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Burr Christianity

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Hear ye, hear ye!  My name is Chad Muller, and I present free thoughts on the state of American Christianity… Niceness is not a fruit of the Spirit.  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” - Galatians 5:22-23  Do you see niceness there?  Oh look! Wait… No. No, it isn’t there.  But, love is! Yes, and love tells the truth. And gentleness and meekness are there! Yes, and Jesus is the glorious image of gentleness and meekness, and He rightly told off the hypocritical religious leaders of His day. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Proverbs 27:6 A dear friend of mine once told me, “The person who loves you the most is the person who tells you the most truth.” So, the charge in this exhortation is simple: will you be a Burr Christian or a Hamilton Christian?  Would you rather have a Christian boldly t
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I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot

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Christian men need a dose of Hamilton - with all of its foibles and bravado - to rile us up and get us all to dig into God's Word.   So, if you haven't already seen or listened to the song from which this post gets its title, stop reading this, and go listen to [WARNING: the song is EXPLICIT]   it  (and if you never make it back to my post, it's all good: since I will at least have started your wheels turning). Now, if you've made it back with Lin-Manuel Miranda's tenor ringing in your ears, hear this: Men, don't throw away your shot.  God has only given you one life to live.  Don't waste it.  If Hamilton didn't throw away his life on vanity - and not even due to Christian conviction -, how much more should we in light of eternity in service to and enjoyment of the Lord Jesus not throw away our shot? "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.  For w
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Thoughts for a Graduate; and Two at Large

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“Now is the time for our esteemed Mr. Baggins, who has proved himself a good companion on our long road, and a hobbit full of courage and resource far exceeding his size, and if I may say so possessed of good luck far exceeding the usual allowance - now is the time for him to perform the service for which he was included in our Company; now is the time for him to earn his Reward.”     This was the charge of Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror King under the Mountain upon the opening of the enchanted doorway into the Lonely Mountain: the once home of his fathers, and dwarfin kin and now home to the dragon Smaug, the “Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities.”  It is also my charge upon the opening of the doorway into the world, to a Classically educated, and distinctly Christian Graduate.     Mr. Baggins indeed entered the darkened, secret passage into the mountain and made his way toward the end where an opening stood. It was here before he pressed on out, where an “unmistakable gurgling
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Watchword: Nuance

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I would like to propose that we have a conversation. Well, maybe not a conversation, since that is what post, post modern millennials are having to the detriment of everything blessed. Perhaps a debate. No, no that just conjures up the image of old, white patriarchs, suited and groomed with political talking points on name-your-favorite fake news organization. Parley implies you aremy enemy.  Dialogue? Patriarchy again, just Greek flavored. Council? Also patriarchy of the ecclesiastical kind. I know I’m taking a chance here, but I am proposing we have an argument. Hey man, I just want to talk. Let’s not get heated . By whatever noun you feel comfortable describing what it is humans do (I realize this is discriminatory against horses) when they make sounds with their voice to form recognizable chains of syllables, and this between one another, we apparently must tread carefully. And here is why:  “It’s more nuanced than that.”     The word nuance, has become for me one of th
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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"Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish." - Psalm 49:20 "Surely, none are so mad as those who are content to live unprepared to die. Surely, the unbelief of men is the most amazing thing in the world." - J.C. Ryle "Thoughts for Young Men"
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Introduction In Defense of Everything Else

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Welcome to a blog that will be filled with divine discontent: the kind that leads to further reform in your own heart, your own family, your own church, your own community, and the world.  We look forward to being your servants in exhortation and mutual upbuilding in our Lord Jesus Christ. Excelsior ad Dei Gloriam, Chad Muller
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