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• How to Contend for the Faith Part 3- Putting It All Together

  

  In Part 1 I outlined the fact that we're all called to contend for the faith. This includes witnessing, protecting the message from corruption, and correcting... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Contend for the Faith, Part 2. Why Christians Disagree

  

  Part 1 hereIn today's 'tolerant' and 'don't judge' atmosphere, when discussing biblical things, if the other person blows up it's often seen as a failure of... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Contend for the Faith, It Can Be Confusing, Part 1

  

  IntroductionThe practicalities of how to contend for the faith is a big subject. We're told to contend, of course, many times and in many ways. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• God Created a Colorful World. He Didn't Have To...

  

  Genesis 1:1:In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earthWhen God created the earth, He could have made it colorless. He could have used only His brus... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• El Shama: A God Who Hears, He is a God Who Listens

  

  Doesn't it just crush you to pray to Jesus...and know He hears us? It's incredible, and a privilege we always remember in gratitude.As Isaiah cried in his wonde... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• He Will Glorify Me: By Chris Powers

  

  Chris Powers is creating visual resources for the global church. As an artist, Powers illustrates and animates theological concepts, and along with his... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How Does the Holy Spirit Lead Us?

  

  On Facebook last night I'd posted a mini-discernment lesson regarding a tweet Beth Moore had written advocating a process for distilling whether a prompt from... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Our Struggles Are Not So Different

  

  "Help me never to mistake the excitement of my passions for the renewing of the Holy Spirit, never to judge my religion by occasional impressions and impulses... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• New Blogger Theme, New Look for The End Time

  I've been on Blogger for ten years. For most of those ten, Blogger hasn't put out any new themes. Themes are the offered Blogger standard templates one can use... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Re-blog of Jennifer's "What Happens After You Die?"

  

  Last December, Jennifer of the blog One Hired Late In the Day wrote an essay about what happens after you die, . It's good. I re-blog it here.What Happens When... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Natural History Moment: Palm Branches

  

  How wonderful it must have been to a caravan of spice traders to climb the latest hill and see green instead of brown. Swaying palm branches clustered at oasis... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Losing My Salvation

  

  John MacArthur has famously said on more than one occasion, "If I could lose my salvation, I would." His comment is a succinct but devastatingly incisive... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Love One Another: by Chris Powers

  

  Chris Powers is creating visual resources for the global church. As an artist, Powers illustrates and animates theological concepts, and along with his... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Mother's Agony

  

  Luke 2:34-35And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What Was the Worst Danger to Paul? (Hint: It Wasn't Robbers, Shipwreck Or...

  Look at the list of devastating experiences Paul said he had endured for the Gospel: Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Truth About Grace

  

  Grace is a concept. But it's not just a concept. Grace is a gift, but it's not just a gift. Grace is a force. Think about how powerful grace is. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Predestination Means People Are Elected as Vessels of Wrath, Too, Part 3

  

  Vessels of Wrath, part 1 here Vessels of Wrath, part 2 hereA few days ago I'd posted an essay about predestination. This is the doctrine where the Bible... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• God Cares Very Deeply and Eternally for His People

  

  If you haven't listened to Martyn Lloyd Jones' series called Great Biblical Doctrines, you're missing out. I listened to two this morning, Redemption: The... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Predestination Means People Are Elected as Vessels of Wrath, Too. Part 2

  

  The verse to consider today is from Romans 9:21-24Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Predestination Means People Are Elected as Vessels of Wrath, Too. Part 1

  

  A few days ago I'd posted an essay about predestination. This is the doctrine where the Bible teaches that God is completely sovereign over everything that... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY