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HOW TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU DIE

Randolph Jason

HOW TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU DIE by Nicholas Davis for Core Christianity Most religions agree that your status in the afterlife will depend on how well or how poorly you lived in this life. In other words, if you were a good person, you will be rewarded in the next life. If you were a bad person, you will be punished. Not every religion or view about the afterlife believes in a continuation of life. Some people believe that after death you will cease to exist. Christianity, on the other hand,…

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Forgotten Lessons About Communion and Preaching

Randolph Jason

Forgotten Lessons About Communion and Preaching by CHRIS CASTALDO for The Gospel Coalition Francis Chan dropped a theological bombshell in his much-discussed recent sermon about communion and the need for Christian unity around the Lord’s Table. This vision of the Eucharist (or Lord’s Supper) bases much of its argument on a certain reading of church history that many Roman Catholics would find congenial in its portrait of communion, the Reformation, and Catholic practice down through the centuries. I will provide what I hope will be an irenic answer, one that explains the need…

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Indiana bill would ban all abortions, regardless of what courts say

Randolph Jason

Indiana bill would ban all abortions, regardless of what courts say By Calvin Freiburger for Life Site News A state representative faces opposition from Planned Parenthood and other lawmakers in his attempt to protect all unborn children. A pro-life Indiana lawmaker has introduced a measure to fully recognize preborn babies’ humanity in state law, ban abortion as murder, and declare Indiana’s prerogative to protect all human life in defiance of federal opposition. Introduced by Republican state Rep. Curt Nisly, HB 1089 replaces usage of the word “fetus” in state law with “unborn child,”…

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The “Amputation” Approach to Changing Your Primary Story

Randolph Jason

The “Amputation” Approach to Changing Your Primary Story by TREVIN WAX for The Gospel Coalition In this series so far, I’ve laid out one of the challenges facing the church today: we affirm the public truth of the gospel but live as if another story is primary. The narrative that gives our life meaning and direction is a lesser story, not the Scriptural one. Growth in Christlikeness should mark the plot points of a Christian’s story, but Cameron views all his setbacks and steps forward in light of career advancement. The good fight against the…

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…By Making Disciples and Multiplying Churches… (Podcast)

Randolph Jason

…By Making Disciples and Multiplying Churches… Podcast by Pastor David Platt for Radical Churches and all followers of Christ are fully dependent on God’s Word in order to carry out God’s purposes. Sadly, however, many Christians either don’t read God’s Word regularly or don’t know how to understand it rightly. In this message from Psalm 8, David Platt gives us a helpful tool for getting the most from our time in God’s Word. In order to be a faithful disciple and in order to make disciples, every follower of Christ…

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