June 29th, 2015
Originally posted on www.camelbackbible.com History of Poland Perhaps more than any other European city, Warsaw is shaped by its past. Everywhere in the capital city monuments rise to commemorate Polish resistance …
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Originally posted on www.camelbackbible.com. In 1986, after six-and-a-half years of living in England, Lesli and I visited eastern Europe just before the infamous wall came down, the ugly barrier dividing …
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Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Psalm 73:20 Awakening from the dream. Have you ever had a nightmare so troubling …
Read the Whole Article »June 18th, 2015
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. Psalm 73:16-17 In a previous …
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All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will …
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‘For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are …
Read the Whole Article »June 5th, 2015
Guilt is a killer. When our dog Tekarra would empty the contents of the waste bin onto the family room floor, searching for scraps of food, she would announce her guilt. …
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Next weekend I will be speaking at a conference for Gospel Coalition in Warsaw, Poland. In seven sessions, I will be discussing how our ministries for Christ can be assured …
Read the Whole Article »May 28th, 2015
‘Simul justus, et peccator, totus, totus.’ – Martin Luther Luther’s famous phrase explains a beautiful biblical tension: simultaneously both just and sinner. Many Christians over the last century have interpreted …
Read the Whole Article »May 15th, 2015
‘Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart’ – Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good. That’s what we want to believe about God, that …
Read the Whole Article »When the world is collapsing around us, Christians can still climb to the heights. That is the uplifting message of Habakkuk, and of my New Year’s sermon preached at Eden …
Read the whole article »The light of self-giving love cuts through the darkness like nothing else can. It is the light of new creation. It is the glory of selflessness overpowering the gloom of selfishness.
Read the whole article »An uplifting call to Christians during a pandemic I preached a sermon yesterday at Eden Baptist on the perspective we, as Christians, should take during this alarming time of the …
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