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God’s Lovingkindness According to His Law: Reflecting on Psalm 119
The psalmist reflects on the Law of God. The Law is good. It provides the path to happiness and satisfaction in life. It even facilitates a just and equal society. The Law has many benefits, but I have to wonder about salvation. No one perfectly keeps the Law. All people sin and fall short of…
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Getting Back to Our Roots: Before Appointing New Pastors in 1 Timothy 1
Pastoral ministry is unique in this world. Many men are called to pastoral ministry. Because of the season my church family is in, I want to spend some time looking with fresh eyes at the pastoral letters in their context. In the First Century, things didn’t work like they do now. While we can see…
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God’s Law, Just Society, and Our Dishonest Gain: Reflecting on the Plea of Psalm 119
In psalm 119 so far, the psalmist As the psalmist reflects on the Law of God, he continues, Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain (Psalm 119:36). Since the psalmist sees the Law of God as opposite dishonest gain, we get to ask another question of God’s Law–Does God’s Law actually…
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The Source of Happiness and Blessing in Psalm 119
In the first two stanzas of Psalm 119, we saw the psalmist reject his own selfish ways in favor of God’s ways because God’s ways are better. He came humbly to God, asked God to train him, and beseeched his Lord not to forsake him utterly. Stanzas 3 and 4 (ג , ד) sound very…
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Thinking Biblically About the Alien, Man-Made Politics Aside
People always assume their agendas are correct and are quick to accuse people who don’t agree with them as being completely godless. Not many people today really try to understand someone else’s position. They simply draw caricatures and criticize those caricatures in ways that don’t actually help anyone. They only accomplish the heightening of other’s…
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Ministry Kills Homes: Wisdom From Proverbs 31 About the Priority of Our Household Responsibilities
Solomon advised his sons to look for a wife who is compassionate. Compassion equals unconditional love. A compassionate woman gives of herself and makes a relationship stronger. People can be careless in their compassion, neglecting responsibilities in order to serve those in need. Often, well-meaning and tenderhearted people give so much of themselves to others…
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Welfare Without Hellfire: Wisdom From Proverbs 31 About Helping Those In Need Without Enslaving Them
In Proverbs 31, Solomon is not telling women how to be women of God. He is advising his own sons to look for certain character qualities in an excellent wife. He is passing on advice from his own mother, Bathsheba, and even using her as the example of an excellent wife. Solomon, I’m sure, has…
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The Profitable Woman Against the Yokes of Welfare and Dependency: Wisdom from Proverbs 31
Proverbs 31 is not a note Solomon wrote telling women exactly what they need to do to be godly. Instead, it is a note from Solomon to His sons about what to look for in a woman. So far, everything we have read elevates women and is countercultural even in our own day. When worldly…
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Generous Servant or High-Maintenance Miser: The Excellent Wife in Proverbs 31
I think Proverbs 31 is too often misunderstood or misappropriated to tell women exactly what they should be if they want to be godly. We know that Solomon is writing to his sons about what he advises them to look for in a potential wife. This isn’t for all women. It concerns excellent wives. Further,…
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Is a Gay Christian a Contradiction?
Is a gay Christian a contradiction? Yes, but not for the reason you might think. I recently saw someone post this graphic on social media and want to examine the claim it makes. I am a Christian. I am very conservative. I believe living in homosexuality is sinful. Let me be very clear, I do…