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The Athlete’s Paradox

“You better believe that Johnson is working harder than you are right now!” my wrestling coach shouted in my ear as I climbed the stairs with my 155-pound teammate on my back. “You earn everything you get in this sport!” It was high school, my senior year. The heart of …

Unworthy, but Valuable

I’ve been thinking lately about the nature of God’s love. God’s love is given without us meeting a condition. As a matter of fact, God’s love is given while we are in clear violation of the conditions. Is there a clearer doctrine in Scripture than our own sinfulness? We are …

God’s Righteous Jealousy

Okay, time to ask a strange question to a primarily Christian audience. What do you worship? I know your Sunday School answer. I don’t need to hear that. Of course, you worship God. But what else do you worship? Huh? Let me define worship: You worship anything that you attach …

Why Believing I Suck Doesn’t Suck

I’ve been surprised recently how many people have been having a personal revival just from recognizing the biblical concept of total depravity. This doctrine teaches that man is not sick, but dead, a slave to his sin nature, and if left to himself, will reject God and choose sin 10 …