The gospel according to Habakkuk.

I have had the opportunity to study of of the most succinct statements of the gospel in the entire Bible, let alone the Old Testament:
“Behold, as for the proud one,  His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith.” (Habakkuk 2:4)
The third and final clause in this verse (“But [...]

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Maybe it’s time to join a cult after all?

Way to go, mainline evangelicalism!
Seems that the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormon’s are among the few religious groups left who believe their message is exclusively true. In this major study just released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, most major “Christian” groups (in name, anyway)  believe there is more than one [...]

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Romans: God’s Gospel of Sovereign Grace

I’ll never forget meeting a young man in a bookstore coffee shop in Kansas City. My wife and I were on a weekend trip with some friends in a popular shopping plaza, taking a break from all of the walking around. We see this guy reading his Bible, Greek helps out on the table. My [...]

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Some thoughts on evangelizing your children.

Today was kind of a long day. There are certain patterns that I notice with my children that when broken, bring predictable results. One of those patterns is what happens when we miss the first service at church and go to the later service. Our kids are just more wound up a later time in [...]

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Robert Hawkin’s emotional wringer

In the days following the killing of 8 persons at the Von Maur department store in Omaha by 19-year-old Robert Hawkins, emotions have run the gamut in my household. As we’ve sorted through our feelings, I wanted to share with you some of the conclusions drawn by my wife, Amy, and I:

Anger and outrage: [...]

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Gun violence in Omaha hits too close to home

As many of you know, nine people were killed and five were injured today at Omaha’s Westroads Mall. A gunman walked in and started shooting. By the end, he took his own life. As yet it isn’t known whether this man had help, or acted alone. A live grenade was found at the mall last [...]

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Turn that frown upside-down.

This morning my pastor was in Matt 26:31-35. He was commenting that Jesus greatness is on display in His perseverance with such weak people. Whether he said it or not, it really impressed me ow the entirety of our Christian faith is based on irony.
For those old enough to remember, there was this movie in [...]

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Did he look for a temple to do sacrifices?

Here’s a fascinating article about a man who spent one year trying to obey all the rules in the Bible. Specifically he seems to be talking about the Old Testament. He is somewhat humble in admitting that he didn’t keep to the rules completely, or any where near 100%. He took liberties selecting which things [...]

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Mike Vick finds Jesus.

I confess that yesterday as I listened to Michael Vick declare that he’d found Jesus, I groaned.
Vick, an NFL quarterback and now convicted for involvement in dog fighting, did what a lot of people do when facing a situation like this. Said several of the sports radio hosts (or something like it): ‘Why don’t these [...]

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Let’s be clear, here.

BREAKING NEWS! ALARMING TREND! GOSPEL NOT INCLUDED IN GOSPEL PRESENTATION!
Oh. Oops. I hear you all thinking that I’m not first on the scene with these headlines. I’ve been scooped. Oh well. I’m going to bother you with this anyway.
In the last couple of days, I’ve been treated to a couple of troubling testimonies on the [...]

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