Tag Archives: Faith

Faith: Don’t Take It Lightly

Posted on June 20, 2026 by salooper57

People who come to Jesus are not joining a religious club or a theological society. They’re joining the Resistance. Continue reading →

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Reason to Rejoice: Jesus, Genesis 1, and John 1

Posted on June 17, 2026 by salooper57

While we were talking, some noise and commotion caught our attention, and we looked up to see about 20 Senegalese men pointing at us and shouting the same word over and over. Continue reading →

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The “Residue” Inside Us

Posted on June 13, 2026 by salooper57

This is true whether or not they ever pray, attend corporate worship services, or believe in God. Everything that happens “inside us” (as well as “to us”) has spiritual implications because Homo sapiens is a spiritual being. Continue reading →

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The Interactive Story (Luke 5:27-29)

Posted on June 10, 2026 by salooper57

Life is absurd for everyone who refuses to merge his or her story into God’s story. If your storyline is not woven into his story, then all the suffering and loss – and even the happiness and success – are meaningless. Continue reading →

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Could God Be Angry With You?

Posted on June 6, 2026 by salooper57

Does [God] use punishment as an instrument of control? Do we need to hold pro-God rallies (Sunday mornings at 11:00) and offer the Almighty extravagant praise, lest his wrath burst out at us? Is God some kind of cosmic tyrant who requires constant appeasement? Continue reading →

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Good News about the Day of Judgment (2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:11-15)

Posted on June 4, 2026 by salooper57

No one is thrown into that lake because they have sinned. If that were the case, we would all go there, since “there is no difference: for all have sinned” (Romans 3:22-23). People do not end up in hell because they have sinned, but because they do not have life. Continue reading →

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The Epidemic of Foul Speech

Posted on May 30, 2026 by salooper57

When the infamous “Watergate Tapes” were made public, Richard Nixon was embarrassed and humiliated because the public learned of the foul language that he routinely used in private. Continue reading →

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When Christ Appears (“When” Is the Wrong Question)

Posted on May 27, 2026 by salooper57

I no longer debate such things, but back then, I did. I was armed to the teeth with prooftexts, like some kind of eschatological Rambo, ready to blow holes in your rapture and millennial theories, while you ran for cover. Continue reading →

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Is It Time to Be Afraid?

Posted on May 23, 2026 by salooper57

It is as if they got out of The Perfect Storm just in time to enter The Exorcist. It was almost like Jesus was taking them through exposure therapy to help them overcome their fears. Continue reading →

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The Church Avoids Division (Acts 15)

Posted on May 21, 2026 by salooper57

That disagreement could have divided the church and derailed the faith. But problems, when faced in appropriate ways, can lead to even more success, and the church faced this in an appropriate way. Continue reading →

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