culture wars
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“All those who hate me, love death” (Prov. 8:36). “For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit…
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“It is scandalous to suggest that one can enter the kingdom or promote its ends in society while rebelling against the standards of the King” -Greg L. Bahnsen.1 “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes” (Jdg. 17:6; NASB).2 “The world…hates Me because I…
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“Christian standards are defined by the revealed Word of God in Scripture. Men can accept God’s prescriptive will for behavior or they can reject it, but they cannot tamper with it. If the biblical witness offends them, then it is God whom they must blame and reproach.”—Greg L. Bahnsen1 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ,…
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“The explicit absence of God in public life is now normal, and this new normal hardly needs official enforcement. With weakness of will and self-abnegation, Western Christians gaze at the ravishment of their Western heritage, either blaming themselves or, even worse, reveling in their humiliation. Christians today live in and fully embrace the conditions of…
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“I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not over power it” (Matt 16.18; NASB).1 INTRODUCTION: Let us take a moment to reflect upon this statement by Jesus to Peter. Peter, the Lord’s disciple and friend, has just testified…
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