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Do Baptists have a Right to Celebrate the Reformation?

Tomorrow we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation, dated from Martin Luther’s purported nailing of the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Castle Church …

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Council of Google Plus: The Homosexual & Gender Emanation

  I joined the conversation on this week’s episode of the Council of Google Plus podcast to discuss such pedestrian issues as homosexuality, female pastors, submission in marriage, and human …

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The Girl Empress is on Sale Now

If you are a frequent visitor to this blog, you probably know that I wrote a historical novel. If you are not a frequent visitor, I wrote a historical novel! …

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5 Things Christians Can Learn from The Great British Bake Off

WARNING: The following might just be slightly satirical. Earlier this year, when I was feeling too awful to do anything but lay on the couch and watch Netflix, my mother …

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Out of Egypt: My Four Years Working for a Foreign Government

“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men…” – Colossians 3:23 (NASB) Since I began blogging in earnest, I have occasionally referred to …

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When and How to Criticize an Elder

A few recent controversies have caused me to reconsider when and how we should criticize church elders – that is, pastors or overseers. As someone who often writes about theological …

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How to Have Assurance of Salvation, According to the Apostle John

“How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?” (Job 25:4) Questions like this have been plaguing human beings …