Category: Christianity
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Written by: April J. Buchanan Christ loves His bride. He loves her and gave Himself for her. He chose her, redeemed her, atoned for her, effectually draws her, sanctifies her, has prepared a place for her, and will return for her. Christ loves His bride. That truth is comfort to her and ought to strike…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan He came into the world to save sinners. We hardly grasp the thought. We can imagine someone entering our lives, seeing our brokenness, rescuing us from ourselves and from the wounds inflicted by others. But we have not beheld such glory, such holiness, as arrests the heart and shatters every…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan You sit with your Bible and you are incredibly faithful to this daily discipline. You are faithful to pray every day. You sing “worship” songs. You think on the Lord throughout the day. You look for Him in everything and in everyone. You maintain a positive mindset as your doctrine…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan Have you ever heard a pastor say something that caught you off guard and left you quietly wrestling with what he said because it sounded wrong? Many have, and many will. While some speak with sinful motives, others are faithfully introducing doctrines unfamiliar to the hearer, not because they are…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan It is not grace, humility, or courage when a woman stands before you in spite of her insecurities, doubts, and fears, believing God has given her a word for you through her own experiences. She may be gentle in tone. She may push past her discomfort and speak what she…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan They did not hurt you. They told you the truth, and your heart was set against it. It felt like harm because the truth stood in direct opposition to your feelings and your delusions. It exposed your pride. It spoke what Scripture says about you, not the Joel Osteen version…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan Scripture does not change. That is beautiful. It is such comfort. It does not change for me. It does not change for my circumstances. It does not change for my whims and desires. I am prone to change. Sometimes that is good. Sometimes not so much. But what stands firm,…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan Even in Scripture—despite what many insist—the miraculous has never been normative. And the miraculous work of the Spirit in the life of men dead in sin is in no way inferior to the work of the Spirit in that which existed in the early church. Miracles have always had a…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan Twisting Scripture to Avoid Correction In an effort to avoid biblical correction and accountability, those who preach false doctrine will often cite verses—sometimes only in part—like John 15:20 to make themselves appear as victims of those warning of their false teachings. John 15:20 says, “Remember the word that I said…
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Written by: April J. Buchanan The Danger of Universalism in Times of Grief When we imagine men in heaven who lived their lives in rebellion toward God, who gave no evidence of regeneration, who treated God’s Word as a mere object to appreciate rather than as the authoritative Word of God, and who reduced God…
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