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Evangelical Self-Delusion

Evangelical Self-Delusion

The following is from RC Sproul, Jr and cuts me personally to the very core of my self-justifying, slothful life.  I hope it will do the same to you.  Read and be warned. Evangelical Self-Delusion It is because we love the world so profoundly that we think we're...

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The Witness of the Spirit

The Witness of the Spirit

We are in danger of getting the barter spirit when we come to God, we want the witness before we have done what God tells us to do.  "Why does not God reveal Himself to me?"  He cannot; it is not that He will not, but He cannot, because you are in the road as long as...

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The Sin that Makes God Cry

The Sin that Makes God Cry

Let me give it to you straight— no beating around the bush and no soft-pedaling.  The sin that makes God cry is being committed daily, not by pagan workers of iniquity but by multitudes of Christians— the sin of doubting God's love for His children. Do you think it...

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In Honor of My “Short” Little Daughter

In Honor of My “Short” Little Daughter

This classic song, by Randy Newman, is in honor of Haley, my "short" little daughter.  I love you, girl! Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason To live They got little hands Little eyes They walk around Tellin' great big lies...

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The Fellowship of the Unashamed

The Fellowship of the Unashamed

The following was written by a young man in Rwanda the night before he was murdered for his faith.  In 1980 he was forced to either renounce his faith in Christ or face death.  He chose the latter and was killed on the spot.  His final words, found nailed to a wall in...

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