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Dec 18, 20194 min read
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Some time ago I heard an interview with Bono on a public news station, and the subject of Jesus came up. I guess Bono was in one of his...
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Oct 2, 20193 min read
I’ve Been Forgiven. Now What?
Christians believe that God has forgiven their sins. But what difference does this actually make in the day-to-day? What difference...
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Feb 27, 20193 min read
Live As If Jesus Rules and Eternity Is Real
Have you ever seen someone trying to get out of a boat … slowly? They’ve got one foot on the dock and one foot in the boat, and they just...
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Feb 13, 20193 min read
Using Google to Share the Gospel
Jews in Jesus’ day had a hard time understanding how Gentiles could be saved. Gentiles were so bad. They were the historic oppressors....
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Feb 6, 20193 min read
Your Storms Are Real. But Jesus Is Bigger.
You and I are not facing the same kinds of persecution the Apostle John was when Jesus appeared to him in a prison cell on the island of...
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Jan 24, 20194 min read
When Life Is Tough, You Need This Vision of Jesus
Back in the day, in my Christian school classroom, there was an enormous picture of Jesus. At least, it was supposed to be Jesus. It...
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Dec 17, 20184 min read
Don’t Miss the Invitation to Share a Meal with Jesus
Recently, I saw some incredible statistics in the Wall Street Journal about the social importance of family mealtimes for children. One...
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Dec 10, 20183 min read
Jesus Is Not Just Important. He Must Be First.
When I was 19 years old, I got to take a class with Charles Ryrie, a theologian who had the most famous study Bible of the 1980s and 90s....
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Dec 7, 20184 min read
How to Pray (Part 5): “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”
This is the last of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss the previous posts: “Our Father,” “Hallowed Be Your Name,” “Your...
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Dec 6, 20184 min read
How to Pray (Part 4): “Give Us Our Daily Bread” and “Forgive Us Our Sins”
This is the fourth of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss Monday’s post (“Our Father”), Tuesday’s (“Hallowed Be Your...
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Dec 5, 20184 min read
How to Pray (Part 3): “Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done”
This is the third of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss Monday’s post (“Our Father”) or yesterday’s (“Hallowed Be Your...
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Dec 4, 20184 min read
How to Pray (Part 2): “Hallowed Be Your Name”
This is the second of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Don’t miss yesterday’s (“Our Father”), and be sure to come back throughout...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read
How to Pray (Part 1): “Our Father”
This is the first of a five-part series on the Lord’s Prayer. Come back throughout the week for the rest! We’ve got issues when it comes...
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Nov 12, 20184 min read
Healing the Wounds of Shame
Many people tend to think shame is just an extreme form of guilt: Guilt is feeling bad about something bad you did; shame is feeling...
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Oct 29, 20184 min read
How to Be Angry Like Jesus
Have you ever sent an email in haste that you wish you could take back? Or accidentally replied all when you were responding in anger?...
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Oct 15, 20183 min read
What Are You Worth?
I’ve always heard it said that the value you place on something is shown by what you are willing to give up for it. If something is...
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Oct 8, 20184 min read
The Cure for Distraction
Martha’s rebuke of her sister Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet to listen to him instead of helping Martha serve their guests, revealed that...
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Sep 26, 20183 min read
Embracing Interruptions in a Distraction-filled World
Distraction is not the same as divine interruption. Jesus seemed to be entirely “indistractible” on the one hand but imminently...
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Sep 10, 20183 min read
What Good Things Are Keeping You from Essential Things?
Though the concept is used in multiple places, there is only one passage in the Bible where the word “distraction” is actually used:...
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Aug 27, 20185 min read
Five Responses to the Empty Tomb
It’s not hard to find claims from contemporary, even secular, scientists and history professors that Jesus did, in fact, rise from the...
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