I posted this paraphrase of Paul’s words in Philippians on another person’s blog and thought I would use it for my own post! I don’t have any commentary on the passage this time, but hopefully my own paraphrase will encourage you in your own struggle to shed the old self and fully dwell in the [...]
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This is an essay I wrote for my Biblical Hermeneutics class. We were assigned the task of choosing a Gospel pericope (story/passage) and were suppose to describe and analyze it. I thought it was a pretty good read, so I thought I would post it here. I must warn you, it is long (3500 words, [...]
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I was looking through some of my archived posts and came across this one from a few years ago while I was in ministry on Capitol Hill. It made me smile, so I thought I would repost it. Enjoy!
This afternoon, I was in the shower asking God to help me cast aside my sinful self [...]
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This essay was originally posted on August 8, 2005. It’s one of my favs, so I thought I would repost it. Enjoy!
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with [...]
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During the fall quarter of my junior year of college at Cedarville University, we had a sex conference. Now, to be sure, it was a “Song of Solomon” conference with Tommy Nelson, the Christian sex guru, but it was a sex conference at my thoroughly fundamental Baptist school, none the less. And it was free [...]
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A few days ago, I wrote about the amazing insight found in the Greek word “peirazo” (tempted), and how knowing the meaning behind this word opened a window into a greater understanding of the James 1 passage. I think the parallel between James and Job still stands, as well as the general conclusions from the [...]
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