Hypocrisy is not the way of the Christian. It is the way that the Christian abandoned in the tomb of his old life. Holiness is the way of the Christian.
Author: Michael Teddy
Michael Teddy
Shall we entertain the notion of biblical sarcasm and satire? The response from Christians unveils the current condition of the church. In our contemporary landscape, we unravel the misguided notion that niceness trumps other biblical virtues. But this is simply not true.
The Christian cannot walk away from this truth for he is held accountable by the word of God.
There is a big difference between the Gospel’s impact upon the world, and the world’s impact upon the world in the name of the Gospel.
The resurrection is not an additional achievement to the work of Christ, it is an elemental transaction that happened, the climactic conclusion to the redemptive work that sealed our justification. Not only did he take our sins upon the cross, but he absolved our guilt in his resurrection. We are redeemed because Jesus defeated death.
The coronavirus is a sign. And so are all such disasters. They point to the reality of a world that is broken by the sin of man.
A couple can never find the fullness of the beauty of marriage in each other. We are all broken people in a broken world.
When a Christian gives preeminence to God’s word, he is not putting God in a box. He is trusting in the integrity of His Lord and His revelation to mankind.
Have you ever found it difficult to sustain your daily commitment to pray? I know I have, and I also know, from the majority of Christians that I have spoken to, that I’m far from alone in this struggle.
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