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Recent Reads and Reflections vol.I
Don’t Make me Pull Over! by Richard Ratay Having grown up being the recipient of the family road trip, I enjoyed this book tremendously. It’s both nostalgic and educational. It made me laugh and give consideration to how I want my future to include the American family road trip. The Secret History by Donna Tartt Continue reading
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Theological Triage – Doctrinal Devotion or Division?
The doctrinal diversity within the Christian faith is wide to say the least. This diversity, in some cases, is unnecessarily growing (much to the disappointment of more orthodox Christians) to include completely bizarre, extra-biblical, and progressive theologies. With all of this diversity in belief and practice, how do you determine what hills to die on? Continue reading
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My Top Podcast Picks of 2024…so far
The Briefing with Albert Mohler The Briefing is a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. This podcast, while deeply intellectual, is a tremendous resource in my understanding to what is occurring all around us today according to the Bible. Apple Podcasts Spotify Simply Put Have you ever wished that someone would Continue reading
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My Top Podcast Picks for 2023
The use of podcasts as a reliable medium for learning and engaging topics of interest feels like a recent development in the world of media. I’m probably wrong about this observation. I’m often late to what’s new. Have you heard of this new technology called the compact disc player? Anyway, one thing is true: today, Continue reading
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Book Review: Strange New World
I can hear our great grandparents laughing. Do you hear them? I think they began to laugh in disbelief shortly after a man competed in and won a women’s swimming competition. Wait. No, maybe they started laughing once they heard the statement, “I am a woman trapped in a man’s body.” Life is a little Continue reading
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The Righteous Man & the Prisoner
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.” Matthew 27:11 Judicial ideology and its contrasting philosophies are a topic of great conversation where we sit today in 2022. Activism and using the bench to enact social and political change Continue reading
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Bitter Medicine
What have I done to deserve this? Why God? Have you ever asked yourself these questions? I dare say every true follower of Christ has asked these questions and more during significant times of sorrow and despair. You know the moments. Let us be real. The times when you feel deserted, confused, filled with turmoil, Continue reading
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Fasting and the Faithfulness of God
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8 Growing up, I remember sitting in “big church” as I called it listening to the pastor talk about fasting. My young mind had a difficult time wrapping itself around the concept. “You’re telling me that I Continue reading
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He Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear
…Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear. Matthew 13:8 ESV The Purpose of Parables Jesus’ use of parables was a distinctive component of His ministry. These teachings were either brief comparisons or longer narratives used to demonstrate a deeper Continue reading
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The Hour I First Believed
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you…’” 2 Corinthians 12:9a When I think about the days and months after I first believed…the Spirit of God was so close, present…near. He’s all I could think about, talk about, and spend time with. Attending church and spending time with other believers was paramount Continue reading
Jacob Robertson 