Author: Prophetsong
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Barrabas, Nationalism, and the Woman Caught in Adultery
If you believe you’re superior to someone else, can you truly love them? The goal of today’s article is to establish the idea that nationalism is poisonous to the Gospel witness. Before I get started, here is my clarifying statement: “Nationalism is different from patriotism.” Nationalism believes that one’s own country, nation, and/or culture is superior to…
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A New (Old) Direction
Hi Friends, I am taking a new (old) direction in writing. I have spent the past year and a half on hiatus, focusing on work and family. This time away has taught me new things and has also revealed some of the areas where I have lost focus. I welcome you back to my blog,…
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Compassion in a Divisive Culture
Compassion is vital to restoration of the cultural, religious, and political divides of our day. I believe compassion is motivated by justice, mercy, and humility. Compassion is important in every day life regardless our circumstances. However, the tension existing due to this election season’s trash-talking and ‘us vs them’ burns down bridges at a pace I have…
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The Answer is Beautiful
I was born in 1983. That means I’m young enough to have not experienced WWII, the sexual revolution, and Vietnam, to name a few. Due to my youth, I have missed some of the biggest trials of our nation’s modern history. While I love and appreciate history, there is no substitute for living in those history-making years…
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O Come, Desire of Nations Bind
Merry Christmas! O come, Desire of nations, bind In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid every strife and quarrel cease And fill the world with heaven’s peace. -verse seven of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel Christmas has become a very important season to me. In recent years I have spent the season reflecting on…
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Is Covenant Theology the Same as Replacement Theology?
Jesus is fully God and will always be a fully Jewish man. I for one choose to believe His whole household will be saved.
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This, This is Christ the King
Have you ever imagined yourself in Jesus’ shoes? Christmas is a time that focuses on the most ‘human’ aspect of Christ. I don’t know if I will ever fully wrap my head around God becoming a man, much less coming the natural way as a baby born of a woman.
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Let’s Start the Discussion: Anne Graham Lotz and the Rapture
Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, has recently produced a series of videos about the rapture. In these videos she encourages believers and sends out a beacon of hope, leaving them instruction in case they are ‘left behind’ when the rapture occurs. Considering the influence of Anne Graham Lotz’s ministry, and the upcoming…
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The Audacity of Meekness
What do you see in God, who is holy and eternal, and yet stands unprecedented in meekness, continually serving even those who hate Him?
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Jonah and the Big Sociopolitical Bias
What do the prophet Jonah, God’s mercy, and bipartisan politics have in common?
J.S. Marek 