With the storms and chaos of this decade threatening to intensify (e.g., presidential election fallout, artificial intelligence disruption), each one of us would be wise to take advantage of this short, relatively peaceful pause before the next crisis. Be encouraged to resist the temptation to settle back into complacency. Allow God to build something into […]
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Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. Titus 2:15 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock… 1Peter 5:2-3 The Lord has appointed and
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In my humble opinion, confusion surrounding kingdom, biblical, and communal authority has done great damage to the church for most of a century. A confused understanding of authority subverts our knowledge of God, weakens our defenses against evil, and inhibits the application of biblical truth through God’s grace. Most of our resistance against authority resides
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We have now explored three of Harry Blamires’ “Marks of the Christian Mind”: Its supernatural orientation, awareness of evil, and conception of truth. With three more to go, it would do us good to pause here and ask ourselves a few questions: Have I humbly considered my conformity to secular thinking? Have I begun to
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When we began this series of articles on our conception of truth, I did not expect there would be five of them, and it seems that there could be several more. But I sense the Spirit encouraging me to move on to the remainder of Blamires’ “Marks of the Christian Mind.” I expect we will
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Here, in the nineth article of the Christianly Thinking series (and fourth focused on our conception of the truth), we will take a relatively deep dive into the ways of God for engaging and/or not engaging with the world. There is a lot here, so let me summarize before we begin: The ways and worldviews
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God is depending on us to proclaim that He is the great Reality, and that only He can give meaning to all other realities. A. W. Tozer Every Christian faces multiple realities on a regular basis. Every time we sit across from someone, there are at least three realities at play. Navigating the overlay and interplay
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For the Christian, truth is supernaturally grounded: it is not manufactured within nature. The violence of the collision between the secular mind and the Christian mind in this respect is often underestimated. Failure to distinguish clearly between the Christian conception of truth and the conception of truth popularly cherished in the secular mind has been
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Question One: Where do we go for the truth? Most Christians would reflexively say, “The Bible.” But do we really go there as often as we think? And how often do we surrender to the truth we know (e.g., love your neighbor as yourself)? Question Two: Is all the truth even found in the Bible?
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We (#iamjustthepen) have recently begun a new writing project focused on the Christian’s second most deadly enemy: the world. The reference passage for the project is Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of
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