It’s Time to Regain First-generation Faith
Many years ago at The Summit Church, there was a group of people who said, “Jesus and his mission will be first.” That was expressed in...
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Dec 21, 20182 min read
Online Shame Storms, Death and Hope at Christmas, & The Best (No Really) Books of 2018
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Dec 19, 20183 min read
Does Your Giving Say “Leftovers” or “Lord”?
Have you ever been invited to someone’s house and they served you leftovers for dinner? You show up expecting a nice meal and instead sit...
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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 14, 20183 min read
The Political Magic of C. S. Lewis, Southern Seminary’s Statement on Racism, & Farewell t
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Dec 12, 20183 min read
How Can Your Job Benefit the Poor?
Do you ever wonder sometimes if anything about your life matters? Do you ever ask yourself if your life really has any eternal...
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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 30, 20183 min read
What Progressive Christians and Atheists Have in Common, the Darkness of Christmas, & Lift Her
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Nov 28, 20184 min read
For Those Who Feel Shame, God Calls You “Beloved”
Christian counselor Ed Welch says, “Shame is the deep sense that you are inherently flawed, unacceptable, and unworthy of love because of...
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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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Nov 21, 20184 min read
Anxiety Thinks Too Little of God
This post is about the spiritual dimensions of anxiety. I recognize that anxiety (like depression and several other struggles) is a...
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Nov 19, 20184 min read
How Envy Forgets God’s Goodness
The Reformer Martin Luther said that God concluded the Ten Commandments with “Thou shalt not covet” (envy) because if we kept that...
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Nov 16, 20183 min read
A Better Debate About Alcohol, Imperfect Worship Services, & Young Evangelicals’ Two Temp
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Nov 14, 20184 min read
Disordered Anger Comes from Disordered Loves
We have an angry society, don’t we? If you doubt it, just turn on the talk shows at night—any of them. Folks on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News...
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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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