Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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Scripture Sabbath Challenge—Matthew 16:13–19
This is the believer’s authority: To offer God’s forgiveness to a lost and dying world. To proclaim to sinners that Jesus died for them and offers eternal life to all who will come to Him. We are not called to proclaim condemnation, but to offer life and hope.
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Learning and Teaching
Thank God that He has provided diverse means of speaking to us through His Word. Some days, we will need to hear from a parable. Other days, He may need to set the law down for us. Let us embrace the grace He has shown by meeting us at our various points of need.
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Words: The Writer’s Tools
Profanity is not only unnecessarily offensive: It’s just plain lazy speech. It’s easy to pull one of George Carlin’s “seven words you can’t say on television” out of the hat to express an emotion: It’s more clever to choose a unique combination of words that people will remember. REAL WRITERS are artists who use words…
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God With Us, and Us With God
Jesus is “God-with-us.” My mission in 2016 is to be “Mike-with-God.”
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Modern-Day Elijahs II: Protected and Preserved
The most important lesson we can learn from the life of Elijah is this: God calls us to be obedient. He does not call us to be popular, wealthy, or successful. Success and provision are in the Lord’s hand, so we should always be eager to seek His blessings, not the things of the world.
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Modern-Day Elijahs I: The Person God Calls
In a chapter title in his classic book, Why Revival Tarries, Leonard Ravenhill asked, “Where are the Elijahs of God?” The question is a slight twist on the prophet Elisha’s question, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” (2 Kings 2:14). Ravenhill observed that, although God has not changed and is still on the…
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In the World, Not of It
Christians should not really be surprised that society is growing increasingly hostile towards us. We should be surprised that we have enjoyed a somewhat favorable status in American society for so long. Jesus warned His disciples that the world would hate them.
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Same-sex Marriage: How Should the Church Respond?
There are a number of reasons for Christians to be concerned about its ruling in the case, Obergefell v. Hodges. One is the likely “normalization” of homosexual marriage. Another major factor is the implications of this ruling for freedom of religion. So, how should we as Christians respond to the ruling?
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For Life
Babies are loved or rejected; wanted or unwanted; planned or unplanned. But, each of those are a reflection of the parent’s soul, not a quality inherent to the child. I pray for a day when all preborn babies have a legal right to live because they bear the image of God. May we see a…
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Robin Williams, Suicide, and Hope
“If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” (Psalms 94:17-19) Over the last 27 hours, I have…
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