Justin Steckbauer

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  Jun 3, 2018

  The Fear of the Lord

  The scriptures are very clear: Wisdom begins with fearing God. This offends our modern sentiments. Why? I suppose because we assume fear is a bad thing. But is fear always bad?

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  Jun 2, 2018

  Jesus Christ Was Asked About Marriage; Here's How He Answered

  There is a progressive element in the world today that seeks to redefine and change things in society to reflect the subjective views of a select few of elite social engineers.

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  May 31, 2018

  Should Christians Be Fighting a Culture War?

  Usually when someone brings up "the culture war" it's in the context of talking about the mean, bad, "Christian Right" these terrible Christian supremacists (as Tim Keller called them) who won't stop fighting and being mean and driving people away from Christ. But is this characterization accurate?

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  May 20, 2018

  How to Have Eternal Life

  What teachings of the scriptures encapsulate the requirements for eternal life? We're going to look at some scriptures, and some instructions in those scriptures for how to receive eternal life, live it out on Earth, and how to be found as a faithful servant when we meet Jesus in heaven.

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  May 17, 2018

  How Holiness Theology Transformed My Understanding of Christianity

  I've come to believe that holiness to the Lord is the great missing piece of Christianity in modern evangelicalism. In the face of so many multiplied evils in our world, many of us have thrown up our hands and rejected the truth of the scriptures: That we can be holy in a fallen world.

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  May 5, 2018

  How to Repent of All Sins in Your Christian Life

  We don't take sin near seriously enough in western Christianity. And that's a big reason why the church looks a lot like the world. We don't recognize the need for true repentance. We're filled up on grace, but what we need is true repentance.

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  May 5, 2018

  Should I Tithe?

  Tithing is a concept from the Bible, from the Old Testament, that we give 10 percent of our income to God. Sound like too much? It's all His anyway. It's not ours. God owns everything.

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  Apr 22, 2018

  The Victories and Tragedy of King Solomon the Wise

  Solomon's legacy is quite full of contrary themes. King Solomon worshiped God almighty and established the temple, yet Solomon was later turned to foreign gods.

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  Apr 21, 2018

  How to Pray Authentically: The Four Position Prayer

  When I first became a part of the family of Christ I was pretty clueless. I had no idea how to study the Bible, and I didn't really know how to pray. Prayer is insanely important to the Christian life. If you aren't praying at least once a day it's hard to say that your even a Christian.

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  Apr 20, 2018

  From Seeker to Believer: 7 Stages of Conscious Expansion

  In the curiously seeking stage, one thinks there might be something to all this, but is not sure. One also struggles with old biased views of Christianity.