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Jesus Christ: Truly God, Truly Man — Beautiful Christian Life

After the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, the church found itself having to confront—and refute—these 8 heresies regarding Jesus’ true deity and true humanity.

by Keith Mathison | When we open any of the four Gospels, we read of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. If we look closely at what we read, one thing that will catch our attention is that Jesus often says and does things that only a human being can say or do, and He also often says and does things that only God can say or do...

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Modern Cultic Tendencies

Since the nineteenth century, the U.S. has proven to have a cultural soil that is particularly well-suited to the growth and spread of diverse cultic movements.

by Keith Mathison | The church must then work to change the patterns of thought that contribute to the spread of cults and cultic tendencies. The church must reject irrational anti-intellectualism and embrace the God whose word is truth. Christians must regain both the desire and the ability to think—loving God with all of their heart and mind...

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Fighting Fear and Anxiety

Is there anything we can do to fight worldly fear and anxiety?

by Keith Mathison | When I moved to central Florida in 1992, I was told that this part of the state had not been directly hit by a hurricane since the fifties. We were hit by the outer edges of some hurricanes and tropical storms on occasion, but nothing major. All of that changed in 2004 when this one small part of the state was hit by not one, but three strong hurricanes in the short...

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No One Shared the Gospel with Me — Beautiful Christian Life

When I see young people running away from God, acting in the most offensive ways they can imagine, I see my younger self. I see lost people who are in desperate need of Christ. Why didn’t even one Christian talk to young me about Jesus?

by Keith Mathison | You wake up in the morning, scratch your back and stretch. You grab some coffee and then sit down to read the news. The first story that catches your eye includes a photograph of people doing something that makes your blood boil. You grit your teeth and mutter something under your breath and then...

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Fighting Fear and Anxiety

Is there anything we can do to fight worldly fear and anxiety?

by Keith Mathison | When I moved to central Florida in 1992, I was told that this part of the state had not been directly hit by a hurricane since the fifties. We were hit by the outer edges of some hurricanes and tropical storms on occasion, but nothing major. All of that changed in 2004...

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The Church and Israel in the New Testament

by Keith Mathison | One of the most common questions asked by students of the Bible concerns the relationship between Israel and the church. We read the Old Testament, and it is evident that most of it concerns the story of Israel. From Jacob to the exile, the people of God is Israel, and Israel is the people of God. Despite the constant sin...

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A Forgotten Father: Cyril of Alexandria | Tabletalk

by Keith Mathison | Many evangelical Christians have heard of Athanasius, Augustine, Irenaeus, and perhaps even Tertullian or John Chrysostom. Cyril of Alexandria (AD 376–444), on the other hand, is not a name with which most evangelicals are...

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American Nitpickers | Tabletalk

by Keith Mathison | The question I would like to consider is this: Do we ever encounter nitpicking in the church? A better way for each of us to ask this would be, Do I ever engage in nitpicking in the church?