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Faith and Reason exists to equip Christians defend the faith, answering challenging issues of Faith, Theology and Apologetics in truth and love.

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You don't get to hijack Christianity. You are not it's founder and cannot impose doctrine contrary to those that affirm traditional teachings.

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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to have no God to cry out to out of the depth [of suffering].

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The people of God are tough.

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The main difference between Christians and others is that we take God seriously and they do not. We really do believe that He is the central reality of all existence.

- Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

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Our God is running the show. He will accomplish His will in our histories.

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The basic conviction of a Christian is that God intends good for us and that He will get His way in us.

- Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.

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“It is nearly as hard for a sinner to recognize the world's temptations as it is for a fish to discover impurities in the water.”

- Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

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When John Piper became a pastor in 1980 (34yo) …
▪ 0 elder experience
▪ 0 hires/fires
▪ 0 experience with a church budget
▪ 0 baby dedications
▪ 0 hospital visitations
▪ 0 funerals
▪ 2 weddings
▪ 15 sermons preached

… Then 26 funerals in his first 78 weeks.

“So that’s the way it started. I created the bulletin. I led the service. I did one funeral every three weeks for a year and a half. Funeral after funeral after funeral. Which was one of the best things that happened, because when you do funerals and a hundred older people in this church are wondering if you give a hoot about them, and whether you are there just to take a stepping stone to teach in seminary, and you’re there for them every three weeks, not only on Sunday, but on Thursday afternoon, putting their friends in the ground, wonderful things happen. Wonderful things.”

#coramdeopascon

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But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Acts 4 : 24

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Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.

Hebrews 4:9

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On this episode of Faith and Reason, we discuss the importance of the ascension. You will learn so much.

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Why does the ascension not get as much air time as the crucifixion and the resurrection?
Is it because it's weird?
But if the Gospels and epistles mention it (as well as the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed), does it not mean it's important?

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The God we worship in Christianity is wholly other.

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Some thoughts on the book of Exodus.
God does not leave worship to be negotiated.

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This particularly is a key theme to explore in defense of the sacrament of baptism.

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Interesting thoughts as I read Exodus.

Exodus Begins with Pharaoh drowning Hebrew boy children in the Nile, and it ends with Pharaoh's army drowned by God.

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Water is ambivalent in the Exodus story. The enemy makes his move with water, and the God who sits as King over the flood uses water in his final act. And the outcome of passing through water is determined by the one who stands under God's covenant.