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Lies and Their Consequences
The Lord, being the font of wisdom and truth, has given us fair principles for guiding His community. It is essential, therefore, for a healthy church to follow His law, showing grace to the repentant and applying discipline when professing ...Read More
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The Ninth Commandment
Slander and gossip pervade our culture, and thus it is very easy to break the ninth commandment without being aware that we are actually doing anything wrong. As those who have been called out of the darkness of sin into ...Read More
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Spiritual Adultery
David Brainerd, missionary to Native Americans, comments, “Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honors, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none” (The Life and Diary of David Brainerd). The pleasures this world has to offer, while not ...Read More
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Putting Your Faith in Action
Examine your heart today: Are you believing the right things, yet doing the wrong things? Are you believing the wrong things while still trying to do the right things?Read More
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Embracing the Truth
Examine your own life: Are you tempted to embrace the thought patterns of the secular world in order to be modern and relevant in your thinking? Are you living an empty, discontent faith in monastic isolation?Read More
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Pursuing the Quest for Purpose
Think about how proximate purpose may be contributing to God’s remote purpose in your life.Read More
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Answering the Ultimate Question
How does purpose affect your daily life—your priorities, plans, and activities?Read More
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Conceited Know-Nothings
It can be easy to know all of the right methods for interpreting the Word of God and yet at the same time not obey its precepts. This happens all too often in the Christian community when believers, consciously or ...Read More
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Our Witness to the World
When missionaries enter a new culture, they have to adapt to their audiences in order to preach the gospel intelligibly to those in need of salvation. We must do the same, but we must be ever cautious that we do ...Read More
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Understanding the Nature of Corruption
Examine your personal life. Are you grasping for autonomy? Refusing to let God rule your life? Trying to be as God?Read More