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There is No Free Lunch: STTA

March 26, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

It’s not that hard at the moment to find dumb takes on Twitter. Okay, that’s always true, but it’s especially manifest at the moment if you search for the term, “401k.” Without going into a litany of specific tweets, the overall sentiment is that all of us investors were not only mentally unprepared for a […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: bonds, coronavirus, COVID-19, finance, investing, Something To Think About, stewardship, stocks

Corona Virus, Conspiracy, and the Kingship of Christ: STTA

March 24, 2020 by George Alvarado

Its mortality rate is low, but its infection rate is high. They are restricting gatherings of 500…no wait, 250. Nope. Now it’s 50. Sorry, it’s 10 now. For sure now the government is going to restrict our liberties. The President is now going to stay in power. If only we would listen. Or maybe if […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christ is King, conspiracy theory, coronavirus, COVID-19, depravity, Satan, Something To Think About

God’s Desire for All: STTA!

January 6, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

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Below is Calvin’s commentary on 2 Peter 3:9. Though I would disagree with his exegesis here, I do agree with the theology and find it supported by the rest of Scripture, namely that, though God will not save all men, He does have a genuine desire for the salvation of the world. We must be […]

Filed Under: Sports, Theology Tagged With: God's desire, God's love, John Calvin, Salvation, Something To Think About, Well meant offer

No Remorse: STTA!

November 4, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

“Convicted Payday Loan Mogul Scott Tucker Has Absolutely No Remorse,” declares a headline on Jalopnik. What did this guy do? Why does he have no remorse? And what is this doing on Jalopnik, an automotive blog? I recently went back to a month — and only one month — of Netflix just to catch up on some things. […]

Filed Under: Sports, Theology Tagged With: auto racing, endurance racing, motorsports, scott tucker, sin nature, Something To Think About

Serving Two Masters: STTA!

May 3, 2019 by Jason Marianna

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Something To Think About! I believe most Christians understand Christ’s teaching about serving two masters. Jesus says “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” (Matt 6:24 NASB) Obviously, […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, sanctification, Something To Think About, Two Masters

God Hears Your Prayers: STTA!

May 2, 2019 by Tim Bates

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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The first verse of the Bible as well as basic reasoning each point to God as the creator of the world. Nothing exists without Him. He is all-powerful. There is no being greater than He is. No being can be greater than He […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, Culture, sanctification, Something To Think About

Careful With Your Mocking: STTA!

April 18, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! There is no excuse for mocking someone’s God-given looks, disabilities or impediments, or incidental things like the name their parents’ gave them. It is not only ungodly behavior, but it is ineffective even from a pragmatic point of view. It sends the wrong message to anyone we are trying to convince […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, Culture, sanctification, Something To Think About

Lifestyle Creep: STTA!

March 14, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

A few threads on the Bogleheads forum, especially this one, got me thinking lately about “lifestyle creep.” Maybe “lifestyle inflation” is a clearer term that requires less explanation, but then I couldn’t have put Richard Nixon in the featured image, and that wouldn’t have been as fun. Obviously, Bogleheads is a secular forum (so much […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: coffee, daily devotions, Money, Something To Think About

Don’t Mention the Tension: STTA!

March 7, 2019 by Tim Bates

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Somewhere along the way, Denny, we have to reckon with the fact that we – myself included – went too far. We put limitations on women that exceeded what Christ demonstrated. We did it instead of wrestling with the tension between the Gospels & epistles. We’re watching a backlash. — Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) March 4, […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Beth Moore, Christian Life, Something To Think About, tension

Discernment: STTA!

March 6, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! If I ordered seeds for my garden, and you replaced my tomato seeds with poison ivy, I’d have no idea! I would have no choice but to plant the seed, water it, and encourage its growth, only to be disappointed (or even poisoned) in the end. But a discerning farmer would […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, Something To Think About

Patience vs Passivity: STTA!

February 14, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! The fruit of the Spirit includes patience. Being impatient is sin and ought to be treated as such and mortified. It’s a common theme, even among those who are not Christian, to view patience as a virtue. Patience, or impatience, is still a problem Christians need to deal with—but what I want […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, patience, Something To Think About

God is Unchanging: STTA!

February 11, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

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One of the biggest mistakes we make when thinking about God is that He has to be like us in order for Him to relate to us and for us to relate to him. While there are some ways our attributes are like God’s, in most ways He is not at all like us. Most […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: immutability, Something To Think About, STTA, unchanging God

Unfathomable Submission: STTA!

February 6, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! When we study the Bible, we need to be very cautious about assuming things not stated in the text. Our best wisdom will fail us if we rely on it too much. But God has given us minds which are capable of intelligently asking questions of the text and using logic […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Something To Think About, submission, Suffering

What Will it Cost You: STTA!

January 25, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! Being a TAU writer has offered me a view of a process with which I have no personal experience: the sale of a Christian book. Allen Nelson’s From Death to Life is available on ThingsAbove.Us, and it was always my impression that when a man sold a book, “he basically got […]

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Arminian Hopelessness: STTA!

January 22, 2019 by Michael Coughlin

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Something To Think About! The Arminian doctrine which denies the perseverance of the saints (in order that man’s “free-will” may remain sovereign and autonomous) is detestable to the people of God. A God who would hold you in His bosom against your own will is not a God that the unregenerate mind can worship. Free-willers and […]

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