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3 Suburban Lies about God 

God is Irrelevant. God is Unable to Satisfy. God Does not Care if We Reject Him. These lies about God are not unique to suburbia, but I think they very loud here. They are not so much explicitly stated as they are implicitly assumed by the decisions, advertisements and values we embrace. Insidious and persuasive, […]

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Apocalyptic Literature for Suburban Christians (Part 3)

One the most challenges apocalyptic passages from the Book of Daniel is Daniel 9:24-27. Here we have God’s vision to Daniel about a “70 week” period wherein particular events will take place. Commentators disagree how to best understand various elements of this passage—you can find my sermon outline here. But the difficulties of the passage […]

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A Challenge to our Suburb-Shaped View of God

The Bible teaches us who God is and what He is like. To do this, it employs different images and metaphors to help us see more clearly the nature, character, and works of God. Some of these are easier for us to understand and relate to, but others are more difficult. Yet as Christians, we […]