Jesus: The Way or A Way?

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps.

Jesus: The Way or A Way?

I mentioned last week that there are four basic truths seeming to be “under construction” in the interest of new and improved truth: The Sinful Nature of Humanity, The Exclusivity of Christ (this post), The Existence of Hell, and the Definition of the Family. For the next few weeks, on Wednesday postings, I’d like to re-visit each of these four. Last week we looked at the first; today let’s address the question of Christ’s exclusivity.

A few years back a popular liberal campaign was titled Would Jesus Discriminate? The idea promoted was that He welcomed all (true) and never judged (way off) In fact, His teachings were both exclusive and exclusionary, delineating between who would and wouldn’t enter the Kingdom with lines drawn unmistakably and repeatedly.

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A Note from the Doghouse: “Honey, About That Mouth —”

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A Note from the Doghouse: “Honey, About That Mouth —”

Every so often I like to post a “Notes from the Doghouse” message, which is written in the first person, and draws from what I’ve so often heard men say in counseling: “Here’s what I’d really like to tell her —“

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Sufficient Evil

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Sufficient Evil

Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. – Matthew 6:34

I know something’s wrong when I repeatedly wake up wondering how I’m ever gonna make it. Too much work to do; too many projects on the back burner; too much me that’s still out of whack. There’s an hour or so, usually between 2 and 3am while it’s still dark, when I sigt bolt upright, wide awake, listing, wondering, worrying. It’s the familiar panic …

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How Then Should We Respond? Homosexuality and The Church

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I’d sure appreciate your prayers, as this weekend I’ll be speaking in Atlanta for the Love Won Out conference on homosexuality and the Church’s response. I don’t normally post on this topic since I’ve already written a number of books and articles on it, but today I would like to pass along an article I wrote for the Southern Baptist Voice back in ’02 on the subject of a Biblical response to this difficult issue. It’s a long post, but if the subject is of concern to you, I hope you’ll find this a useful read. God bless, and have a terrific weekend.

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Your Messy Basement

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Your Messy Basement

Years ago I leased office space in a charming old historical building in our city. It was a three story affair with nooks and crannies everywhere, including a basement and, beneath the basement, a crawlspace for storage. Several different pastors, counselors and attorneys worked out of this building, all of us proud of its rustic charm.

Until the day we walked in and got a whiff of something indescribably nauseating. …

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