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Jul 24, 20233 min read
Worship Isn’t About Your Feelings
When David describes his response of worship in 2 Samuel 6, he uses the word “undignified,” saying to Michal (Saul’s daughter), “And I...
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Jul 12, 202313 min read
A Time to Come Together: The Unintended Effects of the Law Amendment
In 2010 Nancy Pelosi urged Congress to pass all 828 pages of Obamacare regulations just minutes after it had been posted, before anyone...
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Jul 10, 20233 min read
What’s the Correct Style of Worship?
Picture this: I was preaching in this little church and a Pentecostal woman, sitting about halfway back, kept raising her hand. I found...
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Jul 3, 20233 min read
Is God’s Glory on Your Priority List?
You learn a lot about people when they die. For instance, you find out how well loved somebody was—or not. You begin to hear about...
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Jun 26, 20233 min read
How to Break the Spell of Money
If you grew up in church, you know the story of Zacchaeus. He was a “wee little man” who climbed a tree to see Jesus. I guess there are...
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Jun 6, 20237 min read
How Should We Think About Disfellowshipping Churches In the SBC That Have Women as Pastors?
Next week, more than 12,000 Great Commission Baptists will be in New Orleans for the SBC Annual Meeting. I will be one of them. Every...
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Jun 5, 20234 min read
Who Is Jesus, Really?
The story goes that a little boy wanted a bicycle very badly, but he didn’t know how to pray for one. He tried to imitate how his parents...
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May 29, 20233 min read
Your Greatest Strategy for Success
The greatest temptation you’ll have this year is to pursue some good purpose—some good thing you believe God wants you to have (and you...
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May 22, 20233 min read
Is Cam Newton Right About Polygamy in the Bible?
During last year’s football season, quarterback Cam Newton made some statements that blew up the internet. He was implying that the Bible...
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May 15, 20232 min read
What Does It Mean That Jesus Is Light?
When God created the world, he used a wand. No, that’s not right. When God created the world, he concocted a potion. That’s not right...
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May 1, 20233 min read
What’s Keeping You from Taking Jesus’ Hand?
You are on a sinking ship and need to evacuate. The next closest ship is hours away and life preservers are the only chance of survival....
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Apr 24, 20233 min read
Jesus’ Revolutionary, Disorienting, Liberating Approach to Money
Recently, I’ve been listening to a series about dictators on a British podcast called Noiser. It’s a fascinating and disturbing deep...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Suggested Parenting Books
This weekend I mentioned some parenting resources, and I wanted to follow up by providing a handful of the ones I’ve found most helpful....
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Apr 17, 20233 min read
Why Justice and Generosity Go Hand in Hand
The first (and only) time we meet Zacchaeus, he’s up a tree, trying to catch a glimpse of Jesus. Zacchaeus couldn’t have known this, but...
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Apr 10, 20233 min read
When God Gives You Something, Double It
In the 1920s, many Americans left their low-paying factory jobs in the Northeast for a chance of a fortune through farming in the...
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Apr 3, 20233 min read
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 27, 20233 min read
True Wealth Is Staring You in the Face
If you stumbled onto a flux capacitor—you know, like the one in Back to the Future—and you could travel back to any time in your life,...
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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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Mar 6, 20232 min read
Leave Vengeance to God
When life takes an unexpected turn, you have a choice: Take matters into your own hands or do things God’s way and wait on him to fulfill...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
How to Seek God’s Will (and Not Seek God)
In 1 Samuel 28, King Saul’s fear and insecurity rear their ugly heads as he faces the Philistine army. He had already lost the assurance...
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