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The Three Nights of Christmas
It’s that time of the year where we gather with friends and family to celebrate Christmas and to tie a bow on the year that was. 2020 has been an interesting year, as the Chinese would say, and few...
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Who is Alive but Dead?
If you want Christians to work harder, there are two scriptures you can trot out to boost productivity. The first is the one about being lukewarm; the second is this one from the letter to Sardis: I...
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Do you have a Biblical View of Women?
In the church, you will encounter two views about women. There is the traditional view (women should be meek, stay-at-home-mothers) and the so-called progressive view (women can do anything men can...
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Why do Good People fall for Bad Teaching?
We live in an age of conspiracy theories and fake news. We all know rational, reasonable people who seem to be duped by the dumbest ideas, even in the church. How does this happen? In truth, this is...
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What is the Baptism that Saves?
If you wish to start an argument among a group of Christians, all you need to do is ask this question: “Is water baptism essential for salvation?” Baptism has historically been one of the more...
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It’s E2R’s 11th Birthday – Here’s Your Gift!
To celebrate Escape to Reality’s 11th anniversary and Chinese New Year and the invention of a vaccine and whatever else is worth celebrating in this wonderful days of hope, we’re repeating last year’s...
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Equality is not the Goal
Rebekah at the Well, by Michael Deas You probably know that I have written a book about women. You may be wondering about my agenda. “What are Paul’s views on gender roles? Is he a complementarian or...
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What a Difference a Word Can Make
We Christians are very good at drawing bad conclusions from good scriptures. This happens when we read a verse out of context. Sometimes it can happen because we miss one single word. Misread the Bible...
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What does the Bible say about Women Pastors?
Can women pastor? Feed this question into Google, and you’ll be led to a bunch of websites that say no, women cannot pastor or lead churches. Which goes to show you that you shouldn’t believe...
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How Sexist is your Bible?
In my research for The Silent Queen, I was often amazed at how a single word in the Bible could be translated different ways leading to radically different conclusions. Here’s a simple example from 2...
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Introducing The Grace Commentary
Hi friends, For years readers having been telling me, “Paul, why don’t you write a commentary?” You’re wish is granted. Check out my brand new grace-based Bible commentary at:...
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Good Friday Timeline
You probably know that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday. What you may not know was that Good Friday was one of the busiest days in Jesus’s life. As far as I can tell, no other day in the Bible...
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What burdens does Jesus place on us?
Thyatira is considered one of the bad churches in the Bible. You may recall they had allowed a woman called Jezebel to preach and she led some of the believers astray. So Jesus sent them a letter where...
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Four People You Should Never Listen To
On the day Jesus died, he encountered opposition from four powerful men. These authority figures represent the types of people who will seek to frustrate God’s plan for your life. We can learn a lot...
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Three Treats for the Feast of Ascension
Forty days after Easter brings us to the Feast of Ascension. Which means that people all over the world are today celebrating the ascension of Jesus into heaven. I’ve been thinking about the...
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He Who Sows Sparingly
The church does a lot of things well, but one area where we sometimes drop the ball is money. I have seen rich leaders use threats to extort money from poor people. I’ve encountered churches that...
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Is the Husband the Head of His Wife?
Since time immemorial, men and women have been trying to get along, and the results have been occasionally spectacular but often mixed. Even if you accept that men and women are equal in grace, there...
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Special Offer and the $250,000 Give Away!
Zoom. Live streaming. Online worship. Virtual meetings. Facebook groups. Drive-thru communion. Churches and ministries are adapting to meet the realities of a post-Covid world. But while the emergence...
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Beware the Lord with a Sword
What will you do with the Lord with a sword? I am referring to the picture of Jesus found in his letter to the church in Pergamum. In it Jesus introduces himself as “The One who has the sharp...
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5 Myths about God’s Forgiveness
No religion preaches the complete forgiveness of sins like Christianity. You might say it’s one of our unique selling points. So why do we do such a bad job with it? We tell people God may forgive...
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