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What I’ve Learned from Marriage in Two Years
I felt like since I have a lot of experience in marriage and people should listen to my advice and thoughts, I would write a blog post on marriage. Please. I’m joking. I do, however, want to give my thoughts on how marriage has been for our first two years. As most know, marriage can…
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Having the Colossians 3:2 Perspective
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” (Colossians 3:2) Recently I was at work and decided to listen to music. I opened Spotify and went to the T4G Live playlist, as I love listening to live worship music. The first song I played was “Jesus, Thank You.”…
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What is the Hypostatic Union?
Awhile back at my church (Sovereign Grace Bible Church), I taught equipping hour. I decided to teach on arguably the toughest doctrine: the hypostatic union (hereafter HU). I believe I taught it well by God’s grace, but getting into all the detail and nuance can get pretty sticky without accidentally saying something heretical. So, with…
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Why You Must be Intentional in Your Pursuit of Holiness
People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of…
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Did Jesus Die for us Because We Are Valuable?
There are many biblical reasons why Jesus died for us. For a good list of them, read John Piper’s book on it—you can read his ten reasons here. They are all great reasons and showcase the glory of God in it all. With that being said, there are also some bad answers to the question…
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The Call to Self-Denial in a Self-Absorbed Culture
Jesus gives one of his most counter-cultural commands in Luke 9:23. In this passage, He says “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” In an over-the-top selfish culture, this command from the Son of God runs the opposite way. But why does Jesus…
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My Seminary Experience: MBTS, How it Was, and What I Learned
I am done with seminary (excluding one tiny, non-graded thing to turn in). Man, it sure feels good to say that. Even more so, I’d venture to say I’m done with education altogether. After 18 years of education, I am done. Unless the Lord has other plans, I don’t plan on getting any higher degrees.…
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The Day Jovi was Born
It began at about 6:30 A.M. June 13, a Thursday morning. For us, it was a regular day. I woke up at six, took a shower, and went into the living room to read. As I was reading, Shale called for me from the other room. “I think my water just broke.” I said, “Well,…
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Do You Take Joy in Seeing Unity in the Church?
In Philippians 2, the Apostle Paul is encouraging the believers at Philippi to be unified. He exhorts them to have the same mind, same love, and be in full accord and of one mind (v. 2). Right before that, though, he tells them to “complete my joy.” What should we take away from this? It…
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The New Intolerance
In case anybody forgot, conservative* evangelical Christians hold to the same basic tenets of the faith that have been around for 2,000+ years. We will defend those beliefs at all cost, even at the cost of our lives (because Jesus is worth it). Therefore, this means we believe things that some people–mostly on the Left–find…
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