Is all sin equally bad?

The popular view is “yes.”  But we have to be careful in our thinking about this for as Kevin DeYoung argues:

When we can no longer see the different gradations among sins and sinners and sinful nations, we have not succeeded in respecting our own badness, we’ve cheapened God’s goodness. God knows that some sins are more grievous than others. We would do well to see the world with God’s eyes as best we can.

And although he doesn’t go into great detail (I hope he writes further about it), he does give many solid reasons against the “moral equivalence” position.

Read and think Christianly.

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Two great books for moms!

Cruciform Press‘ ebook sale:

For this Mother’s Day Special we are pairing The Organized Heart with the extraordinary book by Greg Lucas, Wrestling with an Angel. We don’t know of a mother who has read Greg’s book and not been moved to wonder and gratitude toward God for his grace to us all. Readers have called it “a touchstone book of my life,” and “alternately hilarious and heartbreaking.” Many readers cry. A lot. The good kind of tears.

Wresting with an Angel is a GREAT book. I haven’t read the other one but I have heard good things about it.

Guys, check it out for your wife!  Wives, drop a hint to our hubbys.  Adult children, bless your mom with these books.

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Urban legends pastors and Bible teachers use

Trevin Wax lists seven legends that are often taught in churches.  I have taught or suggested some of these before, I admit.

Have you heard these? Taught these?  Do you have any thoughts about whether any are actually true?  Like the one about the rope/bells around the high priest’s ankle.  I have heard that for years and taught it.  Any help?

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Why did Jesus weep?

Why did Jesus weep over Lazarus’ death even though he knew that minutes later he would raise Him from the dead?  Have you ever thought about that?  I have several times in my life.  When we went through the gospel of John a few years ago in Sunday School, we pondered that question together and many good answers were given.

Jon Bloom offers some good answers to the question, “Why did Jesus weep?”.  I hadn’t thought about one of them in particular.

I’d encourage you to read his article and think about this question some more.

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What’s the gospel without the resurrection?

Sadly, just a few days after Easter, most people forget the resurrection until next year.  Christians shouldn’t. We can’t!  We would have no gospel.

“The Gospel without the Resurrection is not merely a Gospel without its final chapter; it is no gospel at all.”

— Michael Ramsey , quoted by Philip Graham Ryken inLuke (Vol 2)(Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2009), 648.

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Hope for today 05.04.11

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. ” (2 Corinthians 9:8, ESV)

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