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April 3, 2019|by Pastor J.D.Five Things Religion (Apart from the Gospel) Produces
Religiosity is like this strange disease—when you have it, it makes everyone around you want...
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March 18, 2019|by Pastor J.D.Christianity Isn’t Cussing Less and Giving More
There’s a book in my library called unChristian that analyzes the results of an extensive,...
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February 25, 2019|by Pastor J.D.Why the Gospel Teaches the Opposite of Religion
Believe it or not, Bill Maher, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and the Apostle Paul agree...
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February 13, 2019|by Pastor J.D.Using Google to Share the Gospel
Jews in Jesus’ day had a hard time understanding how Gentiles could be saved. Gentiles...
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February 4, 2019|by Pastor J.D.The Gospel Shows Us What Creation Cannot: God’s Love
The gospel, you see, shows us something about God that creation could never show us:...
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November 26, 2018|by Pastor J.D.Three Reasons “Good People” Miss the Kingdom of God
This parable in Luke 14 is Jesus’ summation of Israel’s response to him: God had...
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October 5, 2018|by Chris PappalardoSocial Justice (A Gospel Issue?), Christians in the Two-party System, & A Powerful Senate Speech on Sexual Assault
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September 12, 2018|by Pastor J.D.Radically Ordinary Hospitality
I’ve been reading an excellent new book recently by Rosaria Butterfield, called The Gospel Comes...
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July 6, 2018|by Chris PappalardoThe Danger of “Fauxnerability,” Three Words for the Weary Pastor’s Wife, & Lessons from Church Revitalization
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July 2, 2018|by Pastor J.D.Why Do Most People Miss the Gospel?
The gospel message is not impressive on the surface. Its form—a preached word that we...
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