the most defining characteristic of his church should be its love. Your love for each other, he told his disciples, is how the...
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Jul 23, 20202 min read
The Apostle Paul’s Response to Our “Cancel Culture”
Recently, I typed in “how to be happy” on our collective consciousness, Google, and one of the first articles was “Three Ways to Be Happy...
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Jul 6, 20205 min read
16 Chapters, One Theme: The Gospel Is Hope
The greatest Christian leaders for the last two thousand years have maintained that Romans is the most important theological book ever...
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Jun 25, 20204 min read
The Believer’s Hope: Know Christ, Be Like Christ, Be With Christ
We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Rayshard Brooks—and the subsequent protests...
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Jun 15, 20203 min read
A Living Hope vs. a Flimsy Hope
We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd—and the subsequent protests around the...
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Jun 8, 20203 min read
Don’t Look for Contentment Like You Used to
Before you came to Christ, your life aspirations arose from a wrong way of looking at the world, what the Apostle Peter calls the...
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Jan 29, 20204 min read
Beware the Complacency of “Once Saved, Always Saved”
Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...
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Jan 27, 20204 min read
In Suffering, the Unimaginable Is Still True
A friend of mine was diagnosed with a very serious and deadly form of cancer. It looks like it may rob him of some of the best years of...
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Jan 22, 20203 min read
What to Do When You Have More Than Enough
During the wilderness journey of the Israelites, God covered the ground every morning with bread from heaven. It was like he spread out...
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Jan 15, 20204 min read
This Nine-question Quiz Will Ruin Your Day
The Apostle Paul says that at the core of all our sin is idolatry. He didn’t just mean bowing down to statues (though that counts)....
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Jan 13, 20203 min read
Stop Treating the Church Like the ACC Network
Have you ever signed up for a two-week trial of a streaming service and then just used a different email address to sign up again after...
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Jan 6, 20203 min read
The Foolishness of Pride
I once heard the story about an Army officer who had just been promoted to Colonel. He was feeling pretty high on himself and kept...
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Dec 20, 20192 min read
Power Disparities, Adoniram Judson’s Spiritual Descendants, & Can We Trust the Gospels?
We’ll be taking a blogging break for Christmas, and will see you again Jan. 6. Enjoy your Christmas and New Year’s! Wisdom for Your...
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Dec 18, 20194 min read
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Some time ago I heard an interview with Bono on a public news station, and the subject of Jesus came up. I guess Bono was in one of his...
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Dec 16, 20193 min read
Your Religious Sincerity Won’t Save You
In the Apostle Paul’s day, there were 613 written, Old Testament laws that Jews strictly adhered to. If that sounds like a lot, it is....
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