Taking the Lord's Name in Vain Isn't Mainly About Swearing
The third commandment isn't primarily about what comes out of your mouth. It's about what you do with a name you've been given to carry.
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Why Leviticus Matters
Leviticus is not a rulebook God eventually gave up on. It's the vocabulary God spent centuries teaching His people, so that when a Man died on a hill outside Jerusalem, they would know exactly what they were looking at
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Praying for a Church You'll Never Meet
Most of us, praying for persecuted believers, instinctively pray for the thing we would want: get them out. Paul suggests they may be praying for something else entirely. Not escape from the situation, but courage inside it.
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Jonah Is a Comedy, and the Joke Is on the Prophet
I do not mean the Bible is a joke book. I mean that Jonah is written the way a satirist writes. It is full of irony and exaggeration and absurdity, the kind of story that makes you laugh at the main character right up until the moment you realize you have been laughing at yourself.
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Faith vs. Works: Do These Two Verses Contradict Each Other?
If you have ever felt that tension, you are in good company. This has confused sincere believers for centuries. But here is the good news up front: Paul and James are not arguing with each other. They are answering two completely different questions.
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