This month we celebrate with fireworks, parades, and barbeques the 2nd Continental Congress’s ratification of the Declaration of Independence that would lead to the formation of the United States of America, arguably still the best country on Earth. While evidence supporting that position is admittedly waning, it does not change one fact: we are dual […]
It seems appropriate since we are in the month of worldly love we turn attention to the perfect love of God. The Song of Solomon, that Song of Songs, depicts the relationship between a groom and his beloved bride, a shadow of the relationship Jesus has with His church and every individual within. While we
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The world has a saying, “It’s always darkest before dawn.” I remember many occasions waking alone in the mountains well before sunrise, far from any other human, the sky filled with darkness yet aglitter with twinkling lights of promise decorating the enormous black sky. Soon black illumined to gray, then purple, red, and orange. Finally,
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When I look at Augustine’s words—that Christ was born of a woman He Himself created, carried by hands He Himself formed, the Logos Word of God crying wordlessly in a lowly manger—I am struck by the magnificence of our savior’s sacrifice. It didn’t happen only at the cross. It began when He stepped down from
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November is the month of Thanksgiving, but every day should be filled with gratitude for the blessings and salvation of our Lord. While it’s easy to find things to complain about, there is much more to celebrate if we gaze with open eyes. I think of Evangelists Nick Vujicic (born without arms or legs) and
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God richly blesses us in many ways: providence, giftings, anointings, healings, prosperity. But the reason for those blessings is not just for us personally. February is the month we celebrate love, and our Lord exemplifies love in a way far beyond anything we can completely reproduce. Yet we are made in His image, and we
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As the calendar flips the page into a new year, I’m reminded Paul gave us his example in Philippians 3:13-14 that we should forget the past and strain forward to the future, reaching for the prize of the call of God in Jesus Christ. It’s been a challenging two years. This has been our generation’s
Scripture informs the observant that Jesus was certainly not born on Christmas Day, and there is no mention of Yuletide celebration, decorations, gift-giving, and twinkling lights. But, as Christians, it is so very appropriate we participate in these. It matters far less when Jesus was born and far more that he was born. Jesus descended
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Scripture instructs in Psalm 100, a sacred hymn only five verses long, that we are to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. We are to give thanks to Him and bless His holy name! We conform to this framework not only in worship service, but this structure must be implanted into
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As Halloween approaches, something I’ve thought of for years is the existence of vampires and werewolves. Not the fictional book and Hollywood types, but the spiritual equivalents of these mythological monsters which do NOT appear in scripture. These fantastical creatures originated in early European imagination but have gained a strong foothold in modern society as
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