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The Answer to Doubt Is Love (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 36)
NOTE: This is part 36 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. Although it’s not a popular subject in this day and age, judgment is a theme…
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Wisdom Is Vindicated by Her Children (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 35)
NOTE: This is part 35 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. So now, after journeying through the history of Israel and the prophetic Scriptures, getting to…
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It’s the End of the World Again (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 34)
NOTE: This is part 34 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. When I was sixteen, the world had somehow convinced itself that at midnight on December…
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The Value and Limits of Spiritual Experience (Refiner’s Fire, Pt 33)
NOTE: This is part 33 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. As I said earlier, testimony is vital to growing and strengthening our faith. But it’s…
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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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