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From the blog this week: Pruned by the Master Gardener Were the First Christians Socialists? “Despite the initial plausibility of a socialist reading of Acts, there are at least two realities that make the sharing in the early church different from socialism and especially communism.” How Do I Evangelize Someone Who Says That They Don’t…
From the blog this week: The Covenant of Grace in the New Testament When Discouragement Rolls In “Discouragement rolls in like that sometimes. You can’t really account for it when life has been sweet and good and who can remember such a beautiful season? But you wake up one morning to the rumblings of a…
From the blog this week: What Might Church Discipline Look Like? A Personal Testimony What Christians Should Know About the Equality Act “The bill represents the most invasive threat to religious liberty ever proposed in America. Given that it touches areas of education, public accommodation, employment, and federal funding, were it to pass, its sweeping…
From the blog this week: Weeping, Longing, and Resurrection. The Bombs on Easter Sunday: 5 Ways to Pray for Sri Lanka “A young man from our sports ministry lost one of his legs in the Colombo explosion. A neighbor couple of ours and their daughter died, and their young son is in the hospital. As…
From the blog this week: Loving Our Neighbor Through Church Discipline When Will the Rapture Happen? A helpful video that argues that the rapture will take place after the tribulation. How Can I Explain the Gospel? “For years, even decades, I was scared to share the gospel. I learned the Four Spiritual Laws, the ABCs…
A collection of links to encourage your growth in grace. From the blog this week: The Covenant of Grace in the Old Testament 5 Ways Dads Can Encourage Their Daughters “Fathers, you have a tremendous opportunity: to help your daughter see herself in relation to God and to his images and to find her place…
From the blog this week: 7 Evidences of a Spirit-Led Life Starting Conversations With Cultural Christians “Cultural Christians (like many Americans) believe they are good people. Those who perceive they are good people might need Jesus to take the wheel on a bad day, but not necessarily to forgive the sins they don’t think they…
From the blog this week: God’s Eternal Plan of Redemption Not Going to Hell “Jesus used the same word to describe both the eternality of heaven and hell (Matt. 25:46). The fact that hell is unending is a terror that surpasses all terrors. No end. No exit. No escape.” 10 Things You Should Know About…
From the blog this week: Beautiful Sovereignty Help! I Keep Losing My Temper “Losing your temper is a lot like losing your car keys—you never choose to and it always seems to happen at the worst moments. For some “losing your temper” means yelling, swearing, pounding a fist on the table. For others, lost temper…
From the blog this week: The Pollution of Man The Call to Repentance and the Championing of Grace “To think that the message of grace and the call of repentance are opposed to one another is to miss the beautiful, grace-filled nature of what repentance actually is. The call to repent is one of the…