The Hopey Changey Thing
LOOKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE In 2008 the signs were everywhere. “Hope and Change” were the call words of Barack Obama’s campaign. Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer at The Atlantic, wrote in that magazine in January 2014, “It’s worth remembering that Obama...
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Fail-Proof Options for 2016
CHRISTIANS AND THE U.S. ELECTIONS The 2016 U.S. primaries are the talk of the town. Everybody wants to weigh in on the candidates and discuss the options. What should a Christian do? Let’s see. Rubio is fading fast; if he loses...
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A Thief in the Night
Keep On Truckin' My son David and I were on a mission of mercy, and he had taken the day off work so we could head north to Detroit last Friday morning. I was driving a Ford F350 and pulling a...
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The Great Transition in John’s Gospel (4)
This is part 4 of this 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3 This article will require careful thinking. But I can’t stress enough how important the subject is, because it directly affects how you think about grace, about God’s earthly people...
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The Great Transition in John’s Gospel (3)
This is part 3 of a 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 What About Those Who Are Not His Sheep? “The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not...
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The Great Transition in John’s Gospel (2)
This is part 2 of this series. Previous: 1 Transitional Passage 2 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. For I have come down from...
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The Great Transition in John’s Gospel (1)
This is part 1 of a 5-part series. Introduction When the Lord Jesus arrived on the planet, we must remember there were people living who were the spiritual children of Abraham by faith. They had, like the patriarch, a true and...
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In Season, Out of Season
Last Minute Changes It was Thursday night, two days before I was to leave for three weeks of Bible teaching in Colorado, The phone rang. It was my friend Larry on the line with a frantic plea to speak at the Labor...
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Five Fatal Flaws: The Warning Passages in Hebrews (5)
This is the final instalment of this 5-part series. Previous: 1 2 3 4 5. A Warning About God's Choice (Heb 12:14-29) In this study we have stated that the Old Covenant was God-given, and ideal for its intended purpose, but it was...
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