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What God Doesn’t Command Us to Do for Other Believers
Ray Ortlund: The beautiful “one another” commands of the New Testament are famous.| But it is also striking to notice the “one anothers” that do not appear there. For example, sanctify one another, humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure … Continue reading
Are You Avoiding This Part of “Gospel-Centered” Living
“See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled…” Hebrews 12:15 Ray Ortlund: The resurgence of a gospel-centered paradigm of … Continue reading
The Most Important Lesson My Dad Taught Me
Ray Ortlund shares wisdom from his dad that we all need to hear: I think about my dad a lot. I miss him so much it aches. But the most important thing he taught me was this. There is only … Continue reading
Your Life is the Evidence of Your Theology
Our believing gives way to our behaving. Our theology (i.e. the stuff we really believe about God and not the stuff we pretend to believe about God) always flows out of our fingertips. What you do is a result of … Continue reading
The Most Important Word in the Universe
Some years ago, in a faculty devotional at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Dr. Murray Harris proposed this line of thinking: What is the most important Book in the universe? The Bible. Which book within the Bible is the most important? … Continue reading