Category: Gospel of Matthew
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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…
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The Lord’s Prayer in a Time of Coronavirus
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven! (Let there be healing, deliverance, and rescue. Let your presence be palpable in our midst. May you be exalted and lifted high. May we surrender to your working in every part of our…
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What Are YOU Looking For? (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 22)
NOTE: This is part 22 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book here. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Having answered John’s question, Jesus turned to the crowds and challenged them too. Essentially he asked them,…
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The Mystery Revealed (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 21)
NOTE: This is part 20 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book here. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. Two thousand years after Jesus, we read Isaiah 53 and see no mystery at all. We immediately…
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The Mystery of the Servant Songs (Refiner’s Fire, Part 20)
NOTE: This is part 20 of the “Refiner’s Fire” series, now available as a book here. To read it on the blog, go to the Matthew series and scroll down for the “Refiner’s Fire” section at the bottom. More than thirty years after John’s conversation with Jesus—thirty years after John’s death, when the crucifixion and…