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Wait!
We could rightly be known as “those who wait.” We wait, we keep the faith, we hope in the promises of God for resurrection and the restoration of all things. Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Faith, Life Lessons, Psalms
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The Great Compromise – When Good Men Support Donald Trump
The justification of sin for the sake of political expediency, or for any other reason, for that matter, is an abomination to God. It is a denial of the truth claims of the Scriptures, and it is a cancerous trend in some areas of the church. This past year, however, this disease has infiltrated areas that were previously bastions of orthodoxy and moral fortitude. This election season, large swaths of Christianity have put down their Bibles in order to pick up their campaign signs, and have chosen, instead of standing for truth, to stand with an enemy of truth. Supporting evil in order to battle a worse evil is not righteousness, it is compromise. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Politics
Tagged Christian Living, Church, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Theology
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What’s at Stake when the Church Supports Trump?
“Have we truly considered what an awful thing it is that we are saying to Trump and the nation that his behavior is within the bounds of a follower of Jesus?”
A pastor and teacher examines the effect of supporting Trump on the witness of the Church. Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Living, Church, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Theology
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Believers, Thinkers, and Founders – a review
Believers, Thinkers, and Founders is an excellent book with enough scholarship to make it a formidable tool in discussions of faith in the public square, and enough simple clarity to make it accessible to those outside formal academia. Continue reading
Why go to, or belong to, a church?
Often times, in this age that many refer to as “post-church,” it is suggested that one can be a good Christian without going to church. Among those who do attend church regularly, there are those for whom the concept of … Continue reading