Larry Kirkpatrick

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The Inconvenient Path

2019-11-09

Christians are enthralled with Jesus. We love Him. He is merciful, kind, accepting, gracious, glorious, and relatable. He is God. He is also one of us. We are not gods but He came down to us to give us life. Talk about mysteries!

We come together with a purpose. We want to share what Jesus is like--who Jesus is--with others. In doing that we rub up against each other. Sometimes the sparks are good; sometimes off-putting.

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Safe Spaces

2019-10-12

Let's place two texts side-by-side--Titus 2:11-15 and 2 Peter 2:18-21:

First, Titus 2:11-15:

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Expecting God

2019-09-14

Do you want to have your prayers answered? How often we come to God with unjustified expectations.

We come anticipating that He will bless what we claim we did for Him. But James' warning should cause us to question ourselves. Conditions are laid down for us:

Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord (James 1:6-8).

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Jesus in the Field of All Dreams

2019-08-10

The first of the Ten Commandments is, "You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:3). We are designed. We are worshipping creatures. It is built into us; fish swim, birds fly, people worship.

In the beginning God created "each according to its kind." The human kind is a worshipping kind.

This is who we are: air-breathing, spiritual creatures designed to be holy, designed to be godlike.

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New Books, Old Error

2019-07-23

Introduction

Institutional Seventh-day Adventist presses haven’t addressed Last Generation Theology (LGT) for 20 years. But in 2018, several books from the presses including.

God’s Character and the Last Generation, eds. Jiri Moskala, Jon Peckham,

End-time Events and the Last Generation: The Explosive 50s, by George Knight

In All Humility: Saying No to Last Generation Theology, by Reinder Bruinsma

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Could You Not Watch With Me One Hour?

2019-06-30

Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, 'What? Could you not watch with Me one hour? (Matthew 26:40).

Think of the resilience of Jesus. He waits thousands of years, comes as a man, waits 30 more, finally begins that period of ministry, and after three and a half years permits Himself to be hauled away for crucifixion. All this patience, all this endurance for others--busy with their own lives, often indifferent to His salvation. Jesus had to die before they better understood His purpose for them.

But then they turned the world upside down.

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Scaling the Heights

2019-06-30

In 1996 Andy Harris was one of the leaders in an expedition to climb Mount Everest. Harris reached the summit but remained longer than planned. He became fatigued in the descent. At the top of Everest, even when you breath as deeply as you can, only a third as much oxygen is available. Harris radioed Base Camp about his emergency.

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