In December of 1829, James Porter and George Wilson robbed several postal shipments and terrorized various mail carriers in their rampage for loot. Unfortunately for them, they were soon caught, …
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christianity
“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.”
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Donald Barnhouse on Hypocrisy
“You see, if God acted in the same way today that He did in the fifth chapter of Acts, you’d have to have a morgue in the basement of every …
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Tim Keller on Atonement
“God said to Adam and Eve, ‘Obey Me about the tree.’ They didn’t so God had to say to Jesus, ‘Obey Me about the tree.’” Jesus obeyed perfectly.
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“How’s the relationship with your father?” “What sort of dreams do you have?” “Is there any evidence of mental disorder in your family?” And of course, “How does that make …
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99.99%
What’s up with the claims of household cleaners? One promises to remove 99.99% bacteria. Another one pledges to kill 99.99% of germs. When it comes to most things in life, …
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For The Ungodly
John Wayne Gacy. Timothy McVeigh. Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. They had a number of common traits. All of them were men. All of them were murderers. All of them were …
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Life’s Delete Button
If it were only that easy, right? We’ve all said and done things …
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Let the Dead Bury the Dead
It didn’t seem like an unreasonable request: I’ll follow you, Jesus, but first, let me go bury my father. Yet Jesus rejects the idea. Was He being rude? Mean? Unnecessarily …
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The Law reveals sin, but is powerless to remove it. The Law points to righteousness but can’t inspire it. It shows us what godliness is, but it cannot make us …
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