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Acknowledging the rule & power of God in the church by its expressions of love

This is how redemption mimics the original creation: What begins in the act of God as an instance of creation—a man’s new birth, much as a germinated seed—also blooms and then blossoms again among the other flowers in a field of perennials.

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Reflections (& Refractions)

Power, Privilege, & Potluck Dinners

A simple meal as the unlikely demonstration of the gospel's power

In capitals all around the world, men devise many means to encourage or impose even the most tenable of unities. Against these efforts are raised the schemes of still other clever men, attempting another new unity to replace the last. The church is to stand outside the circle of these efforts, preaching a gospel that displays a different kind of power.

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Commentary & Exposition

- John's Gospel
- John 3:1-13

The Spirit Blows on Some but not Others

John 3:8 & irresistible grace

This article presents another view, that the easy and natural reading of John 3 does not beg the importation of the Reformed idea. Indeed, this section does require readers to account for redemptive history, but not one in which that history’s individual beneficiaries are determined from eternity.

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Essays & Assorted Articles

A Supernatural Society

The church is more than a civic institution

Some states eased virus restrictions last week. Christians were then free to practice an under-appreciated virtue of habit. They returned to churches. For some, it was but a short walk to a well-worn chapel. Others needed to travel farther. They all came from somewhere else, but these all traveled to a church last Sunday.

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