From Death to Life – Another Guest Review
Grateful to put up another review of From Death to Life: How Salvation Works. This one comes from...
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Author: Allen Nelson IV
Draw Near to God – Part 3
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. This is James 4:8a and what we’ve been looking at...
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Before the Throne — Endorsements
I have been blessed once again with some great brothers who have been willing to read my...
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Draw Near to God – Part 2
We’ve been talking about James 4:8. Last time we looked at how this verse is a command, a...
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Trying Times, Faithful God
I wrote recently about a difficult experience in my first pastorate that ended with me finding no...
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Draw Near to God – Part 1
In preaching through the book of James at Perryville Second Baptist Church, we inevitably came...
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The Star Naming God
I do not claim to be a scientist or mathematician, but I plan to dabble in both these disciplines...
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Surplus – A Book Review
I had the joy recently to read a new book by Bryan Elliff entitled Surplus: Fearless Generosity in...
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Young, Restless, and Unemployed: The Resignation Letter from My First Pastorate
The date was October 10, 2010, at a Southern Baptist Church in a community of about 3,500 people....
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Before the Throne: Book Excerpt
Lord willing sometime in 2019 I will be publishing my 2nd book—entitled Before the Throne:...
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Before the Throne: Cover Reveal and Book Update
I am excited to show off Stephen J. Melniszyn’s work on my next book, Before the Throne:...
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Free Will, God’s Grace, and a Carrot on a Stick
For a long time, Christians have been debating the nature of man’s will (is it free?), the...
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A Short Recounting of George Whitefield’s Conversion
Before Lifeway, there was the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In the...
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Religion or Relationship?
Is Christianity about religion or a relationship? I understand what folks mean when they try to...
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An Encouragment to Journal
The word “journaling” may conjure all sorts of emotions for you. Perhaps it makes you...
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Any Given Sunday
Frankly, I have zero desire to be a so-called “discernment blogger.” I simply don’t have the time...
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2019 Bible Reading
As one year ends and a new one begins, we are afforded with an opportunity to assess our lives and...
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The Christian Letter Project – Whitefield to Wesley on Election
The Christian Letter Project at ThingsAbove is about exposing our readers to one of the greatest...
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If I Could Choose 3 New Year’s Resolutions for You
I don’t know you. I don’t know if you’re the type of person who makes...
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The Christian Letter Project – Augustine to the Lady Felecia
The Christian Letter Project at ThingsAbove is about exposing our readers to one of the greatest...
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How Not to Be a Heretic this Christmas
The great hymn writer Charles Wesley once wrote: Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; Hail...
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The Christian Letter Project – Calvin to Madame De Falais
The Christian Letter Project at ThingsAbove is about exposing our readers to one of the greatest...
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The Christian Letter Project – M’Cheyne to His Church
The Christian Letter Project at ThingsAbove is about exposing our readers to one of the greatest...
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Family Game Nights
The Christmas season is upon us and parents are scrambling to consider what sort of gifts we might...
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A Christmas Gift for You
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their...
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