Something We All Can Agree On—Head Coverings
My church has been slowly inching through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians for a while...
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A Christmas Eve Invitation
I invite you to ponder and remember always the worship that is due to God
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When Worship Words Lose Weight: Take Back The Weight
To listen to this post click here: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/hRQRo2F3a0b I thought...
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“Whether Your God is True or False, Your Speech Betrays You.”
Your speech reveals your heart, exposing where your affections lie. This window displays who your...
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Advent 2022 – Free Family Devotionals
The Word Christmas is not in the Bible. Never once does Paul, or Peter, or James, or any of New...
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Unintended Consequences (audio)
This is the audio edition of “Unintended Consequences,” the written edition of which...
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A Change of Heart – Chapter 2: Mere Christianity (Part 4)
For the last year+, I’ve been working on a new book, A Change of Heart: Understanding...
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A Change of Heart — Chapter 2: Mere Christianity (Part 1)
For the last year+ I’ve been working on a new book, A Change of Heart: Understanding...
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A Change of Heart, ch. 1 — Heart Matters
For the last year+ I’ve been working on a new book, A Change of Heart: Understanding...
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An Empty Seat on Christmas
I want you to consider your Christmas activities. For some of you, Christmas is a day filled with...
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Book Review: A Call to Pure Worship
Pastor Meadows created something I really needed in this explanation of the Regulative Principle of Worship: clarity, conciseness, and a direct explanation of the doctrine.
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SBC Resolution on A Reformation of Corporate Worship Practices
True, just two years ago I wrote a piece on my apathy toward resolutions. And while I still feel...
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Abounding Love
The Apostle Paul told the Phillippians that his prayer for them was that their love would abound...
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From the Mailbag: “Judge Not”
A woman contacted us through our contact us form and expressed some concerns with an article...
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Worship Me
Older generations like to make fun of all the selfies millennials take, and to an extent, that’s warranted. However, the selfie generation in America was here much earlier than the 1980s. The god of self didn’t come along with the iPhone. The iPhone is a fruit of idol worship, not the root of it.
The key attribute of the god of self is autonomy. Essentially autonomony means that “I get to do what I want because I am me. There is no one more important than me. In fact, you can’t spell awesome without ME” (I know, Taylor Swift song reference).
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God’s Unborable Holiness – Part 1
*The following is an adapted excerpt from Before the Throne: Reflections on God’s Holiness by...
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Why it’s Not Good for Man to be Alone
Our church has slowly been making its way through Genesis 1–11 on Sunday mornings. It has been so...
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Rules for Worship
It may be surprising to many but God is not only concerned that we seek Him, but also how we seek...
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Psalm 119:65-68 — Afflicted by God
Here is where we arrive at meat and potatoes of Psalm 119: the Teth octave. Why do God’s...
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A Jolly Missionary Report
I made a new friend recently as the result of reading about his faithfulness through a trial. I...
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Thanks to Wretched Radio and a whole host of financial sponsors, I received 1000 copies of Tom Hammond’s book “What Time Is Purple?” for distribution on the campus of The Ohio State University. You can...
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2018 End of Season Ministry Report for tOSU
Just four months ago I was getting ready to do evangelism at the Ohio State University’s...
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Trinitarian Prayer
Let not your hearts be troubled, dear saint of God. For the Father elected you, the Son paid your debt and the Spirit resurrected you and indwells you. The God of the universe has set His love upon you and even so, the whole trinity works in unity to bring you to perfection through intercession on your behalf. Be of good cheer as you consider this glorious truth!
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God’s Unmatchable Holiness – Part 2
As we consider the unmatchable holiness of God (read part 1), I think there is practical...
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Unintended Consequences
In one of the early releases of iOS 11.0.1, Apple introduced a feature to iPhones called Do Not...
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Reasons Not to Have Children’s Church
I sincerely appreciate the heart many of my brothers’ and sisters’ have toward children, and...
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Praise Yahweh (the LORD) – Psalm 117
God has provided us with His Word that we might know Him and praise Him. Psalm 117 is the shortest...
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Christian, Stop Saying You’re Sorry
One of the core tenets of Christianity is the forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:47; Colossians 1:14)....
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A Guide to Family Worship
I did not grow up in a Christian family, so family worship was not something that was modeled for...
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8 Practical Thoughts on Corporate Singing
Pastoral duties, coaching little league baseball, and working to finish both the From Death to...
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Make Sunday Less Spectacular
The ushers were friendlier than I expected as we came through the front door. We weren’t...
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