No Confidence in Princes
You can feel the panic in the air as the election draws near. But citizens of God's Kingdom should have no part in that fear....
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Why Do We Sing Psalm 2?
We often hear God calling Jesus "His beloved Son" in the same way that we hear an earthly Father saying "I love my son." But what if what God is saying is closer to "this is my chosen champion"? Would that change the way you think of Jesus?...
Why Do We Sing Psalm 13?
Christians are called to be joyful in all circumstances, right? So why do we observe so many Christians who are sad, sometimes for a long time?...
Why Do We Sing Psalm 8?
The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, the Marianas Trench all scream the same truth...God is majestic. So in comparison, man is nothing, right? Not exactly......
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Why Do We Sing Psalm 1?
How many paths are there in life? Hundreds? Thousands? Millions?!?! What if told you there are only two?...
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In Defense of Short-term Missions
Do short-term mission trips work? They do. If they're done well....
(Not So) Great Expectations
Expectations can lead to conflict - with other people and with God....
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Stop Apologizing
The Bible never tells us to apologize. Seriously. It tells us to do something else....
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What Is a Psalm?
Why do we sing? Do musicians compose melodies only to aid us in memorizing words? Or does music also serve another purpose?...
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A Place Where You Belong (Church Membership, Part 6)
Some final thoughts on the practical need for local church membership....
What Good is a New Year?
Calling January 1st the start of a "new" year doesn't change anything about us or the year itself. And maybe that's a very good thing....
Keep ReadingBefore There Was Christmas
The Christmas story is only half a story if we leave out what Jesus was doing before he was born....
Keep ReadingAn Unusual Christmas Theme
We often see words like "Joy" "Peace" and "Blessing" and Christmastime, but there is one word we do not often associate with the season. And yet it is a very fitting word....
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Something Better than Vegetables (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 3)
God is loving, but in a way that doesn't always match our demands and expectations. ...
Keep ReadingYou Do All Things Well (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 2)
The greatest obstacle to trusting God's wisdom is that we fail to grasp how different God's thoughts are from our own....
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For the Want of a Nail (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 1)
If we believe that God is on control of the big things, we have to believe he is in total control of all the small things, too....
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Even Christians Sing the Blues
Is sadness a sign of immaturity? Can I worship honestly if I'm not happy? Reading the Psalms might suggest that honest worship embraces the whole spectrum of our emotions. ...
Keep ReadingThe Problem of Adjectives Becoming Nouns
Scripture tells us to "regard no one according to the flesh." How does this affect the labels our society encourages us to use?...
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Reflections on Debate
What does the pastor of a small Presbyterian church think about while in a room full of Presbyterian pastors in the midst of a debate?...
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