As much as we think of ourselves as self-made men and women, we are significantly shaped by forces outside of our control, both forces inside of us and forces outside of us. This is especially true when we begin to get into the practical things of life. For example, consider sex and sexuality. Most of...
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In AD 52, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter, either the first or second New Testament epistle ever written, to a small church in the city of Thessalonica, a church he had started not long before. This church was planted in a highly cosmopolitan, affluent, powerful city where Christians struggled with the same kinds of...
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It is high time to put open and closed doors in their place. “Well, that’s an open door, so I guess God wants me to walk through it.” Or, “That’s a closed door, so it must not be God’s will.” Such statements sound like trust in God, but in fact they indicate Christians taking the...
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