Scott Aniol

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  Jul 24, 2026

  Why kids belong in worship service, not children's ministry

  Here’s why everyone is better served by letting the little children come to worship.

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  Aug 17, 2025

  It’s good for Christians to mourn

  Our mourning is fundamentally different from the world’s.

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  Nov 30, 2024

  Why equating culture with ethnicity is inherently racist

  When people imply that certain musical styles (or any aspects of culture) are inherent to ethnicity, they fuel racial divide instead of solving it.

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  Mar 27, 2024

  The Holy Spirit’s most supernatural work

  Some of the ordinary activities of the Spirit have been at work since the beginning of time and will continue until the eternal kingdom. The most notable of these is the Holy Spirit’s work in ...

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  Feb 28, 2024

  The Holy Spirit’s work in creation

  The first instance of the Spirit’s work appears in the opening verses of Scripture.

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  Dec 25, 2023

  Was Jesus born in the bleak midwinter?

  I raise the issue of winter portrayed in Rossetti’s first stanza because it well illustrates a problem with how many, if not most, evangelicals think about hymns today.

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  Dec 8, 2023

  Should worship be authentic? It depends on what you mean

  Constant clamoring for “new” and “fresh” is not a biblical perspective — biblical Christianity is old and stable.

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  Nov 27, 2023

  If you want a pure church, your worship must also be pure

  One day we will sit at his table in our glorified bodies, clothed in fine linen, bright and pure, and we will see Christ bodily with our physical eyes.

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  Nov 7, 2023

  Interpreting terrible atrocities on Earth with heavenly lens

  How, then, do these visions of God in his heavenly palace/temple impact our understanding of what happens here on earth?

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  Oct 19, 2023

  How much emphasis should Christians place on bodily exercise?

  Should Christians care about their bodies? How much emphasis should we place upon bodily exercise?