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The Ten Words: the Eighth

The fifth through tenth of God’s Ten Commandments focus on preserving and protecting persons.  Here, the eighth hones in on safeguarding and maintaining a person’s possessions. In the reiteration of the Decalogue for the second generation of the covenant about…

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Rebellion Month

Over the last several years, some in the church have argued that a person may be oriented toward homosexuality but not act on the inclination or tendency. That may or may not be the case. However, the burden of this…

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Leadership & Integrity

Recently, Christians have agonized over accounts of false devotion to talented but corrupt church leaders. In outwardly successful churches and ministries, leaders have covered up sin, blamed victims, and blocked investigations to protect gifted but fatally flawed pastors and their…

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The Ten Words: The Fourth

Let’s consider the Fourth Commandment carefully: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8). There are two parts to this: 1. Remembering the Sabbath; 2. Keeping the Sabbath holy. First, let’s answer the following questions: What and when…

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The Ten Words: The Second

The second commandment is tricky business.  Let me state the matter in the form of a question. Do verses 4-6 of Exodus 20 constitute another commandment, a second commandment, or are these verses simply part of the first commandment stated…

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The sweet comfort of the Gospel

The first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism has resonated with generations of people familiar with it.   Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in…

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The Application of Scripture

Your teen-age daughter wants to start dating a young man who is quite nice, very likeable, professes faith in Jesus for salvation, but his dad is an adulterer, even while remaining married, and is verbally abusive toward women. What do…