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Why a Man Should Avoid Jezebels and Sleep With His Wife
Men need to stay away from the seductress for only fools go near her. In the book of Proverbs, the wise father recounts looking out of the window of his house (Proverbs 7:6–9). What has he seen? He has seen the simple young fool. What is the simple young fool doing? He’s passing near the…
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Death to Worry
God tells us that we must kill the deeds of the body. So you should not be disheartened that you still have sin in the flesh to execute. No despairing allowed when sin pops up. You have executed sin before. You can do it again. As you do, you must show your sin no mercy.…
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Dancing the Tao: Following Up on Joe Rigney’s Nat Con Talk
Joe Rigney gave a recent and very fine talk at Nat Con in which he said, “The culture war in the present generation is fundamentally about what C. S. Lewis called the Tao.” You might say Rigney rode the Tao as he spoke about the Tao. Which is another way of saying that he was…
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How God Fulfills His Promises
J. I. Packer has said that covenant theology is “a hermeneutic . . . a way of reading the whole Bible that is itself part of the overall interpretation of the Bible that it undergirds.” That covenant hermeneutic fosters insights into the text of Scripture. It helps one see what is right there on the surface of…
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High Stakes Holiness
Given the modern air we are all breathing, Christians can easily make the mistake of thinking they are playing Solitaire, when in truth, they are playing Risk. Risk is a game of world conquest. And Solitaire is, of course, a single player game. If you’re in single-player mode, then there can be some tough surprises…
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Does God Have a Kingdom on Earth?
2 Samuel 7 The short answer is, you betcha. Modern people don’t like this idea. It hits a little too close to home. “If God has a kingdom on earth then maybe I will have to pay attention,” says modern secular man. “If God has a kingdom on earth, then maybe I’m not the king…
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There Is No Salvation for Cowards
2 Samuel 6 Lewis once said that if the saints were to catch a glimpse of each other in our glorified state, then we would be tempted to worship each other. And if such is true for our glorified state, think about what that means for God’s very own holiness. We have no idea how…
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What in the World is Really Going on Around Here?
If you are going to live the way that God would have you live, then you really do need to know what is going on around here. Now that involves being a Son of Issachar. These men knew the times and they knew what Israel ought to do. But there is a way of knowing…
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The Spirit of Malcom X Won’t Do
I have made the point that there are three different types of Christian community. The first is separatist pietism that cuts itself off from the world. The second is defensive evangelicalism that has ramped up its engagement with the world without the necessary tools. The third is reformed Kuyperianism which is where you want to…
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When the Blood Comes Around
Dante captured the idea well in his Divine Comedy. Our sins themselves are what come around to bite us. Caiaphas, while sanctioning the death of God’s Son, said that one should suffer for the people. So Dante places him in hell, crucified to the earth where he serves as a pathway upon whom others travel.…