Scott Aniol

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  May 9, 2018

  Why Christians Must Gather as the Church to Worship

  It is becoming increasingly popular today to assume that since the essence of worship is the language of the gospel, then it follows that worship is all of life, and there is nothing distinct or significant about corporate gatherings of worship.

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  Apr 22, 2018

  How the Bible Defines Worship

  Many of the "worship wars" today are fueled by, I believe, differing views of the nature of worship itself. I believe that a fundamental step toward resolving these debates is to seek to understand how the Bible itself defines worship.

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  Apr 5, 2018

  Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?

  Is something beautiful because it brings pleasure, or do things bring pleasure because they are beautiful? The biblical answer to this question is that absolute standards of beauty exist that produce pleasure.

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  Mar 7, 2018

  When the Unproven Premise Becomes More Divisive Than Ever

  "We shouldn't let our worship preferences get in the way of our worship participation," writes Brett McCrackenin. His argument is that we shouldn't divide over preferences; therefore, we shouldn't divide over music. Or should we?

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  Feb 28, 2018

  Responding to Our Culture and the Unbelieving World Around Us

  Christians have always wrestled with how they should respond to the cultures around them. What are we to do? Here are the answers.

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  Feb 5, 2018

  The Common Problem With White Supremacy and Multiculturalism

  Multiculturalism is not the answer because it suffers from the same essential fallacy as white supremacy, namely, that ethnicity and culture are equivalent categories.

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  Jan 14, 2018

  The Battle of Culture and Race

  The term "culture" is a concept that has developed in the last few hundred years as a way to explain different behaviors between groups of people.

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  Jan 12, 2018

  Salvation Is Not Cheap, It Costs God His Son to Forgive Us

  The psalmist knows that God's people are often tempted to take God's grace for granted; we are often tempted to see God's grace as cheap and fail to recognize what it cost for God to forgive his people. We often grow comfortable in our sin because we think that since we are God's people, and he has made unconditional promises to us, then we no longer need to repent; we no longer need to confess our sin. We no longer need to fear God.

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  Jan 1, 2018

  Scripture: A Moral Decision for Everything?

  Some Christians believe that the Bible is an exhaustive list of prescriptions and prohibitions that reveal how God wants His children to live. If the Bible doesn't address something explicitly, then God doesn't care about that particular issue.

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  Dec 17, 2017

  What Are the 12 Days of Christmas?

  There are 12 Days of Christmas contests on the radio, 12 Days of Christmas sales at the mall, 12 Days of Christmas charity drives, and, of course, that very long song.