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Very Little Is Needed
Philippians 4:11 — Paul borrows the Stoic word autarkēs but adds one word that changes everything: he had to learn it. The contentment he means is formed only by the circumstances most of us spend our lives avoiding.
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What Is a King? — Will You Bow Now? 6 of 6
Five sections of preparation, one question. We are between the two stages right now. The cross is past. The conquering King is future. The position you take now is the position you keep.
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What Is a King? — The Witness and the Unveiling 5 of 6
You are responsible for the witness. You are not responsible for the unveiling. The weight modern American Christianity transfers onto the witness was never Scripture’s to give.
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The Chosen: Biblical vs. Fictional Characters
The Chosen has reached more people with the biblical narrative than most films in a generation. A working inventory of which characters come from Scripture and which were invented for the screen.
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What Is a King? — The Counterfeit King 4 of 6
The serpent does not need to convince you the gospel is false. That is too obvious. What he can do is fake the recognition just well enough that you bow to something that looks almost right.
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What Is a King? — The Return of the King 3 of 6
The *imago Dei* still knows what kingship looks like, even after the world has stripped every reference for it from daily life. There is one scene in cinema that proves it every time.
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What Is a King? — Slave to Christ 2 of 6
Paul opens Romans with a self-description 2026 American ears cannot hear correctly. *Doulos Christou* — slave of Christ. The softening costs more than translators know.
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What Is a King? — The Room Defines the King 1 of 6
Kingliness is not generated by the king. It is generated by the room. The bowing, the lowered eyes, the held breath, the way bodies rearrange in space. A 2026 American has nothing to fill the word with — and that is the problem.
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ABBA — Father
You have probably heard a sermon claim that Abba means “Daddy.” That idea traces back largely to Joachim Jeremias in the mid-twentieth century, and it has stuck in popular preaching ever since. But the case does not hold up — and what the word actually means is something heavier.