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Showing posts with label Immorality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immorality. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Sermon Video: Not Even a Hint Among Us - Ephesians 5:3-7

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After telling us that we need to imitate Jesus by walking "in the way of love," the Apostle Paul now reminds us how incompatible t...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Sermon Video: Do Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures? - Genesis 19:30-38

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In a disturbing episode that speaks to the trauma and hopelessness of those it involves, Genesis relates the origin of the two tribes that w...
Thursday, March 3, 2022

Moral Clarity: God help us if we can't see that Vladimir Putin and his war are Evil.

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Commenting on the social media feeds of others is "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."  I recentl...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Why Legalism doesn't work: Footloose and the self destruction of Jerry Falwell Jr.

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 I recently watched the movie  Footloose  for the first time, and can concur with Peter Parker's response to Star-Lord's assertion i...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Friendly Fire? Why examination and censure by Christians belongs primarily on us, not them

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I have been asked variations of this question, "Why all the focus on Christians?"  (Or conservatives, evangelicals, Republicans). ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Sermon Video: God's grace is not a license to sin - Jude 1-4

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Jude, half-brother of Jesus (along with James "the just", the leader of the Jerusalem Church), begins his letter by speaking of th...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Sermon Video: The Dark Side of Church Leadership - 3 John 9-14

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Having commended Gaius for showing hospitality to the missionaries/teachers that the Apostle John had sent, John next turns his attention to...
Friday, September 6, 2019

A rejection of a One-Party Church, and pastors as political operatives

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In a response to essays by Pastor Timothy Keller ( How Do Christians Fit Into the Two Party System? They Don't) , and Pastor Kevin DeYo...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

How a Christian must respond to adversaries

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It has become readily apparent that a significant number of Christians have decided that those who oppose them, in a variety of settings tha...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

The fault in an argument about the Catholic Church firing a gay teacher

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 Below is the text of an article written by Ellen Kobe, a professed Catholic.  I will intersperse my response to her argumentation (not the ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Sermon Video: Standing Firm Against Temptation - 1 Corinthians 10:12-13

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"God will never give us more than we can handle"  Really?  Whether or not this popular phrase is valid depends upon how one define...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Sermon Video: A warning about immorality - 1 Corinthians 10:1-11

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Those who don't learn from history...The Apostle Paul reminds the church at Corinth about the failure of the people of Israel during the...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Sermon Video: An immoral people cannot expect God's blessings - Haggai 2:10-19

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Utilizing an illustration involving consecrated food and the defilement associated with touching a dead body, the LORD utilizes the prophet ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Why "winning" as the goal ought to be anathema to Christians

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To 'win', at all cost, and by all means, whether in business, politics, or personal relationships, is an idea embedded in the human ...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

When a church fails to protect the innocent...

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Tennessee pastor apologizes for 'sexual incident' with teen - Article on CNN Having read this story, plus much of the linked mater...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Sexual Immorality disqualifies leadership

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The harsh reality of the pervasiveness of sexual assault, harassment, and exploitation throughout society has been brought out of the shadow...