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When It’s Easier Just to Fail
There are many ways to fail this side of glory. Moral failure. Financial failure. Career. Marital. Parenting. Friendship. Worst of all is heart failure. Not a sudden cardiac arrest of the soul but that gradual dulling of spiritual passion or zeal that tempts us all at one time or another. At the end of the …[ read more ]
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You and I Are in Danger
You and I are in danger. We are at risk of losing heart. I know this the same way I know of God’s love for me – “for the Bible tells me so.” God warns us in Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” If we must “keep” …[ read more ]
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I Don’t Want You to Read This Blog Post (a lesson in backfire)
The world is ablaze with righteous indignation. Arrows fly and I’ve grown weary of dodging them. Haven’t you? Weary of headlines. Weary of blog posts, Facebook updates, tweets, and op eds. Weary of debates in the lunchroom and at the dinner table, over coffee after church. We volley the blame ball from one hand to …[ read more ]