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The Silence of God’s Lambs – Our Responsibility to the Persecuted Church
Last week, I was stricken with a painful infection, one that had me in agony for several long hours. All I could comprehend was pain. My entire focus was on accessing relief. Driven to secure a solution, in four short hours I called my doctor’s office three times and the pharmacy twice. When I finally …[ read more ]
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Persecution Comes to the Strong, the Weak, and the Fake
In America, we don’t yet have a practical grasp of persecution. We don’t live daily in fear of our lives so for most of us, persecution is still a conversation we have over dinner tables and in small groups over Starbucks. We revealed our naivete recently by praying fervently for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini but then …[ read more ]
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Can the Western Church Learn to Sweat?
New karate students are aware of their limits. They have a humility that keeps them safe. Then, they learn a couple of things. Pick up a few moves. Land a kick they’ve worked to understand. That’s when they get stupid. I’ve seen it. An underbelt (a student who hasn’t yet achieved black belt) gears up …[ read more ]
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Jesus Lives in North Korea and He Reigns in His People There
Photos of North Korea taken from the air at night show a land in darkness. It is truly a land in darkness but there is light there that is visible from Heaven – it’s the light of believers who need our prayers. Let’s bring them before the throne of the High King that they would …[ read more ]
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We Were Designed for the Waking
Have you ever struggled to awaken from anesthesia? Pursued lucid thoughts through the fog? Fought to regain a knowledge, an awareness, and a self-control you once took for granted? Yesterday I heard the sleeping church trying to wake up. And what do we do upon waking? We seek the face of the one who matters …[ read more ]