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He Removes Kings and Sets Them Up

We tend to be a little too full of ourselves in America. We are a people who are free. Our public officials serve with the consent of those who are

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Light That Conquers Darkness

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.”

That’s what

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

O Architect of worlds,

            Author of life,

            Creator of all beauty,

            Giver of every good

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A Prayer for the Journey

O Lord of the heavenly city with everlasting foundations that cannot be shaken,

            very abode of God,

            home of

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True Power and Wisdom

What do you think about when you hear the word “power?” And what do you think the typical person thinks about when they hear that word? We’re in election

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The Church in Crisis 

It takes no great insight to see that the Church in America has been operating in crisis mode for most of this year. The trigger, of course, was the lockdowns

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Not Afraid of Bad News

This past week I had to spend a few days in the hospital. My daughter, who deeply appreciates the writings of C.H. Spurgeon, kindly and insightfully made sure

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Feed Your Joy

Are you ever tempted to think that joy in the heart of a Christian just happens naturally, and that it grows inevitably as the years go on? Or have you come to see that

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Spreading the Fragrance of Christ

It was a beautiful late summer day yesterday and I took the opportunity to be out in the sun and mow my lawn. I try to keep it looking respectable, but

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Sing to the Lord

What comes to mind when you think of the great commands of the Bible? No doubt the greatest command, to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength, and the

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Get Small

With a title like that, this post could go a number of different directions, the most obvious of which would have something to do with the virtue of humility. But my subject

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Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak

When I wrote an article about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision a few weeks ago, I didn’t expect to be writing about another one so

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Contentment

Before anything else, we must establish the fact that we as Christians ought to be content. This is easy enough to do. Hebrews 13:5 says, “Be content.” Having

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A Hidden Life

If you’re interested in a film that brings deep spiritual issues into sharp relief, Terrence Malik’s A Hidden Life is a worthy choice. My wife and I watched it last

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The Reward of the Righteous

What does it mean to be blessed by the Lord? I suspect that many – perhaps most – thoughtful Christians struggle with this question at some level. We are

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Bostock v. Clayton County

Every now and then a U.S. Supreme Court decision comes along that the Church of Jesus Christ cannot ignore. Bostock is such a case. The June 15, 2020, ruling

Kevin Steyer

The Necessity of the Trinity

George Bernard Shaw once said, “There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.” This statement is false, but it is surprisingly

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Enemy Strategy – and How the Church Must Respond

“Divide and conquer” is a strategy as old as war itself, although the pithy phrasing “Divide et impera,” is usually attributed

Kevin Steyer

Ida and Darwin

One of the films that I have watched in recent years that made a profound impact on me is Ida, a Polish film from 2013. It is about an orphaned teenage girl who is about