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The Mirror Doesn’t Lie

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). In previous blog postings, we have discussed at some length Paul’s idea of carefully distinguishing between the two edges of the sword of the Word of God—God’s holy righteous, perfect law and His limitless, unconditional grace—our two fraternal, distinctly different twins. In the verse above, Paul tells Timothy that as he is diligent to comprehend that distinction, the…

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Sharpening the Two Edges of Your Sword

Nothing is as useless as a kitchen knife with a dull blade. The same is true of the word of God, the sword of the Spirit, Who resides in our hearts as we live here on the earth. If our swords are not sharp, we will not be effective in the spiritual battles we face every day in the world.  Several weeks ago, we discussed the fact that in the Bible the word of God is said to have two edges:  “Out of [Jesus’]…

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Slaying the Pornography Dragon

The most vicious, destructive and unrelenting dragon that all Christian men are called to slay is the dragon of pornography. It lurks in magazines, advertisements, television and particularly on-line, waiting to strike at any time. It has the power to destroy marriages and has even been a handle Satan has used in men’s lives to drag them into heinous crimes. Ted Bundy was a notorious serial killer in the 1970’s, and the admitted slayer of over 30 young women and possibly many more. He…

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A Daily Affirmation to Live By?

The following was penned by Steve Goodier in Joy Along the Way (2000). It’s called, “Affirmation for the Day.” Read it thoughtfully and then we’ll discuss it. Goodier writes:   “Ralph Waldo Emerson has accurately said, ‘One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.’      “Today is an important day. That problem you solve, that decision you make, that time you enjoy…

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Leaving an Inheritance to My Children

Just after Jill and I were married, a family friend, who appreciated the campus ministry in which I was involved at the time, died and left me $10,000. As a  newly married, 30-year-old campus evangelist with a degree in chemical engineering, I was completely ignorant of what I might do with such a substantial (at the time!) nest egg.  My father had never discussed anything about investing with me. He had been a salaried, very frugal, geophysicist, working for an oil exploration company, who…

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The Fruit that Feeds the World

I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but continually be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God’s will is—what is proper, pleasing, and perfect (Romans 12:1, 2). As I memorized these verses as a young, eager Christian, I saw them…

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Growing Old in God’s Vineyard

Growing old is an adventure. No one is good at it. No one has had any experience at it when they first get old, so it takes time to learn the ropes. There are definitely some difficult things that are a pain—terrible balance and mobility, impossible to sleep more than 3 hours at a time, not being able to do things you would like to do after 5:00 P.M. when your energy plug is pulled. However, there are some really good things about growing…

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God’s Fraternal Twins – Our Irreplaceable Companions

After a big-picture, vision-stretching blog posting like last week’s, the temptation for many of us is to be emotionally challenged to enthusiastically set out to “make it happen”—to become a self-conscious “kingdom-extender.”  That is exactly what Satan would love to see happen. The temptation to fall off the wagon of faith and relapse back into living by the drug to which we are all addicted, the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (the law), is always only one decision…

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Is the Church Making a “Certain Sound?”

For if the trumpet makes and uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle? (1 Corinthians 14:8) Christianity is at war. One of our adversaries in battle, Islam, is a satanic counterfeit of Christianity. It fights with bullets and knives, wielded by men of hatred, designed to bring death to all who are not Muslim. In contrast, Christianity’s weapon is the Word of God, wielded by men of love and forgiveness, designed to bring abundant life to all. This war, like WWII which was waged…

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You Are Dangerous!

You do not have to know me personally for very long before you will discover that I am a big fan of my alma mater’s football team, the University of Oklahoma Sooners, and their two recent Heisman Trophy-winning and now NFL quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.  Last season, In Mayfield’s first year as a pro, he was asked, after a particularly outstanding performance, “How did you do it?” His answer gave me a new insight into exactly what we have recently been discussing…

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“Robert’s Blog” is a forum to investigate and then discuss the significance of both God’s law and God’s grace (the gospel). Who are these two fraternal twins, how do they relate to one another and how do they then work together to accomplish God’s ultimate intention for my life and in His world? All comers jump in; the water’s fine.

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