Upgrade to the Platinum Rule
Most of us live according to the “natural rule” or “flesh rule”: Do unto others as they have done unto you. This is as instinctive as...
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Mar 20, 20233 min read
God Isn’t Your Pimp
Most of us, when we hear Jesus say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. … But woe to you who are rich, for...
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Jun 13, 20222 min read
What My Kids Are Reading This Summer
My wife and I are avid readers. So it’s probably no surprise that our kids devour books, too. Every summer we choose a handful of books...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
Spiritual Gifts Are How Jesus Continues His Ministry
Jesus promised that after he was gone, he would continue to build his church. By his Spirit. Through his disciples. Both of those phrases...
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Jun 21, 20214 min read
Preoccupied. Superficial. Religious. Which Are You?
If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, you might have seen a sign that says, “Eastern Continental Divide.” It’s the divide...
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Jun 7, 20213 min read
The Scandal of Grace: Jesus Loves Bad People
Martin Luther said that, since the fall, our hearts have been hard-wired with a “wages” mentality: We only get what we deserve. We’re...
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May 10, 20214 min read
To All Those Who Are Waiting
In obedience to God’s command for every Israelite family to dedicate their firstborn to him by means of an offering, Mary and Joseph take...
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Apr 26, 20214 min read
Three Warnings for the Religious
In one of Jesus’ most well-known parables, two men build nearly identical houses, geographically close to each other but on different...
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Apr 19, 20213 min read
Know Your Spiritual Enemy
It’s hard to believe that this year will mark 20 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Those attacks rewrote the book...
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Apr 15, 20214 min read
Four Ways the “Apocalypse” Guys Are Actually Right
As a kid, I lived in a perpetual state of anxiety about Jesus coming back and with the fear of not being ready. This was largely due to...
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Apr 12, 20214 min read
Four Questions to Determine If You’re a Disciple
For the first Christians who heard, “Take up your cross” (Luke 9:23), it was not poetic or symbolic language; it was quite literal....
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Mar 18, 20214 min read
Three Traits of a Disciple-making Disciple
There is no such thing as a Christ-follower who isn’t actively engaged in God’s mission on earth to make his name known among every...
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Dec 10, 20204 min read
What Does the Bible Say About Singleness?
A lot of churches treat their singles ministries as little more than sanctified substitutes for singles bars. I know of one church that...
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Dec 7, 20206 min read
Liberty, Justice, and Love for All
The 2020 presidential election may be over, but we are hardly out of the woods. For the foreseeable future, discussing issues of politics...
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Sep 14, 20203 min read
Give Jesus Your Worries (and Don’t Take Them Back)
In Luke 18 Jesus tells the story of two men that went into the temple to pray. One man was religiously and professionally accomplished,...
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May 28, 20202 min read
How Money Makes You Blind
In one of Jesus’ core teachings on money, he says, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full...
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May 18, 20204 min read
Have You Ever Been Cut to the Heart?
Less than two months after Jesus had died on the cross and resurrected from the dead, the Spirit that Jesus had promised to his disciples...
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Mar 4, 20204 min read
The Church, Money, and Awkwardness
You know what’s awkward? Talking about money. You know what’s really awkward? When the pastor starts talking about money. Talking about...
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Nov 20, 20193 min read
The eBay Rule
They say the value of something is shown only by what someone is willing to pay for it. Joby Martin, a pastor in Jacksonville, calls this...
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Nov 26, 20184 min read
Three Reasons “Good People” Miss the Kingdom of God
It’s surprising—baffling, really—that religious people are the group that misses Jesus more than any other. We see this quite clearly in...
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