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We Will Get Him

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Christmas and Easter are typically viewed as the two most important days of the year for Christians because they celebrate key truths of the Christian faith. When we celebrate Jesus’s … Continued



Why He Got Us

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“Why?” This question often asked by an inquisitive child is not childish, but rather one that we should continue to ask throughout our lives because it is important not just … Continued



How He Doesn’t Get Us

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A key theme in the New Testament Book of Hebrews is that Jesus “gets us” because he became “like his brothers and sisters in every way” (Hebrews 2:17) and has … Continued



What He Gets About Us

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I’ve previously written about how Jesus’s conception by the Holy Spirit and birth by the Virgin Mary reminds us who we are referring to when we say “He gets us” … Continued



Who Gets Us?

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A number of years ago, I read a book written by a pastor whose ministry I had been following with admiration. In his book he raised the question of whether … Continued



How the Book of Hebrews Shows Us That “He Get Us”

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Faith Church kicked off a sermon series this past weekend exploring a truth about Jesus that has been placed on billboards and TV commercials over the past couple of years:“He … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Resurrection, the Mark of the Beast, and Going to Heaven

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This is the final post in which I am answering questions about Jesus’s return and the end times that we received. While I devoted an entire post to the questions … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Millennial Kingdom and Preterism

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When we invited people at Faith Church to ask questions about Jesus’s return and the end times, we received multiple questions about two topics that I have written about in … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Israel

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Last Fall we invited people to submit questions about the end times and Jesus’s return; the results indicated two topics of great interest. One was the rapture, which I discussed … Continued



Questions About the Return of Jesus and the End Times: Rapture

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In the Fall of 2023, Faith Church’s sermon series through the Gospel of Mark examined the Olivet Discourse found in Mark 13. In this discourse (which is also found in … Continued



Why We Should Love (the Book of) Numbers

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As I write this post, we are about to begin reading the Book of Numbers in Faith Church’s 4 Year Bible Reading Plan. This Old Testament book is rarely mentioned … Continued



What’s Leavening You? (Matthew 13:33 and 16:6, 11-12)

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One thing I really enjoy about using Faith Church’s 4 Year Bible Reading Plan to read through the entire Bible in 4 years by reading a chapter a day (6 … Continued



God is Still With Us

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During the Christmas season we proclaim (and sing!) that Jesus is Emmanuel/Immanuel (these words mean the same and come from how it is transliterated into English from Hebrew – Immanuel … Continued



Songs of Christmas: Joy to the World

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Even though we are past Christmas, I thought it would be good to explore one more well-known Christmas song – “Joy to the World” – because it is actually not … Continued



Songs of Christmas: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

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Many of our most well-known and beloved Christmas songs have origins in other countries (and in other languages), but there are a few that were written in America. One of … Continued



Songs of Christmas: Angels We Have Heard on HIgh

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If there was a formula to write a popular song, I highly doubt that Latin words or singing a word for over 12 beats (and moving up and down through … Continued



Songs of Christmas: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

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Many of the Christmas carols we sing are translations from other languages. Other songs were originally written in English but use words that are uncommon or outdated, and thus need … Continued



Songs of Christmas: O Come O COme Emmanuel

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Back in 2012, I decided to use the blog posts leading up to Christmas to explore the stories behind and meanings of various songs we sing in the Christmas season. … Continued



A Book I’m Thankful For

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There are many things I am thankful for this year, one of which is a book I recently read: Christopher Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes … Continued



Did Jesus Say He Would Return Before the Disciples Died?

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Christians are united in their belief that Jesus will return, but have developed different views about how they think it will unfold. Various views have emerged because there are a … Continued



What and When Not to “Give to Caesar”?

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“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17). This is one of the most famous and memorable statements from Jesus, … Continued


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