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The 9 Irrefutable Laws of Followship

How the nine attributes that make up the fruit of the Spirit make us holy.

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This Ain’t Your Mama’s Book of Revelation

In my experience, Revelation has been underplayed, under-appreciated, and simply misrepresented.

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The Smorgasbord (7/21/17)

A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.

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From Selling Drugs to Selling Bibles

Even after professing Christ, drugs were more a part of my life than He was.

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James D. G. Dunn: Friend or Foe?

I try to avoid the word "heretic" as much as possible.

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What Is the “Abomination of Desolation”?

This passage gets some of the end-times chart junkies’ wheels spinning.

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Should Pastors Read Widely? A Plea for Caution

They say that reading widely is a way for the pastor to grow into a "holistic" and "well-rounded" leader.

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The Smorgasbord (8/4/17)

A mishmash of thoughts, scraps, and interesting stuff.

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The Best Introductions to the Book of Revelation

For anyone hasn't read much on Revelation, I usually recommend four short and (relatively) accessible introductions.

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Writing Is a Terrible God

As with any work in a fallen world, it makes you sweat.

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Jesus, Jonah, and Doubting God

If we’re like Jonah, we’ll confess God’s sovereignty without trusting in it. But if we’re like Jesus’s disciples, we’ll cry out to the God of the Universe, and he’ll give us peace.

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Blood Moons, Babylonian Whores, and Reading Revelation Rightly

Fearful chart-making and number-decoding distorts the point of the Book of Revelation.

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Why Did the Book of Revelation Outlast Other Early Christian Apocalypses?

Revelation's theology stood out from the crowd in a time when sloppy language about God wasn't being tolerated.

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The Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’s Command to “Be Perfect”

What does it mean to "be perfect," especially in light of the fact that we know no one is or can be perfect in a sinful world?

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Two Tools that Make My PhD Life Easier

When you're a PhD student, just about anything helps.

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What We Know about Arius and His Heresy

The Trinity is a mystery to us in many ways, but Scripture and tradition give us language and concepts that allow us to affirm the doctrine.

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