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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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On being Job’s friend

Posted on March 5, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

One of the lessons to be learned from reading the book of Job is that we should be very careful when counseling someone who is going through a difficulty. Job’s friends felt compelled to give advice to Job which ended up being not very helpful.

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Voddie Baucham

The importance of a man in the house

Voddie Baucham discusses the importance of having a man in the house.

Election 2016

Thoughts on the upcoming election

For the first time in my adult life, I don’t like either candidate that the major parties have put forward for the office of President of the United States. I see more harm than good coming from either candidate being elected to that office. I wish we could have a do-over for the primary elections, but alas we cannot.

Question 2

The authority that God has given

Question 2 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks, “What authority from God directs us how to glorify and enjoy Him?”

Confessing the Faith

Van Dixhoorn on the Ministry of the Word

In studying for a class on the Westminster Confession of Faith, it was recommended to me that I get a copy of Chad Van Dixhoorn’s commentary on the confession, entitled Confessing the Faith. I began by reading the commentary on Chapter 14 of the confession (since this is the beginning of the session that we will […]

Focus on Jesus

Eyes fixed on Jesus

But, by keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, we can look past the problems in the church and look forward to the day when Jesus will return to set everything right. We can walk in the confidence that Jesus will eventually fix the things we know to be wrong.

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