Don’t tune out, yet. I know we’re talking about things that make us squirm, but we can’t skip over the parts of the Bible that make us uncomfortable. Romans 1:24-32 is one of those passages. We don’t hear many sermons on it or see many pithy social media posts about…
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The Uncomfortable Reality of the Wrath of God
Paul wants to get the hard stuff out of the way right up front, so he begins with the never-popular subject of the wrath of God. People don’t like to talk about God’s wrath. It’s scary and uncomfortable. So instead, we just talk about God’s love. Don’t get me wrong.…
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Escape the Wrath
The further along we get on the timeline of human history, the further away from the One True God mankind moves. People are creating their own gods based on their lifestyle. Goodness and truth are relative. Evil and injustice abound. The world can’t go on like this forever. God is…
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Worship, wrath and a harvest
By this time in Revelation, things have gotten pretty bad on earth. The anti-christ has shown his true colors. He has demanded that everyone receive his mark and worship him. Imagine the chaos when any freedom that may have existed up to that point is wiped out. People will finally…