Tag: Jesus Christ
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Answering Skeptics: “People of different religions all think theirs is best. One isn’t better than the other.”
I sometimes hear: “People of different religions all think theirs is best. One isn’t better than the other.” When you stop to think about it, the logic just doesn’t make sense. Here’s my response.
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The True Meaning of Christmas
Is “the true meaning of Christmas” up for debate? This short blog (and podcast episode) shares some thoughts.
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Short one-line prayers from the Bible to help you pray without ceasing
This ancient (yet often neglected) way to pray may be just what you need to grow, get unstuck, or simply go deeper with God in prayer. This is released as both a podcast episode and written blog.
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You can’t follow Jesus if you’re sitting on the fence
Neutrality. We tend to like that. It’s, well, non-controversial. But you can’t follow Jesus if you’re sitting on the fence. His is a radical grace and a radical truth. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) is a summary of my teaching series on 1-3 John called “For the love of God.”
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Proactively imitating good, passively imitating evil
We modern people like to think we’re “independent thinkers,” but in reality we’re very impressionable. If we’re not careful that can lead to disaster – and evil. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) unpacks 3 John and the role imitation plays in our discipleship.
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Biblical guidelines for prayer
Isn’t prayer simply talking to God? Yes, but the Bible also provides us with guidelines for prayer that is decidedly effective. This episode provides 8 (actually 9) of them. As Martin Luther King Jr said: “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”
