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Temples
The temple takes a prominent place in history. We have the tabernacle in the wilderness, replaced by Solomon’s temple (957BC), destroyed in 587BC, Zerubbabel’s temple (520BC), destroyed in 19BC, and then Herod’s temple (19BC), destroyed in AD70. In the future, the Antichrist will build a temple in the tribulation period, which will be desecrated by […]
The Dialectic Three-Step
The German philosopher Hegel introduced dialectic thinking in the early 19th Century. In his philosophy, one idea, the thesis, works against a contradictory one, the antithesis, to create something brand new, the synthesis. The synthesis becomes a new thesis and the process starts all over again. The process trashes objective truth and welcomes subjectivity. Hegel’s […]
More About How to Pray
We left off the model for prayer provided by Jesus Himself with “Our Father.” You know what’s next: “which art in heaven.” This isn’t to differentiate Him from any earthly Father or to detail His location. This implies His nature, power, height, and domain. He sees everything, can do anything, and knows all things. The […]
What About Singing Psalms?
Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:19 both mention a direct result of Spirit-filling and letting the Word of Christ dwell in us richly: Singing Psalms. Before the late 19th century, most New Testament churches sang psalms, some exclusively. Were they doing something that we are missing? In worship, we direct our music to God. What does […]
The Way to Pray
I’m guessing you’ve heard of parents who washed their kids’ mouths out with soap. Still in the military the enlisted approach officers with saluting respect. Children ought to talk to their mom and dad a certain way. But more than anything, we ought to talk to God like He has told us. Personally, I have […]
Association
The Association of People For Breathing. I don’t have many arguments against inhaling or exhaling. Even when President Clinton said he didn’t inhale, I was still for it; just in a different way than how he didn’t inhale. I could find common ground and really sympathize with this one issue group. Not breathing is a […]
That Which Is Perfect
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:10, “But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.” What is “that which is perfect?” Personally, this seems very easy. Many people have said that it is the Bible. Their thought, I guess, is that once God had given all […]
Reconstruction or Liberation
Several years ago I was watching Jesse Jackson speak about one of his protesting experiences, and he transitioned into a patented poetic preaching rhythm, and quoted some version of Romans 12:1, saying that his trip to jail was offering himself a living sacrifice. By doing so, he could deliver people from oppression like Moses did […]
It Isn’t Digging Ditches
I hear so much talk about externalism and internalism and standards and legalism and authoritarianism and balance and liberty and license and freedom and oppression and strictness, that this makes me think that one of Satan’s big attacks is that this is all too complex and definitely too hard. Most of the Christian life doesn’t […]
Bodily Exercise Profiteth Little
Lots of thoughts, folks. Lots of them. Loads of them. Thoughts about unpopularity. Thoughts about sweaty armpits. Thoughts about gravity. I’m going to let the thoughts spew out on this in no particular order. First, Spurgeon. He smoked cigars. He defended them on many different occasions, and didn’t ever really quit, despite the urban legend, […]
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