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What I Learned From a Tumor
“What we thought was a cyst is actually a rare, locally aggressive, but non-metastasizing malignant tumor.”
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The Grace of Conviction
What is the difference between condemnation and conviction? I have seen a tremendous amount of confusion within the body of Christ on this question. This misunderstanding can have dangerous implications for believers when it comes to repentance of sin, mortification of sin and freedom from sin.
Was It Really Three Days and Three Nights?
According to Christian tradition, Jesus died on Good Friday around 3 p.m. – the ninth hour of the day (Matt. 27:45-46; Mark 15:33-34; Luke 23:44). He was buried at about 6 p.m. (Luke 23:54), and then on Sunday, at dawn, Jesus rose from the dead. Yet, according to Matthew 12:40, Jesus said, “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of ...
The Earth is Flat?
In elementary school I learned that Columbus sailed the ocean blue against the advice of all contemporary sages. Would he fall off the ends of the earth? His men and my classroom waited with bated breath on the edge of mutiny as the ships approached the edges of the known world. I was taught that everyone in the early church and the Middle Ages unreservedly believed that the earth was flat, but ...
The Worship-Provoking Gospel
The gospel is a scandalous declaration. No other news in all of history is so liberating to the brokenhearted and irritating to the religious. The song of the Church is that Jesus came to save sinners (Luke 19:10). This will forever be the theme of our worship (Rev. 5:9-12). In Scripture we find examples that teach us about the rhythms of gospel and how it leads us to worship (Isa. 6; Deut. ...
John Calvin on Faith and Assurance
Many times when we as Christians go through spiritual dry spells, we tend to think that God does not love us. In fact, I have met many people who have called their salvation into question when going through periods of doubt, sin, depression or all the above.
Angry With God
Have you ever been angry at God? In the midst of life’s stresses and strains, do you find your heart’s frustration, confusion and disappointment directed toward the sovereign Lord? What are you to do with such feelings? Anger is a perfectly natural response to suffering and the complexities of a fallen world. An omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all-powerful) God seems to be an ...
The Gospel in the Day of Atonement
On Sep. 26 Jews all over the world will observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the practicing Jew, revered with contrition, confession and repentance. But what does this Jewish observance have to do with Christianity? Every year, Yom Kippur pictures man’s need for redemption through a substitutionary sacrifice that would one day be ...