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I Also Hate This

Posted in Qur'an, Sin on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I am not afraid to admit that I don’t believe the Qur’an is the Word of God. If I did I would be a Muslim. However, that doesn’t make me any less incensed when I see things like “International Burn a Koran Day” hosted by a church in Florida. This can’t get much further from [...]

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Grace at the Grocery Store

Posted in Grace, Jesus Christ, Sin on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Elyse Fitzpatrick does a great job of helping us see how the gospel of Jesus Christ changes everything, including when anger rises in our heart while we impatiently wait at the grocery check out lane: Briefly, here’s how the whole gospel message might impact me when I’m struggling with my own unbelief, idolatry and sin: [...]

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Bacha Bazi

Posted in Sin on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Bacha Bazi means “boy play”. It was banned in Afghanistan under the Taliban and remains illegal. But that hasn’t stopped it. Young boys who are often orphans or are sold by their families are taught to sing and dance. They dance before groups of men and then are sold to the highest bidder to entertain [...]

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Peace Needs Confession

Posted in Peace, Repentance, Sin on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been reading Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament Theology and Ethics by William Swartley. I will blog more about it in coming weeks, but for now I will post this quote, which addresses the need for repentance in peace. Peace involves restoration of relationship, possible only when misdeeds are duly acknowledged. [...]

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The Seven A’s of Confession

Posted in Peace, Repentance, Sin on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Peacemakers Ministries: As God opens your eyes to see how you have sinned against others, he simultaneously offers you a way to find freedom from your past wrongs. It is called confession. Many people have never experienced this freedom because they have never learned how to confess their wrongs honestly and unconditionally. Instead, they [...]

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Does God Hate Haiti

Posted in God's Love, Sin, World on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Justin Taylor posted some helpful remarks from Albert Mohler on the tragedy in Haiti. Too often people are quick to assume that massive disasters like the earthquake in Haiti is a sign of God’s displeasure or that God has nothing to do with such things. Yes, such things are a sign of judgment, but Mohler [...]

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Sin Is Serious

Posted in Sin on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Because we are human, Muslims and Christians (and everyone else) have a common and serious problem: we routinely underestimate the seriousness of our sin, both in its offense to God and in its power over us. I found the following post from John Piper a helpful reminder of our great problem. 5 Ways Sin Is [...]

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More on Repentance

Posted in Repentance, Sin on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Jonathan Dodson has some helpful thoughts on repentance at his blog. He notes that there are three key things that must happen when we repent: confession, mortification (this means putting to death), and faith. He then gives a question for each to help you in the fight. For confession, we ask, “What do I want [...]

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Sin Destroys Peace

Posted in Marriage, Peace, Repentance, Sin on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last night my wife came home from a shopping trip having bought things that she and I had talked about.  She spent more money than I thought she was going to. I wasn’t angry. I was anxious. I was worried about extra expenditures and whether we would have the funds to pay for them. I [...]

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Repentance

Posted in Knowing God, Repentance, Sin, Theology on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently preached a sermon on the prophet Jonah (Yunus) so I have been thinking about repentance. For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Jonah, here it is in a nutshell (or you could read the whole book in the Old Testament in about 10 minutes). The Lord told the prophet Jonah to [...]

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