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Bible Commentary

More Certain than Death and Taxes

Government happens. That’s not a complaint; it’s a simple statement of fact. God instituted government when He created order in His universe. We know how

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Imperial Holiness

One consistent characteristic of human religious expression is the showiness of it. We build ornate places of worship, adorned with the finest materials, staffed by

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Outsourcing Government

When we talk about “spiritual maturity,” we usually think about how God’s people grow spiritually as they learn the Bible and apply its truths to

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Genuinely Human

Which is better: to be right, or to keep a relationship? We can choose an answer now, but it’s likely to be the wrong one

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Divine Lapse of Judgment?

On top of all the other hard questions about why things are as they are, how about this: if God knew that it wasn’t good

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Settling for Division

We are bred for conflict, or so it seems. Even in the games we play, are objective is to win at the expense of others.

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Holy Dogs

“Holy” is a word we throw around in spiritual talk, but do we know what it means? If we don’t know what it means, then

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