On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther lit the fuse to the Protestant Reformation when he nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg. His understanding of Scripture had led him to oppose the Roman Catholic practice of indulgences, which involved paying money so that you could be ab...
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Christianity is a religion of grace. We understand that salvation is "not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy....” (Titus 3:5) We know “by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) In Romans 5, the Apostle ...
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I tell couples in pre-marital counseling that one of the keys to successful marriage is maintaining a forgiving spirit. Nobody’s perfect, and sadly, we often hurt the person we love the most. It may not be intentional, but it is inevitable when two people live together.
While I recently wrote...
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Last night, Judith and I and a group from Faith Family Church were privileged to attend the 50th anniversary banquet of the Westminster Rescue Mission (WRM). The featured speaker for the evening was former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry, whose 17 years in the majors led to four world champion...
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Whenever a person’s flaws are exposed there is a tendency to offer the well-known epithet “nobody’s perfect” citing the glaring reality that all of us make mistakes.
Whenever a person’s flaws are exposed there is a tendency to offer the well-known epithet “nobody’s perfect” citing the gla...
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