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Repentance is one of those Christian words we use often enough to forget how difficult it is. We know sin must be confessed, but we can still be unsure what genuine repentance looks like—or whether we …
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Ask a Reformed pastor whether he affirms the Westminster Confession’s teaching about God and he will probably say yes without hesitation. Ask him what it means for God to be “without body, parts, or …
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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing — Jonathan Gibson (Crossway) “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love.” Robert Robinson wrote those words in 1758, and they have left …
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We live in a world suspended between beauty and decay. We see the brilliance of human culture and are confronted, in the same afternoon, by violence and moral collapse. It’s tempting, when we’re fixed …
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We are surrounded by a world we did not make, yet we often live as if we are the masters of it. We study the stars, harness the wind, and dissect the atom, pushing nature to reveal its secrets. Yet …
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To know someone is fundamentally different from knowing facts about them. We can study a person’s biography, memorize their habits, and list their achievements without ever having met them or …
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