Purchased by the Blood
Seeking Truth in Today’s Troubled World
Mission Statement: Purchased by the Blood is a Christian writing ministry devoted to the truth of Scripture, the lordship of Jesus Christ, and the faithful application of God’s Word to theology, family, culture, education, history, and everyday life.
Purpose Statement: Here you will find biblical teaching, Christian reflection, cultural commentary, and thoughtful explorations of faith through history and popular culture, all with one central purpose: to seek truth and point people to Jesus Christ.
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Education in America – Part One
The Real Crisis in American Education Is Not Money, but Mission Ask most parents what school is for, and the answer is usually plain enough. A school exists to teach children to read with understanding, write with clarity, reckon with numbers, know something of history and science, and grow into adults capable of sound judgment. That…
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Restoring Minnesota: Christians’ Role in Civic Debacle
Having been born and raised in Roseville, Minnesota, I watch the events unfold in my former home with keen interest of late. I have watched with dismay and a strong sense of wonder on how the land I have loved has fallen into such ill repute and chaos. Minnesotans do not need to be told…
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The Honeymoon: First Love and the School of Love
When Christ calls, He does not add a fresh coat of paint to a tired room. He breaks a window to heaven and lets a new world in. Scripture names this miracle new birth. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). A heart…
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Moral Confusion in Modern Times: A Rebuke of False Equivalence
The Event and Its Distorted Message In August, outside an Arlington County School Board meeting in Virginia, a small protest formed over a proposal to restrict transgender students from using bathrooms that do not align with their biological sex. Among the counter-protesters stood a man holding a hand-drawn sign that read, “Hey Winsome, if trans can’t…
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The Shield and the Cross: The Servant, the Soldier, and the Savior
When Jack Kirby and Joe Simon imagined Steve Rogers, they gave form to a yearning that lives in every heart: the longing to stand between evil and the innocent, to bear the blow meant for another. Captain America began as a fragile dreamer, a boy who could not fight yet refused to look away. His…
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Legacy of Faith: Remembering Pastor Voddie Baucham Jr.
There are lives that thunder. There are others that ring like a tuning fork, steady and clear, so that all the instruments in the room find their pitch. Pastor Voddie’s life was the latter. He did not court applause. He tuned hearts to the note of God’s Word until the noise of our age sounded thin by…
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