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The Devil is God’s Fool

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“The devil is God’s fool,” Luther once quipped. It is a fascinating thought. The idea, one that on […]

JW June 9, 2021 Bob Hiller

Where God Builds a Church…

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…the devil builds a chapel, or so goes the saying of Luther (Table Talk LXVII). In other words, […]

JW May 28, 2021 Tim Winterstein

The Seventh Day

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I did not have high hopes for The Seventh Day (2021; Redbox, or for rent on streaming services), […]

JW April 23, 2021 Tim Winterstein

The Devil Wants to be Your Preacher

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The devil wants to be your preacher. He wants to get into the pulpit on Sunday morning and […]

JW April 21, 2021 Bob Hiller

The Subtler Temptation

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In Georges Bernanos’ 1926 novel Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), Mr Malorthy is described as knowing “very little about that superior form of cheek which the clever call cynicism.” Today cynicism seems like just about the only stance left for anyone to take. There is very little room, it seems, for the sincere and the unironic.

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JW April 24, 2020 Tim Winterstein

When the Devil Works the Hardest

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It’s not that my wife never says anything profound. She does all the time. She’s smart and wise, and I can usually seek good advice from her. On Sunday morning she said something that hit me right between the eyes. Something so profound, I knew I needed to write about it and even preach about it someday.

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JW October 22, 2019 Jonathan Holmes
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