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View ArticleApr 21, Prayer for financial stability
Lord, I am not worthy, I know fully well my money belongs not to me, but to you. You have graciously provided for me in the past and I have misused your
View ArticleAre American Christians Really Being Oppressed, Or Are They Just Whining?
Last night I had family over and at the end of a long day we collapsed on the couch to watch a movie. I searched through pay-per-view to find a movie and happened upon a temporary category in their...
View ArticleOur Redemption Cost Us Nothing
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; ~Ephesians 1:7 In this Beloved One “we have our redemption,” i.e., deliverance, first from...
View ArticleDon’t Waste the Easter Season
What if we are missing the opportunity to enjoy not just Easter Sunday, but also the Easter season, the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost?
View ArticleA philosophical reader writes: Anti-foundationalist
I was quite happy to read a second one of your books, "A Generous Orthodoxy." I just wanted to comment though on the anti-foundationalist aspect of your thinking in application to scripture. I...
View ArticleMarriage Is for the Courageous
[Editor’s note: today’s post is adapted from the book Open: What Happens When You Get Honest, Get Real, and Get Accountable by Craig Gross with Adam Palmer] I once spoke at a marriage conference…where...
View ArticleAn Hour Upon the Stage
Among the variety of strange notions that we get into our heads, one of the most common is the sensation that we’re being watched. For no apparent reason, we begin to glance around us, not really...
View ArticleRevelation 1:17-18 – King Jesus: Our Response
Daily Devotional Bible Verse When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold...
View ArticleOf Tears And Dreams: Becoming Living Art – Week 7
The art of listening involves so much more than my ears and someone’s voice. It involves my heart, my mind, will and emotions and it involves paying attention to the world around me as well as how my...
View ArticleBelieve the Promises of God as a Child!
One of my favorite "hidden" lessons in the Pesach (Passover) celebration "Seder" meal is the mystery of the “afikomen.” This specially prepared meal-- during which the participants are reminded of...
View ArticleHomes of Christians Fleeing Iraq Seized by Gangs
Gangs in Baghdad are seizing homes left vacant by Christian families who have been forced to flee from sectarian violence, according to Barnabas Aid.
View ArticleHow To Help Other Marriages
Many marriages are struggling to stand and hold it together, challenges from within and without have been buffeting and pushing many couples to quit and throw their marriages away because they think......
View ArticlePushback
Health and Healing. Day twenty-eight...When the word “pushback” is used in today's culture, we don't usually think about the pushback that backs an airplane away from the terminal. We're more likely to...
View ArticleThings you hope Jesus didn’t hear your kid say.
Yesterday, right before the start of an Easter egg hunt at church, one of my kids muttered, “This is going to be World War 3.” I instantly wanted to earmuff Jesus, hopeful that maybe he missed that...
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Love people, not evangelism Why study shadows when we have the Son? David Murray: Why study shadows when we have the Son? That’s a question I’m often asked when I’m trying to promote more reading of...
View ArticleYou are invited
The older brother got really angry and refused to come inside, so his father came out and pleaded with him to join the celebration. But he argued back, “Listen, all these years I’ve worked hard for...
View ArticleHe Did All of It for Us
Jesus left His home to come to earth. He gave up His sovereignty to be a servant. He was despised so that we could be made divine. He carried our sorrows so we would no longer have to grieve. He was...
View ArticleHe's Leaving
The time draws near. I knew our time together would end; it was only a matter of when.Even after a couple of years, I still feel so new to this whole military wife thing. Richard enlisted in the Air...
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