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Table of Contents
- Love Compels to Discipline, but Law Compels to Punish • November 14, 2024
- Love, Don’t Hate, the Liars • November 9, 2020
- Love: A New Command – Part 1 • November 2, 2023
- Love: A New Command – Part 2 • November 9, 2023
- Loving Others First • December 7, 2007
- Loving Others — What Does It Look Like? • February 4, 2020
- Maintaining a Healthy Brain • February 9, 2008
- Manicures and Spas: Should I Feel Guilty • October 22, 2010
- Marijuana – The Science Behind the Smoke • February 6, 2018
- Marijuana – What Affect Does It Have? • May 20, 2010
- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage • July 17, 2009
- Mass Delusion: How It Happens and How to Protect Your Mind • January 13, 2022
- Mass Shootings — The Real Cause • August 13, 2019
- Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action • January 21, 2013
- Meekness Is Not Weakness • April 28, 2022
- Meeting in Person During the Pandemic • September 16, 2020
- Merry CHRISTmas • December 23, 2021
- Metaphors of the Atonement • April 23, 2011
- Miracle Healing Via Dead Spirits? What’s Going On? • May 7, 2010
- Misunderstanding the Truth • June 19, 2009
- Modern Science Upends the Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict • October 31, 2024
- Mother’s Stress & Her Child’s Brain • January 11, 2011
- Music and the Brain • May 8, 2011
- My Sin Is Not as Bad as Your Sin • April 22, 2021
- Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us • December 21, 2023
- Near Death Experiences • February 6, 2009
- Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace • December 14, 2023
- New Wine in Old Skins • February 20, 2019
- No One Escapes the War Between Good and Evil • May 19, 2022
- Only God Is Infallible • July 7, 2022
- Open Theism • November 1, 2008
- Our Resistance and God’s Persistence • January 4, 2024
- Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory! • June 20, 2010
- Overcoming Evil • March 13, 2025
- Parables of Jesus – The Overarching Theme • August 25, 2020
- Parents Represent God to Their Children • June 8, 2023
- Pastors Faithful to Jesus Think for Themselves • January 16, 2025
- Peace and Victory When Evil Abounds • January 5, 2023
- Peace in a Violent World • February 14, 2019
- Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference? • July 18, 2018
- Penal Substitution: Modern Baal Worship • May 12, 2020
- Perfecting Christian Character • January 22, 2012
- Politics and the Gospel • July 6, 2023
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • March 25, 2020
- Prayer Beads: The Upside and Dangers • April 3, 2009
- Pre- or Post-Tribulation Rapture? • October 17, 2019
- Premarital Sex – Should I Stop When I Come To Christ? • October 28, 2010
- Prepare! The King of the North Is Coming • February 24, 2022
- Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result • September 5, 2018
- Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life • February 11, 2013
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Marijuana – The Science Behind the Smoke
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized “medical marijuana” and 8 states have legalized recreational cannabis use. Does this mean that marijuana is harmless? That it is safe? That it is not addictive? What does the science actually reveal?
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How is Sin Blotted Out?
Have you ever encountered a well-meaning pastor or some other Christian who teaches that “every one of our bad deeds recorded in heaven’s books will be erased by the blood of Jesus?” Some even go as far as to say that not even God will remember the sins we have committed while on this sin-filled planet.
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How to Find a Mental Health Provider
This week, I received an email with this question: “How can I find a counselor in my area that reasons and believes as I do?” I am often asked to recommend a counselor, therapist, or psychiatrist for people living in various locations throughout the country. I have made it a policy not to recommend a specific provider unless I know him or her personally. However, the following are some guidelines you can use to find a mental health provider in your area best suited to your needs.
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A Remedy for Loneliness
Have you ever struggled with loneliness? Have you ever been in a room full of people but felt isolated, disconnected, alone? Have you been tormented by an uneasiness within, a feeling that something isn’t right, a restless longing to fill some emptiness deep inside? And have you tried to fill this void
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David and the Showbread vs. Uzzah and the Ark
Have you ever wondered why David was able to take and eat the showbread in the holy sanctuary and nothing happened to him, but when Uzzah touched the Ark of the Covenant, he died? Have you ever had a pastor use the story of Uzzah to promote the idea that if you disobey God, He will punish you and strike you dead? It can all seem a bit arbitrary.
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Why Did God Tell Abraham to Kill Isaac?
Have you ever wondered why God instructed Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac? People who believe that God’s law functions no differently than human law—imposed rules that require the government to punish rule breakers—often suggest that this story proves that God requires a legal payment of human blood to pay for our sins.
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Jerusalem, Christians, and End-Time Methods
Last week, the Trump administration officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The world is divided on the wisdom of this decision. For instance, many Christians in America are ardent supporters of this step, while leaders from many nations have voiced concerns or outright condemnation.
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Suicide and the Myth of Lost Salvation
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 13 out of every 100,000 people will die by suicide. Most people have been impacted by this tragedy in one way or another, including me. Several years ago, after the death of his wife of fifty years, my great uncle ended his own life; he was simply unable to cope with the heartache, pain, and loneliness.
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What Is Biblical Justice?
Have you ever longed for justice? Perhaps a burglar broke out your car window and stole the newly installed radio from your car. Or maybe somebody cruelly harmed your loved one. Whatever happened, you hoped that the perp would be found so that he could “face the courts of justice.”
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Free to Disagree: The Protests, the Anthem, and Free Speech
By now, everyone has heard the news reports about NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem, the president tweeting that such behavior is offensive, and that the kneeling players should […]
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Is God Punishing the World with Natural Disasters?
Over the past several weeks, the news has been dominated by natural disaster after natural disaster—the horrifying Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; the devastating earthquake in Mexico; the unrelenting fires in the Northwest. Naturally, people are asking questions—What is happening?
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