Food Pharisees?

By Kevin Bauder | July 10, 2018

There’s a lot of talk about gluttony out there. I mean a lot. Billy Graham wrote a Q&A about it. Joe McKeever rebukes it. John Piper tells people how to conquer it. Rachel Held Evans has compared it to homosexuality, and Kevin DeYoung has weighed in for the Gospel Coalition. Besides articles and blog posts…

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Pharisees and Fundamentalists

By Layton Talbert | September 26, 2013

Layton Talbert What is the difference between a Fundamentalist and a Pharisee? The two are implicit synonyms in many minds, as it has become increasingly popular to equate modern Fundamentalism with ancient Pharisaism. It is a serious charge—too serious to be lightly dismissed. Oversensitivity to criticism is a mark of immaturity and insecurity. Likewise, an…

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Jesus on Marriage and Divorce (1): Divorce for Any Reason?

By Jim Oesterwind | June 11, 2012

by Jim Oesterwind One writer recently observed, “A divorce is like an amputation: You survive, but there’s less of you.”1 Another concludes, “Divorce, as a cure, is far worse than the disease.”2 Marriage is under attack like never before in our country. People minimize God’s institution of marriage by deciding that they will just live…

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