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Simply Yes or No: What Does Matthew 5:37 Mean?

Simply Yes or No: What Does Matthew 5:37 Mean?

I don’t swear to God or cross my heart and I don’t pinky promise. But I still have a problem with my mouth.  In Matthew 5:37 we read, “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” Jesus said that. It’s hard for me to do that. Because…

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Buck up, Buttercup: On Running With Horses & Our Non-Coddling God

Buck up, Buttercup: On Running With Horses & Our Non-Coddling God

If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? Jeremiah 12:5a Our culture is getting so soft. No one can handle criticism. People just wilt. I can’t tell you how many times that gist has come up in conversation lately. I’m no expert on…

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Truth In Love? Or, “If You Love Me, You Would…”?

Truth In Love? Or, “If You Love Me, You Would…”?

Asking you to tolerate whatever I do or say because you say you love me is a fundamental misunderstanding of what love is and what love does. Much of what we think love is simply isn’t love after all. -Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies If You Love Me, You Would… Have you ever said…

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LIVE NOT BY LIES: 7 Questions for Lovers of the Truth

LIVE NOT BY LIES: 7 Questions for Lovers of the Truth

We have to be push-backers, Abigail. Truth demands it. That from a recent email from a friend-who-shall-go-unnamed. This post is that: a little pushback. It is not a call to civil disobedience, to wear a mask or to take it off, or even to vote. It is a call to not live by lies—a call…

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