I've heard it more times than I can count. You open the Book, you get specific, you name the sin or the error plainly — and somebody folds their arms and says, "Well, we
When something hurts, we reach for a band-aid. When somebody's uncomfortable in a room, we rush to smooth it over. We hate irritants, so we cover them up
Jesus asked for a drink of water at Jacob's well. It was a simple request. He was tired, it was hot, and there was a well right there.
People have been arguing about tools since the first man picked up a rock. Real preachers prepare all week. Really? Spurgeon wrote his Sunday sermon on Saturday night and preached
There's a wall in your town. You didn't build it, but you've learned to walk around it. In John 4, Jesus had every reason
Feelings came first. Before a child can speak, he can cry. Before he knows the word hunger, he feels it. We come into this world able to ache, to fear,
There is a counterfeit grace going around the church. It wears a smile and a firm handshake. A man lies to your face one month, never makes it right, and
I used to say it. "God loves the sinner but hates the sin." It sounds gracious. It feels safe. But it minimizes the seriousness of sin and the
God looked at a world full of wickedness and didn't tell Noah to start naming names. He didn't say, "Go catalog every filthy thing they&
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