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February 10, 2023
4 Greek Words for Love
There are at least four different Greek words that are used for “love,” but not all of them are found in the New Testament. (Actually there are more than four Greek words for “love,” but usually it is these four that come up in discussions.) The first Greek word for “love” is eros, which refers […]
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February 9, 2023
The mystery of the trinity
Glory be to the Father,” sings the church, “and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.” What is this? we ask—praise to three gods? No; praise to one God in three persons. As the hymn puts it, Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son! Mysterious Godhead! Three in One! This is the God whom Christians worship—the triune […]
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February 8, 2023
How can I understand God?
Think for a minute about how much more powerful than you God must be. As we saw in chapter two, God created at least three septillion one-trillion-megaton-bombs-per-second-energy-producing-exploding-nuclear-spheres with just a word. My personal ability to generate energy is not nearly as impressive. I have a rowing machine that measures the watts of electricity I produce […]
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February 7, 2023
The Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecies Confirms Jesus’ Identity
The Old Testament is full of prophecies about Jesus. A few of Isaiah’s predictions include that Jesus will be born of a virgin,2 will perform miracles,3 and will be smitten and called “the Lord.”4 In the book of Micah, Jesus is prophesied to be born in the town of Bethlehem.5 The Psalms predict that the […]
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February 6, 2023
Why people lose faith
When I was a seminary student, I heard the tragic story of another seminary student who lost his faith. “Justin” had come to Christ in college through the witness of some of his fraternity brothers. He was smart, articulate, athletic, and popular, and became a Christian leader on campus almost immediately. He started a large, […]
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February 5, 2023
PURSUING PLEASURE UNDERMINES PRIDE AND SELF-PITY
Over against all human pride, “God chose what is low and despised in the world … so that no human being might boast in the presence of God” (1 Corinthians 1:28–29, RSV). Any view of the Christian life that claims biblical sanction must be the enemy of pride. This is one of the great values […]
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February 4, 2023
What is it like to come to God?
One of the most riveting movie scenes I’ve ever seen is from the 1997 movie Contact, starring Jodi Foster and Matthew McConaughey. Dr. Ellie Arroway, played by Foster, is an astronomer who has spent years searching for signs of extraterrestrial life. After years and years of endless silence, she tunes her sensor to a dark, […]
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February 3, 2023
The spiritual discipline of service
It’s been gone for more than a century. Yet, if it weren’t for TV commercials, more people probably would have heard of the Pony Express than of Federal Express. The Pony Express was a private express company that carried mail by an organized relay of horseback riders. The eastern end was St. Joseph, Missouri, and […]
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February 2, 2023
Pain is God’s megaphone
Perhaps pain or disappointment has driven you to look upward for answers. A professional athlete once confided to me that tragedy in his life was forcing him to consider things he’d never considered before. He graduated college as an all-American, was drafted in the first round by one of the premier teams in the nation, […]
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February 1, 2023
The Greatest Mystery of the Christian Fatih
It is no wonder that thoughtful people find the gospel of Jesus Christ hard to believe, for the realities with which it deals pass our understanding. But it is sad that so many make faith harder than it need be, by finding difficulties in the wrong places. Take the atonement, for instance. Many feel difficulty […]
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