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2018-02-10T10:34:57-08:00

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Giving Units, Or Those Given to Marital Union with Jesus Christ?

Last updated on: February 10, 2018 at 10:34 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Pastors face a great deal of pressure in our day. We hear often of church decline across the U.S. (For example, refer here and here). In my estimation, pastors wrongly bear a preponderance of the burden to right the ship and build church attendance and overall growth. It must get lonely at the top. Perhaps due to the pressures they face from boards, congregations and other domains, at times pastors slip into using commodifying language such as “giving units” to... Read more

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2018-03-18T04:24:06-07:00

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Hebrews—Jesus Descends to the Depths to Take Us to the Heights. Take Hold in Faith and Rise!

Last updated on: March 18, 2018 at 4:24 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Hebrews 1:4-2:4 compares Jesus and angels, and Jesus comes out on top. Just when you think there are no more comparisons left to make between Jesus and angels, the author of the Epistle makes one more, as recorded in chapter 2: Jesus even comes out on top when he is at the bottom of the pit. Here’s what the author of this letter to the Hebrew Christians writes, “But we see him who for a little while was made lower than... Read more

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2018-02-07T05:59:21-08:00

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We in the West Need the World Church to Help Overcome Worldly Christianity

Last updated on: February 7, 2018 at 5:59 am By Paul Louis Metzger

In our day, the church in the West, which has so often been a sending church, is in many respects in need of the church in the East and the South to send witnesses to Jesus here. Read more

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2018-02-05T06:34:02-08:00

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Jesus Takes Damaged Goods and Makes Them Whole

Last updated on: February 5, 2018 at 6:34 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Jesus is so good that he takes damaged goods and makes them whole. Read more

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2018-03-18T04:25:26-07:00

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Hebrews—Those Who Endure Extreme Suffering Need Supreme Worship to Enter God’s Rest.

Last updated on: March 18, 2018 at 4:25 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Those who are subject to extreme suffering for their faith need a supreme object of affection to worship if they are to be resilient and enter God’s rest. Read more

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2018-01-22T18:18:28-08:00

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God Does Not Discard Masterpieces. God Restores Them.

Last updated on: January 22, 2018 at 6:18 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

If and when I sketch something out on paper, and it doesn’t meet my meager expectations, I crumple up the paper and throw it away—or better, recycle it. But I don’t make any attempt to restore it. After all, it wasn’t a masterpiece. Thank God that God did not take us, crumple us up and throw us away, when we ruined his great expectations for humanity at the fall. After all, there is a big difference between my sketches and... Read more

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2018-01-23T04:54:48-08:00

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Why Would Norwegians and Haitians Want to Immigrate to the U.S.? Why Would You?

Last updated on: January 23, 2018 at 4:54 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Norway outscores the US as a country with a great quality of life. Refer here and here for rankings for the past two years. Perhaps that’s one reason President Trump wants Norwegians to immigrate here. Perhaps many Norwegians ask, “Why?” After all, they rank higher than we Americans do on the quality of life scale. I should add that the US outranks Norway as to the best country list, but the US is still outflanked by such nations as Sweden,... Read more

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2018-01-15T12:30:31-08:00

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A Tribute to Dr. King: May He Always Live on in Our Hearts and Lives

Last updated on: January 15, 2018 at 12:30 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement do not reside in the past. They live on in people’s hearts and lives today. As poet and performer Emmett Wheatfall reminds us here in “Miles to Go,” the race is not over. We have “miles to go before we sleep.” Other voices join in the refrain below. I have asked several friends and colleagues in various settings to share about the import of Dr. King’s life and legacy for... Read more

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2018-01-14T20:19:06-08:00

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Sin Is Such a Downer: It Keeps Us Falling Short of the Good Life.

Last updated on: January 14, 2018 at 8:19 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

I have always been struck by Mark’s account of Jesus and the rich young ruler. It is one of those passages to which I turn for consideration of the impact of sin on people’s lives. The rich young ruler knows Jesus is a person of sound substance and wise. Thus, he refers to Jesus as “Good Teacher” (Mark 10:17; ESV). When he asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life, Jesus directs him to the Law’s commands (Mark 10:19). In response,... Read more

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2018-01-16T04:04:01-08:00

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Bonhoeffer at the End of Life: Bonhoeffer, Evangelicals and Pastor Mike Hayes.

Last updated on: January 16, 2018 at 4:04 am By Paul Louis Metzger

The following is an interview with Pastor Mike Hayes. I first heard of Mike from John Walter Matthews, former President of the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section. John informed me that Mike is a retired pastor working on a book on Bonhoeffer for evangelicals. So, who’s Mike? In answer to the question, Mike packed 55 years of his life as a follower of Jesus into one paragraph: “I live in Red Wing MN, retired after ten years as a... Read more

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