Category: Gospel of Matthew
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The Apologetics of Experience (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 32)
NOTE: This is part 32 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. My paternal grandmother, Lois Thomson, was the kind of woman who won arguments. She had…
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The Self-Revelation of the Messiah (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 31)
NOTE: This is part 31 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. In the saga of Jesus’s self-revelation as the Messiah, there are four distinct…
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Seeing the Story from the Other Side (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 30)
NOTE: This is part 30 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. We’ve spent a lot of time in this book unpacking the expectations of…
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Wrestling in the Dark (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 29)
NOTE: This is part 29 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. I was a strange child, given to deep thoughts and existential insomnia. I…
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From Creation to Cross (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 28)
NOTE: This is part 28 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Years ago Francis Schaeffer wrote a book and called it The God Who…
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The Meaning of It All (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 27)
NOTE: This is part 27 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Behind every argument over facts or science or philosophy or comparative religion is…
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Reasons for Belief and Reasons for Doubt (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 26)
NOTE: This is part 26 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. The God of the Bible never asked anyone to engage in trust that…
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The Summons to Seek (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 25)
NOTE: This is part 25 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. I hope by now it is clear that I am not advocating we…
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Your Doubts, in the Story of God (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 24)
NOTE: This is part 24 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Not long after John’s disciples brought Jesus’s riddling answer from Isaiah 61 back…
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The Forerunner of Our Doubts (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 23)
NOTE: This is part 22 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book from Amazon and other retailers. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Earlier, we looked at one of the passages where Yahweh declared his intention…