Bible Study
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How to Escape Your ‘Pit of Despair’
If you’ve seen the enjoyable film The Princess Bride, you’ll remember the “Pit of Despair.” It was a secret, underground lair that contained a torture device simply called “the Machine.” […]
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Whatever Happened to Humility in the Church?
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” So says James in his epistle. (See James 4:10). According to Jesus’ brother, humility should be […]
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I Will Joy in the God of My Salvation: A Commentary on Habakkuk 3
The book of Habakkuk contains one of the most eloquent praise poems in the Scriptures. This is all the more remarkable when one considers that the book begins with the […]
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The Justice of God
At some point in the final decade of the 600s BC (or BCE), the prophet Habakkuk went to God with a burden. The conversation that follows is a remarkable lesson […]
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The Just Shall Live by His Faith: A Crucial Lesson From Habakkuk
Have you ever wondered why God is seemingly silent or “asleep at the switch” when it comes to all the problems and injustice of this world? If so, Habakkuk is […]
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Are You Quick to Listen and Slow to Speak?
One of the wisest exhortations in all of Scripture comes from the book of James. In that wonderful book, James (the half-brother of Jesus) writes these words: Wherefore, my beloved […]
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A Man Called Pain: The Story of Jabez in the Bible
In the book of I Chronicles, we meet a man named “Pain.” That’s right. A man whose name means “pain.” That man is Jabez. We don’t know much about Jabez. […]
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My Thoughts on God, Government, and America
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, America witnessed one of the saddest days in history. The Capitol Building, a bastion of democracy around the world, was stormed and essentially taken over […]
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How Can We Trust a God Who Causes or Allows Pain and Suffering?
How can we place our faith, hope, and love in a God who either directly causes or at least intentionally allows pain and suffering?
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Is it Wrong for Christians to Serve in or Support the Military? The Bible on War
Today is Veterans Day. That’s the case at least for my American readers. And thus it’s a good time to ask the question “What does the Bible say about war […]
