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Which is more problematic for you (if either), when secular society objects to your Christ-centered Christmas celebration or when your church’s Fourth of July service is more about country than Christ? I merely pick those holy days becoming holidays and holidays becoming holy days just as examples. There are others. For me, it’s the latter …
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What could better epitomize the Donald Trump version of a great America than sweaty gladiators beating each other up in a cage on the White House South Lawn while bloodthirsty rich men and women in tuxes and evening gowns cheer them on? Hunger Game spectacles such as these have been done before. Think Nero and …
“When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is …
Is all worship pleasing to God? Is good theology in our songs the only prerequisite for “good worship”? Check this out: Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:21-24) …
I watched a huge chunk of the “Rededication 250” event the other day. I was pleasantly surprised that some of the prayers were ones I could in good conscience say “Amen” to. Others not so much. But hey, prayers were said. That can't be all bad. I noticed the repeated refrain of “repentance” and “humility.” …
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