Tag: depravity
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Text Driven Tuesday: Ephesians 2
In Ephesians 2, after glorifying Christ as the one far above all rule and authority and power and dominion–noting that Jesus has all these in the present tense, Paul shares the Gospel. If we read Ephesians 1 before we read Ephesians 2, which seems to make perfect sense as a way to read, we see…
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The Unconditional Love of God in Ephesians 2
In Ephesians 2, after glorifying Christ as the one far above all rule and authority and power and dominion–noting that Jesus has all these in the present tense, Paul shares the Gospel. If we read Ephesians 1 before we read Ephesians 2, which seems to make perfect sense as a way to read, we see…
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Apologetics: Conclusion
The conclusion to our current apologetics series–The 10 Commandments of Dialogue. How we dialogue with those who disagree with us is more important than winning an argument. At the end, we consider the basic proposition of the new racial justice movement (Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality) to see how we should engage the movement with…
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Shattered, a poem
My religion was worthlessbecause in it I sought my own worthIt wasn’t until, in new birth, I was soughtI could see Heaven from earth My religion was blindingbecause with it I thought I could seeIt was never a list of instructionsA mirror it was to be I kept seeing the world’s faulther heart beating as…
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Are People Basically Good?
This morning, I want to ask a couple of questions. What do you think is the condition of every person? What is our nature? What is the most basic truth of our own existence? Our answer to these questions is going to determine the way that we see and treat others and it reveals much…
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God’s Image, Not Our Design
A long time ago, there was a father who built a house for his son. He knew precisely what kind of man his son was and upon finishing the house, he handed the keys to his son and entrusted his son to keep the house and take care of it. Every so often, the father…