Wrestling with Perfection, III

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matt 5:48)
We are wrestling with the question of whether or not this command reaches beyond the issue of salvation and carries any implications for how I live…how I clean my gutters…wash windows…or speak to the young man ringing up my groceries.
From the standpoint of salvation, we […]

Thanksgiving Thoughts & Response to Charley

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My responsibility on Thanksgiving Day is to do battle with a 20-pound turkey. My objective is to get […]

Wrestling with Perfection, II

Yesterday, we concluded three things:
God is perfect; we are not; and the creation is decaying.
Yet, in the midst of this, the Scripture seems to call us to perfection (Gen 17:1, Matt 5:48, 2 Cor 13:11, etc.).
But what does this mean to me, really? In the nitty gritty, nuts & bolts of my […]

Wrestling with Perfection, I

It was almost a month ago when I first threw this issue on the table. In between then and today, I have logged two international trips, two eastern time zone trips, and a trip to College of the Ozarks.
I am looking forward to my first weekend at home in a month.
Now, I am […]

Judging Nova’s “Judgment Day”

It is 4 am and I still can’t sleep. I have been tossing and turning all night. Why? Because I saw an unjust trial last night.
I watched Nova’s “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial”.
I am not talking about the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, the subject of Nova’s two-hour docudrama. The real Dover […]

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Dr. Del Tackett is president of the Focus on the Family Institute and Senior Vice President to Focus on the Family. He is also the architect and chief spokesperson for Focus on the Family's The Truth Project--a nationwide initiative designed to bring the Christian worldview to the body of Christ.