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The Difference between Religion and Christianity
Here is a simple way to describe the difference between religion and Christianity. Religion is man’s way to reach God. Christianity is God’s way to reach man. Religion’s three words are: “Get to Work.” Christianity’s three words are “It is Finished.” Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. Religion is under law. Christianity is…
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Hyper Spiritual
All of us have encountered hyper-spiritual people. Some of them has freaked us out while for some of us we must admit we are hyper spiritual. Hyper spirituality happens when we (usually implicitly) think that obedience to God and giving glory to God is about payback. We turn astonishment over the gospel into fuel for…
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And the Moral of the Story is…
Aren’t we all tempted to end with the moral of the story. We grew up with that practice. In every story there is a moral lesson. Whether it’s Aesop’s Fables or our Sunday School class, it needs to end with the moral story or else it won’t be a good story. But the gospel story…
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Gospel without Love Stinks
“If we are Christians and do not have upon us the calling to respond to the lostness of the lost and a compassion for those of our kind, our orthodoxy is ugly and it stinks. And it not only stinks in the presence of the hippie, it stinks in the presence of anybody who’s an…
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In Christ Alone and other books you need to Read
Sinclair Ferguson’s book In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life is on sale for a limited time. Time to buy this classic book. Also Kent Hugh’s Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life is on sale for only $2.99. And my favorite book for the month is Tim Keller’s The Freedom…