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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Evangeliad (30:31-34)

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( Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad ) Section 30:31-34 (corresponding to John 5:1 ; Luke 17:11-14) ...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

How Jesus Explains One of the Weirdest Stories in the Old Testament

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(Note: This is an original piece of biblical exposition. I've written and spoken about it on a couple of occasions, but never in a full ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The Evangeliad (30:26-30)

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( Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad ) Section 30:26-20 (corresponding to Matt. 22:10-14 ) So the se...
Friday, June 20, 2025

The Radical Danger of Christian Celebrity

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I'm going to begin this piece with a thesis that will sound perhaps a little radical: - Any person in a public-facing Christian vocation...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Evangeliad (30:21-25)

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  ( Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad ) Section 30:21-25 (corresponding to  Luke 14:21-23 ;  Matt. ...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

The Evangeliad (30:16-20)

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(This is the first Evangeliad portion I've posted in months; forgive my lassitude. Evangeliad posts, along with occasional essays, shoul...
Saturday, April 26, 2025

The Danger of Making Revival an Idol

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Across a broad swath of evangelical and Pentecostal churches, there is a fixation on the idea of revival. The term itself can be used in sev...
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