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Religion?
I read the other day that atheism is the fastest growing religion in the world. It got me thinking. The Bible says that everything is about God (1 Cor 10:31; Col 3:17; 1 Pet 4:11). This means that everything is religious. The things we normally consider religious are religious of course: prayer, the study of […]
The Antithesis In The Right Place
I recently read this blog post, Heath Lambert, which was a reaction to this post, by David Murray and I was inspired to write something about Biblical counseling as opposed to counseling psychology. The quote these two posts are responding to is this: I know of no single biblical counselor who rejects the observations of […]
Grace Agenda 2019: Keep Your Kids messages now available!
We are excited to share these messages fromGrace Agenda 2019: Keep Your Kids! The last several years Christ Church has tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at christkirk.com/give. Be sure to select ‘Grace Agenda’ in […]
Sweet Christ
“Till Sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.” Thomas Watson, quoted in, When Sinners Say, “I Do,” by Dave Harvey
Rights – Grace- The Foundation – Part 3
In the last installment about Rights, I mentioned that the only right we’ve earned from God was the right to go straight to Hell for eternity. In this installment, I would like to lay a groundwork for the context of rights spoken of in the Bible. In a word, that context is all about grace. […]
Rights Part 2
We talk about rights in a number of different ways. One way is to say, “I have earned the right to X.” This seems to mean that I’ve done A, B, and C and therefore whatever X is it is right for me to have it, do it, or maybe be it. For example, “I’ve […]
Rights Part 1
I thought I would take a few moments to talk about rights. Someone told me this morning that I had told them that they didn’t “have any rights.” While I can’t remember saying that to them, I can imagine saying that to someone in a particular context. So, here’s the first of a couple of […]
The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength
Neh 8:10 Text Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Neh 8:10). Context Israel had been in captivity for 70 years when Ezra was sent by Cyrus, king of Persia, to Jerusalem to build the temple of God (Ezr 1:1ff). After many years, Nehemiah, the cupbearer to the king (Artaxerxes), […]