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What is the Measure of a Man?

What is the Measure of a Man?

November 29, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

And in nothing has Christ appeared so much as a lion, in glorious strength destroying his enemies, as when he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter: in his greatest weakness, he was most strong. –Jonathan Edwards If I could somehow measure my faith from childhood to adulthood, I certainly wouldn’t rely upon anything I could count, like years ... Continue Reading

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The Gospel of Male Domination

The Gospel of Male Domination

November 26, 2017 by Obbie Todd 2 Comments

Nearly two months after a story was published in The New York Times revealing decades of allegations of sexual harassment against movie producer Harvey Weinstein, the avalanche of accusations continues. Falling from the highest peaks of authority and influence, the countless men accused of sexual misconduct represent a swath of American culture, ... Continue Reading

Filed Under: Culture, Marriage

Like Children

Like Children

November 9, 2017 by Obbie Todd 1 Comment

The very first full memory I have of someone preaching the message of salvation to me is when I was six years old. It wasn’t at a church. Or a revival. Or a kids camp. It was in the passenger seat of a car driving down Highway 60 in western Kentucky. The evangelist wasn’t a Reverend. Or a Pastor. Or even a Brother. It was my Grandmother D. And it ... Continue Reading

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3 Questions for the Persecuted

3 Questions for the Persecuted

November 6, 2017 by Obbie Todd 2 Comments

By 1521, German revolutionaries led by a knight named Ulrich von Hutten were attempting to align themselves with Martin Luther’s Reformation of the Church. When Luther learned of Hutten’s threats of violence against the Pope, he responded to the nationalist leader with a lesson in spiritual warfare: “You see what Hutten asks. I am not willing to ... Continue Reading

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Martin Luther’s Gift to Pastors

Martin Luther’s Gift to Pastors

November 1, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

At the conclusion of Luther on the Christian Life (2015), church historian Carl Trueman recollects being interviewed for his first tenured appointment at a university. He was asked by one of the interviewers, “If you were trapped on a desert island, who would you want with you – Luther or Calvin?” Trueman chose Luther. And later that day he was ... Continue Reading

Filed Under: Church, History Tagged With: Anfechtungen, depression, Gift, luther, pastors, theology of cross, theology of glory, Tool

Reformation is Recovery

Reformation is Recovery

October 19, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

Renowned church historian Jaroslav Pelikan once boasted that Martin Luther “was more Catholic than many of his Roman Catholic opponents.” He was, after all, a Reformer. Luther believed in the one, holy, catholic, apostolic church. However, he also believed that it had strayed from its first love. Luther’s fiery rhetoric, though incendiary and often ... Continue Reading

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Fellow Heirs

Fellow Heirs

October 16, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

When Scripture presents the miracle of adoption, one word is almost always present: heir. To be adopted into the family of God is to be an heir of God. Paul reminds the Galatians, “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir ... Continue Reading

Filed Under: Theology

The Sweet Tea of Marriage

The Sweet Tea of Marriage

October 5, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

During my senior year of college I waited tables at Texas Roadhouse just a mile down the road from the University of Kentucky. And while I wasn’t the world’s best waiter, my tips were fairly consistent because I faithfully abided by one of the most basic laws of waiting tables: keep the refills coming. More often than not, I was filling sweet tea, ... Continue Reading

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Jesus Lived For You

Jesus Lived For You

September 25, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. –Philippians 2:8 In the 11th century, a Benedictine monk named Anselm penned one of the greatest Christian classics in the history of the church entitled Cur Deus Homo, translated “Why the God-Man?” In it he offered what has ... Continue Reading

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Marriage is a Call to Suffer for the Gospel

Marriage is a Call to Suffer for the Gospel

September 21, 2017 by Obbie Todd Leave a Comment

Every wedding is both a promise and a guarantee. The promise of marital faithfulness made between husband and wife is grounded in a greater, everlasting promise made by Christ to His church, sealed in blood and kept for eternity. (Eph. 5:22-33) The guarantee, on the other hand, isn’t grounded in anything more than human nature: the guarantee of ... Continue Reading

Filed Under: Family, Marriage, Theology

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Obbie Tyler Todd is pastor at The Church at Haynes Creek in Oxford, Georgia, a campus of FBC Covington. He is also a PhD resident in Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

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