Author: John Paul
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Partnering with God Today
PREVIOUS POST CONTINUED My last post gave various illustrations of heroes of the Bible partnering with God. This one will give examples of modern partners. MODERN EXAMPLES Certainly since the 1940s, many preachers and teachers have taught partnering with God to bring His solutions to people’s problems, especially in the areas of health, wealth, and Read more
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Partners with God in the Bible
APPOINTED AS VICEROYS I have already written here that the One who brought order out of the chaos of Creation also formed Humanity and gave us the office of viceroys – partners with God. He called us to bring more order out of the chaos around us. Things went well with Humanity. They named the Read more
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Say “No” to Ungodly Reparations
WRONGNESS OF EUROPEAN INVASION People say that white, European conquerors came to the land of America and drove out the native inhabitants of the land. They also bought blacks from Africa and put them through the atrocities of slavery. For that reason, native and black descendents struggle with poverty. Because of this, people say, the Read more
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HOW STUDENTS WIN COLLEGE WRESTLING MATCHES
Wrestling with New Narratives As I set forth on a career of public speaking to students in Christian high schools and college student groups, one set of assumptions I must verify is about what unsettles them. Then I must adjust my talks to speak to those struggles. There they are, in a sheltered religious education Read more
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GOD’S VICEROYS ON EARTH
Not a Cigarette or Bad Habit What is a viceroy? I don’t mean a cigarette from the 1930s. What kind of person is a viceroy? Let’s break down the word. By vice, I don’t mean a habit of rebellion against God’s ways: prostitution, drugs, eating too much, or drunkenness. I’m not talking about any reason to call Read more
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SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS
“Salvation is of the Jews.” Rabbi Yeshua (Salvation) ben Yoseph of the Jewish town of Nazareth led his rag-tag gang of apprentices (and a few women) – not the long way around the despised country of Samaria to Capernaum – but straight north from Jerusalem. They stopped at the well outside of Shechem. The rabbi Read more