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I am a Christian, husband, father, pastor, professor, & teacher who wants to help fellow pilgrims on our way to the Heavenly City.
Tag Archives: sin
The Ingredients of True Repentance
I was pretty sick all day yesterday. I had a major headache, neck ache, and slight nausea throughout the entire day. Besides being greatly revived by my wife’s excellent minestrone soup (it could raise the dead), I was also greatly … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, faith, grace, hate, puritan, repentance, sin, thomas watson
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Jesus Has Ruined My Reputation
As a Christian, my reputation has been ruined. Before becoming a Christian I did a really good job at making people think I am a good guy. I made sure to do chores at the right time in order to … Continue reading
The Saturday Post(s)
Don’t Waste Your Life in Pornolescence. “Pornolescence is that period when a person is old enough and mature enough to know that pornography is wrong and that it exacts a heavy price, but too immature or too apathetic to do … Continue reading
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Tagged hell, motherhood, parenting, pornography, sin, transgender
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Robbery Turned to Worship
There is much to reflect upon in this short little story. When Matthew Henry was returning home from his catechism exercise on Tuesday, March 3, 1713, robbers caught him about half a mile from Hackney. They took ten or eleven … Continue reading
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Give Them Bread. What if obeying Jesus greatly hurts our relationships with those we love? “Pledging our hearts to heaven, we will not look back to Egypt or Sodom, trusting that true mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters are those who follow Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged augustine, cross, homosexuality, jared wilson, love, pastor, prayer, rebel, sin, tim keller
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The Saturday Post(s)
The Church is for Messy People. “Church should be a place where messy people feel comfortable. When I say “messy people”, I don’t mean people who are willfully engaging in unrepentant sin. I mean people who are seeking to follow Jesus, … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, albert mohler, apologetics, church, cs lewis, debate, growth, michael patton, motherhood, science, sin, suffering
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Does Man Have Free Will?
The Apostle Paul once wrote, “All people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin. As the Scriptures say, ‘No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one … Continue reading
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Tagged depravity, fall, free will, paul, paul washer, sin, will
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The Saturday Post(s)
The Rise of Same Sex Marriage Dissidents. A very powerful article on the totalitarian-like nature of our culture’s sexual ideology. “Did we mindlessly put up red equal signs when we hadn’t even thought about what marriage is? Did we rush to … Continue reading
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Tagged adam, apologetics, children, church, church membership, culture, david platt, gay, gay wedding, gospel, grace, guilt, heaven, homosexual, homosexuality, imputation, kids, local church, michael patton, music, nancy guthrie, parenting, parents, porn, randy alcorn, sam storms, sex, sin
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You Know You’re a Sinner
Sometimes I come across folks who like to kick against the idea that they are a sinner or that they have done something wrong in the eyes of God. By speaking about their own good deeds (giving to charity, volunteering at a homeless … Continue reading
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Tagged cross, gospel, hell, jesus, judgment, paul washer, sin, sinners, total depravity
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A Pilgrim's Friend 