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Fight the Good Fight
October 14th, 2025
This past Sunday I preached my last sermon from Paul’s first letter to Timothy. In the last chapter he said, “Fight the good fight of the faith.” The simple truth is this, true Christianity is a fight...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Singing and Dancing with the Trees and their Creator
October 11th, 2025
Yesterday morning I was sitting outside under two oak trees and looking over the neighbor’s pasture. I turned to Psalm 96 and began to pray it. In the NLT the psalmist opens with,“Sing a new song to t...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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lessons from a dog
October 10th, 2025
I read through Philippians 2 yesterday and marveled once again at the Incarnation. CS Lewis pictures the sacrifice of Christ this way. Imagine sitting in a chair and lying at your feet is a dog who is...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Where was the Nathan in Solomon's life?
October 9th, 2025
I was reading 1 Kings 11 yesterday which is about the turn of Solomon’s heart. The man who is called wise, the man who experienced God come to him not one but twice, the man who was the son of the man...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Deliberative Acts of the Will
October 7th, 2025
I’m in the middle of studying for a sermon and I came across this quote from Robert Mounce,“Holiness of life rarely progresses apart from the deliberative acts of the will. While sanctification is gra...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Pouring Alcohol on a Rock
October 6th, 2025
In Against the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth speaks of the move of the Enlightenment philosophers as they attempted to replace a culture built around “a sacred order.” When we lose a Higher meaning to life...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Do you mortify?
October 2nd, 2025
“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.”(Col 3:5-6 ESV)J...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Macbeth's Soliloquy
September 29th, 2025
Mrs. Milner taught British Lit my Senior Year of High School.  She made us memorize Macbeth’s famous soliloquy,“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo the last...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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A Lesson from Erika Kirk
September 25th, 2025
Earlier this week I wrote about the Amish response to the man who killed their children…they forgave him.  I mentioned Erika Kirk’s statement, but didn’t say much about it…I’ve been processing the bea...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Interpreter's House
September 24th, 2025
In Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian goes to the Interpreter’s house, and he sees a picture hanging on the wall.“This is what it looked like: The man had eyes lifted up to Heaven, the Best of Books was in...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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Amish Grace
September 23rd, 2025
A few years ago, I read the book Amish Grace.  It’s the story of the Amish response to a man who shot and killed several of their girls while they were in school.  Sunday night, Kim and I watched the ...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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No Ordinary People
September 22nd, 2025
Have you ever stopped to consider how God feels about the people you demonize?  There is a lot of ugly in Social Media today.  The categories have been defined, the lines have been drawn, and it has b...  Read More
by John Thweatt
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