Hebrews 11, the great faith chapter, highlights great acts of faith by many Old Testament characters. The first three verses say, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the ...
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Rise of the Bramble Men
Thus we see that the bramble is not oriented toward productive work. Rather, he is oriented toward tyrannical rule… His is a socialist society based on taking what other people have labored to produce. —James Jordan, Judges (1985) The producer ...
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Paul doesn’t want us to try ferreting out the secret will of God that he plans to do, but discern the revealed will of God that we ought to do. —John Piper, “What Is the Will of God…?” (2004) “So ...
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Part and parcel of Baalism, and of all non-Christian philosophies, is statism, the absolute rule of man over other men by means of force. —James Jordan, Judges (1985) Judgment Unto Salvation The Midianites invaded from the east. Every harvest they ...
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