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    Running with God’s Word: Yielding to the Character of God

    Every July in Pamplona, 200 to 300 people go to the hospital for contusions and falling injuries. It is the famous “running of the bulls.”

    How would it be to stand in that narrow Spanish street, seeing the stampede come at you? There are only two choices: you hide, or you join.

    That’s what God’s word is like to us. Hebrews 4:12 calls it a double-edged sword, quick and powerful.

    As Christians, we face a choice: will we dodge the oncoming force of the character of God? Will we miss the whole frightening thing, or will we choose to place ourselves directly in its path?

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    How to Be Holy (Old Testament Style)

    For the good, the bad, and the uncomfortable, go to the Old Testament. Because it’s largely a narrative, the Old Testament shows cause and effect—of every kind. You can trust it to tell the juicy parts.

    I want to show you some match-ups I discovered. It’s a set of revealing comparisons of those who got it right and those who didn’t.

    I found two principles:

    1. Why holiness matters.

    2. How people become holy.

    I’ll share these principles at the end. But see if you can find them yourself in the following comparisons:

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    What’s in Your Heart, Christian? (Most People Miss This)

    Painting of Jeremiah standing by the ruined temple

    Christians want an eternal perspective. They want to know how to respond to sorrow and sin in the world and in their own hearts. But how?

    Since these are matters of the heart, the answer begins with a heart examination. When we look within, what do we find?

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    Learning to See God’s Goodness

    For people to see the Lord—that’s my passion. Our most pressing need is to see and understand God.

    When we know what God is like and why he is good, that’s when we’ll have:

    • Changed hearts
    • Greater faith
    • True obedience

    How do we see what God is like? We look to divinely inspired Scripture to see his words and deeds.

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    How Do I Grow in Faithfulness?

    How do I grow in faithfulness? That’s the question we’ll explore over the next several posts. The challenge is how to be more consistently obedient to the Lord.

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