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The Danger of Living Under Your Assumed Name (a confessional post)
Are you someone who tries very hard? Are you a person who loves Jesus dearly, reads His Word daily, and wants to be found applying that Word to Your life? Are you, like me, someone who sometimes gets caught up in the hard trying, the striving, the effort of this life with Christ? This post, …[ read more ]
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Perseverance – The Loneliest, Most Underestimated Virtue
Perseverance. Such a lonely, uncelebrated virtue. And yet, like an unassuming seed that falls to the ground with no witness to its burial, perseverance does its work deep within our souls and then suddenly bursts forth from the earth of our lives with the power of life to break through death and produce beautiful, rich, …[ read more ]
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No One Wants the Life Jesus Promised – Not Even Me
Jesus came to give us life to the full but no one really wants that. Think about it. Jesus had life to the full and so did His followers. There was companionship, laughter, and joy. There were miracles, healings, and the dead raised from the grave. Cowards found courage. The cold-hearted learned to love and …[ read more ]
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The Secret Power of Scars
My son has glaring white scars that stretch across his back like an epidermal interstate. When he was fourteen, he contracted a debilitating case of flu. After several hours, (before I knew this could happen), he experienced “vasovagal syncope” (from the strain of the illness) and fainted. He came around faster than I could get …[ read more ]
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What’s REALLY Happening this Week
We play as if death is a parlor game. Sitting around with coffee and dessert, we query one another – “If you only had twenty-four hours left to live, what would you do?” But death is no game. It’s serious business, the ultimate betrayer, the enemy so insidious and dominant God placed the job of …[ read more ]