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Duty or Delight: What Should Motivate Our Obedience and Service?

Duty or Delight: What Should Motivate Our Obedience and Service? Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, therefore in hunger…

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  • Posted on January 27, 2023
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Euphemism, Shame, and the Loss of our Moral Compass

Euphemism, Shame, and the Loss of our Moral Compass From time immemorial, shame has been a source of moral discipline and training at the personal and societal levels. When people…

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  • Posted on January 13, 2023
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Heavenly Rewards as Motivation for Holiness

Heavenly Rewards as Motivation for Holiness Because Paul bases his call to the Christian life on the truth of what Christ has accomplished for us in his death and resurrection…

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  • Posted on December 9, 2022
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When God is Silent: Seeing Him Who is Invisible

When God is Silent: Seeing Him Who is Invisible In his book, Enduring Divine Absence[1], Joseph Minch makes the point that the allurement of atheism does not rest only in…

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  • Posted on November 11, 2022
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Death, Thou Shalt Die

Death, Thou Shalt Die “A family of five died in an auto crash after a faulty vehicle veered off its lane to crush them.” “A young woman died during childbirth”…

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  • Posted on October 21, 2022
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What Does it Mean to Love God?

What Does it Mean to Love God? While we love to talk about the love of God and how he has manifested that love towards us in innumerable ways, we…

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  • Posted on September 30, 2022
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“If then I be a father, where is mine honour?”

“If then I be a father, where is mine honour?” I was surfing through Twitter one day when someone made a joke using Prophet Muhammed’s name (I can’t remember the…

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  • Posted on September 9, 2022
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Suffering and Sanctification: How God Purifies Us Through Our Trials

Suffering and Sanctification: How God Purifies Us Through Our Trials Trials are difficult to bear. But when we believe we are supposed to be immune to them, they become even…

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  • Posted on August 26, 2022
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World-Affirming and World-Denying: The Paradox of the Christian Life

World-Affirming and World-Denying: The Paradox of the Christian Life Why is it that Christians can heartily sing, “This is my father’s world”[1] and “Is this vile world a friend to…

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  • Posted on August 12, 2022
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Against Clout Chasing

Against Clout Chasing In the search for fame, popularity, and affirmation, many people have flung off all moral restraints, putting the lives and welfare of others on the line. We…

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  • Posted on July 21, 2022
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