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Showing posts with label Rebellion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rebellion. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Sermon Video: The Fall: Temptation and Rebellion, Genesis 3:1-6

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When consider the Fall, the more important thing the text of Genesis is not how it happened, but why.  The why is straight-forward: autonomy...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Sermon Video: A God honoring rebellion? Romans 13:1-2

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In these verses the Apostle Paul lays out our responsibility as Christians to the human governments that we live under.  His statements are ...
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...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Philosophy of Ayn Rand: Hatred of the authority of God

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Years ago, I slogged through  Atlas Shrugged  out of the same sense of obligation to have read influential books that caused me to attempt, ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Sermon Video: Don't Mess with God - Jude 5-11

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Jude utilizes six examples from the Hebrew Scriptures to warn his readers about the danger of being ungodly in relation to God {the example ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Sermon Video: Paul appeals to Caesar - Acts 25

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Having newly been appointed governor of Judea, Festus visits Jerusalem to acquaint himself with the leadership there, and while doing so, is...
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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 ...
Friday, October 7, 2016

How do I know what to believe? Intervarsity, Human Sexuality, and the authority of Scripture

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There isn't an issue more talked (argued) about in recent American culture than human sexuality.  Many in our culture have arrived at co...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Sermon Video: Do what the Word says - James 1:22-25

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We have all experienced the distinction between listening and hearing.  Parents and wives of husbands watching football are familiar with th...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Batman v. Superman and the problem of evil

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{No spoilers}  You might not expect a comic book movie to delve into one of mankind's oldest and most fundamental philosophical question...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Sermon Video: The Priests' Revolution - 2 Chronicles 23

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The courageous hiding of the child Joash by his aunt Jehosheba from the murderous intentions of Queen Athaliah was but the beginning of the...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Daniel prayed, "just as he had done before." Daniel 6:10

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As Christians, should we be in conflict with our culture as part of our effort to be salt and light as Jesus commanded, or should we be tryi...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Avoiding a "softening of the brain"

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In his book, Orthodoxy , G.K. Chesterton has a quote that I thought worth sharing, "Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being ...