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Is it Wrong for Christians to Read (or Watch) Fantasy?
As we leave Halloween 2020 behind, let me pose a question to you that has (on several occasions) been asked of me - and is frequently asked online: Is it wrong for Christians to read fantasy novels or watch fantasy movies and TV shows?
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Bringing Spiritual Warfare into the Light: My Review of Frank Peretti’s Classic ‘This Present Darkness’
A small college community becomes a spiritual war zone as armies of angels and demons war over the souls of the town's inhabitants. And should evil prevail, more is at stake than just the inhabitants of this small town. That's the premise of a bestselling novel that changed the landscape of Christian publishing forever.
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Overcome Hate With Love: My Review of Arthur Brooks’ Love Your Enemies
Contempt is the focus in Arthur Brooks' much-needed book Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. Brooks explains that social scientists have defined contempt as "anger mixed with disgust," something he calls a "toxic combination."
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What Does I Timothy 3:15 Mean?
“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly,” the Apostle Paul wrote his young protege, Timothy, sometime in the early part of the sixth […]
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The Waldensians and their Valiant Fight for Survival and Freedom: My Review of Rora
Rora is an action-packed historical novel written by James Byron Huggins and based upon the true story of the Waldenses (aka Waldensians) and their fight against the Catholic Inquisition in 1655.
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Do We Have a Right to Anger and Offense? My Review of Brant Hansen’s ‘Unoffendable’
When it comes to resolving differences or righting wrongs, ask yourself this question: Do you want to be driven by anger or by love?
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Don’t Count on Tomorrow: The Lessons of James 4:13-17
It's one thing to procrastinate on a school or work project. It's another to procrastinate in our relationship with God.
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Not Your Sunday School Teacher’s Noah: My Review of Brian Godawa’s Noah Primeval
Welcome to “Fiction Friday.” That’s what I’m choosing to call a new series of book reviews — fiction book reviews (or novels), to be precise — on this, my pastoral […]
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How Rage is Ruining America: My Review of Dan Crenshaw’s Book ‘Fortitude’
If I could a set of books for every American to read, Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage would be one of them. It is quite simply one of the best books I've read in a long time.
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Amy Coney Barrett and the Rise of Anti-Religious Bigotry in America
There is a growing hostility toward biblical Christianity in the United States, the most immediate example of which is the reaction to President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. And Bible-believing Christians should be paying close attention.
