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Another rescued post from a previous blog. Before the ChosenRebel blog, I had another that was a kind of experiment with little focus. It is still out there, but it doesn’t get a lot of traffic. However, here’s one of the articles that may deserve new life. 24 years ago, this article from Chuck Colson … More The Coarsening of Culture, or its Effects?
Rescued from a previous blog of mine from many years ago. Still provokes thought for how we can do better in serving the poor of the world. An interesting article on how structures that keep the poor from owning private property are keeping the world’s poor in a cycle of poverty by burdening them with … More How are the Poor Miss-served by the World
In the last two years, I used the Bible Reading plan supplied by my church in South Carolina. This year–having moved to Missouri–I have decided to start the new year with the Robert McCheyne Bible Reading Schedule. You can find it in various places online and also in the book I edited for The Sojourning … More Bible Reading Plan for 2026
Thanking God for the best sales years for my books in over a decade. These were the best sellers. I’m particularly pleased that Close Reading–the newest book–has found an audience. It is exciting to think that 100’s of people have a tool in their hands that will help them study and understand the Word of … More 2025 Best Sellers
Sunday Afternoon Musings End your Christmas season with this quote from an early Syrian preacher of the gospel. Chrysostom was meditating on Luke 2:13-14: 13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men … More “I Behold a New and Wondrous Mystery”
Back in 2013, I wrote a provocative post titled, THE ATHEISM OF CHRISTIANS. It developed an interesting comment thread that you can access along with the article here. The original post was only about a two-minute read. I forgot all about it until today, when someone resurrected it from the Internet Archive and caused me … More Transcript of an Online Debate from 2013
A revised and updated second edition of Liturgies for Life is now available in a Hardback Edition on Amazon. My hope is that many will find it and use it as a companion to their prayer life in the New Year. The subtitle of the book is “A Companion to a Life of Prayer.” For … More Liturgies For Life Hardback Edition
I love this paraphrase of Psalm 53. It is not faithful to the Hebrew in the middle, but it captures the beginning and end quite well. The ignorant say to themselves,…..“All things are accidental;there is no justice on the earth,…..and after death there is nothing.”They think that they know; their minds…..move on the surface of … More Psalm 53: The Fool Says in His Heart
In 1952, the country was 2.5 years into the Korean War, just seven years after the end of World War II. The war in Korea would continue for another seven brutal months as Christmas Eve rounded to a close with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the White House lawn. It was then … More As We Enter the Christmas Season
For the choir director.A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (NASB95) 1 O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy.2 For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.3 He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.4 He chooses our inheritance for … More Praising the King: A Psalm for All Peoples
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