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Matt Edwards
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Death to Deconstruction 10--Toward a Post-Evangelical Theology
In Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion, Joshua S. Porter appeals to a generation abandoning the...
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Matt Edwards
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Death to Deconstruction 9--Self Denial
The seeker-sensitive church of the 1990s emphasized teaching people how Jesus met their “felt needs.” Jesus will make you a better...
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Matt Edwards
Aug 15, 20232 min read
A Christological Paraphrase of Psalm 5
This is a paraphrase of Psalm 5, spoken as if from the mouth of Jesus. I translated it from the Hebrew and took liberties with the text...
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Matt Edwards
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Weakness and the Ministry of Reconciliation (A Sermon on 2 Corinthians)
If you were to take a moment to brag about your accomplishments, what would you say? In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul brags about his resume,...
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Matt Edwards
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Weakness and the Power of God--A Sermon on 1 Corinthians
What do you think of when you hear the word weakness? Is it a positive word or a negative one? How does weakness relate to faith? This...
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Matt Edwards
Jun 14, 20234 min read
Death to Deconstruction 8--Hypocrisy
A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend who used to be a pastor, but who had been wounded and is now undergoing the process of...
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Matt Edwards
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Death to Deconstruction 7--Public but not Political
“The gospel is inherently political.” People throw this phrase around today uncritically. But is it true? I think what they mean by it is...
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Matt Edwards
Jun 7, 20233 min read
Death to Deconstruction 6--Politics
The nastiest letters I get about my sermons are when I challenge political ideology. In 2006, during the height of the Bush...
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Matt Edwards
Jun 6, 20231 min read
God's Life-Giving Presence (Joel 2:28–32)
In Romans 4:17, Paul tells us that God “gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” God is the giver...
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Matt Edwards
Jun 6, 20232 min read
God Is Jealous for You (Joel 2:18–27)
When I was in Bible college, I had a friend I’ll call Jason. Jason was on fire for God. He had devoted his life to ministry, he was up...
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Matt Edwards
May 10, 20234 min read
Death to Deconstruction 5--Does God Care?
When my wife was pregnant with our second child (my daughter, Avery), we wondered together what she would look like. Would she have red...
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Matt Edwards
May 8, 20231 min read
A Christological Paraphrase of Psalm 4
For the choir director. This one was inspired by God’s faithfulness to his friends like David. “I hear your cries, my faithful friend!...
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Matt Edwards
May 5, 20234 min read
Death to Deconstruction 4--The Problem of Evil
Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? This question plagues us. It plagued the authors of the Bible (Habakkuk 1:13)....
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Matt Edwards
May 3, 20235 min read
Death to Deconstruction 3--What Is the Bible and How Do We Read It?
The other day, I got a text from my wife: “Zack’s art class ends at 5:45.” What does this mysterious text mean? Well, it depends. Perhaps...
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Matt Edwards
May 1, 20231 min read
A Christological Paraphrase of Psalm 3
A Holy Saturday Psalm, inspired by the three days Jesus spent in the grave. “Father, they all abandoned me. The whole world united...
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Matt Edwards
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Death to Deconstruction 2--Biblical Illiteracy
I love the Bible. It is an amazing book (or, collection of books, really). I think what I love most about the Bible is that it is raw....
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Matt Edwards
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Death to Deconstruction by Joshua Porter
When I was in my early twenties, I started to feel a radical disconnect between my values and those of mainstream evangelicalism. We were...
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Matt Edwards
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Victory and the Cross (John 12:27–36)
If you had one chance to share a message with the entire world, what would you say? What if you were chosen to be a colonist on Mars—sent...
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Matt Edwards
Apr 21, 20234 min read
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 12—REMEMBER YOU WERE A SLAVE
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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Matt Edwards
Apr 19, 20235 min read
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM 11—TRUE DOMINION
In The Case for Christian Nationalism, Stephen Wolfe hopes to “enliven in the hearts of Christians a sense of home and hearth and love of...
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