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Guarding the Imagination: Romance Novels, Lust, and Christian Purity
When Christians hear the word pornography, most immediately think of images on a screen. We think of websites, videos, photographs, and the countless visual temptations that have become increasingly accessible in the modern world. Because pornography is so often discussed as a particularly male temptation, Christians can easily assume that pornography is defined by its…
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God’s Plan Is Going Off Without A Hitch
History often looks like a field of ruins. Nations rise and fall. Families break apart. The righteous suffer while the wicked prosper. The church is persecuted. Sin enters where innocence once lived. Death comes where life was promised. From our limited vantage point, it can seem as though God’s purpose in creation and salvation is…
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The Holy Trinity: In Union
The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not a cold puzzle for theologians to solve, but the living light in which Christians know God, worship God, and receive salvation from God. The Father sends the Son; the Son redeems His people; the Spirit applies that redemption to the heart. We are not saved by an…
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Scripture Alone: God’s Word Above the Traditions of Men
There are times in church history when God mercifully awakens His people and calls them back to the truth. The Protestant Reformation was one of those times. It was not an attempt to invent a new Christianity. It was not a rebellion against Christ’s Church. It was a return to the Word of God. At…
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The Beauty of God’s Providence in Creation
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” — Psalm 19:1 There is no study more delightful to the renewed soul than to behold the providence of God shining through His creation. To gaze upon the world merely as matter in motion is to walk through a king’s palace…
