Author: Bryan Stearns
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Confession is Not Repentance
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Thought of the day: Confession is not a substitute for repentance. And repentance is not a substitute for confession. They should go together, but they are not the same thing. What is repentance? As a vicar in Bible study recently put it […]
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The Gospel is Not Merely Forgiveness
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Thought of the day: The Gospel is NOT that you are forgiven. Read that again: The Gospel, the Good News, is not that you are forgiven or justified. (Hear me out before you get your tar and feathers.) The forgiveness that we […]
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Discerning Fiction
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Thought of the day: Is it okay for me as a Christian to consume any kind of fiction? Should I read Harry Potter? Should I play Dungeons and Dragons or Magic the Gathering? Should I watch Star Wars? Paul says, “All things […]
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What We Look Forward To
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Thought of the day: Why has God given us some details and not others? We often like to think about what daily life might be like for us after judgment day and we are raised from the dead for life with God […]
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Mindset of Holy to the Lord
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Thought of the day: How does one keep the mind of Christ throughout the mundane daily life? “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you…. And as you wish […]
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Walking on the Water in Hope
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Thought of the day: The event of Peter walking on the water to Jesus is not just an image of how we should not be afraid here in times of trouble. It is that, but it is also an image for how […]
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Praying for our Inheritance
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Thought of the day: Is it okay to wish that God would call home an aged loved one who is in great suffering in this flesh? On the one hand, we should not wish for the death of anyone. Death is evil. […]
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Modern Jezebel and Holiness
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Thought of the day: I recently read a post someone made in which they shared an article that called out a nominally Christian denomination for its open acceptance of things like abortion and homosexuality. I also saw that a number of people […]
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Psalm 22 – Hymn
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A condensed form of Psalm 22 put to music. Click here to download the sheet music as a pdf. My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?Why are you so far from saving me?O God, my God, I cry by day […]
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Think Things of God
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To the tune ST. LUKE (“As Surely As I Live,” God Said) Think things of God; think things of light,For such has God made man upright.Illuminate Your children, Lord,To walk according to Your Word. Think things of truth: the Way, the Life,The […]