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I lost my father-in-law this week. It’s been tough, but God has proven faithful. I appreciate your prayers. Praying the Emotional Depths of the Psalms “A Christian who wants to grow out of a reactionary life and into an enriched soul and spirit must learn to pray the psalms.” How to Know if You’ve Made…
From the blog this week: Christ the King How Do You Feel About Your 170 Hours of TV So Far This Year? “How have you been using your time, and how do you want to use your time? Honestly assess what you have done with your leisure time since the beginning of the new year…
From the blog this week: Word and Spirit: The Power to Make Disciples How Sin Leaves Us Needing the Intervention of God “A crayon leaves a mark that is easily dealt with. But mold is a living thing. It spreads—it will take your health. It will destroy your house. Some folks think that sin is…
From the blog this week: God’s Unstoppable Plan You Didn’t Do ‘Nothing’ Today “Maybe you feel like your life is achieving little. But by God’s grace, maybe you are doing far more than you think.” The Beauty of Hidden Ministry “Within the body of Christ, many members serve off-stage, veiled by the confidentiality required of…
From the blog this week: The Necessity of the Atonement Following Jesus When It’s Difficult “If it’s just about how many people raise their hands, or come forward at the close of the service, if it’s just about stats at the end of the outreach event, or camp, or rally—then sure, tell people that Jesus…
From the blog this week: The Substitutionary Death of Christ Carve Your Eyeball Out of its Socket “Jesus would not use the language of chopping off a hand or plucking out an eye if the habitual indulging of lust was some little ol’ thing you could manage. Free porn will cost you more than you…
From the blog this week: Top 10 Posts of 2019 Neither Sin nor Death nor Elections Can Hinder God’s Work in 2020 “The gospel promise that’s become precious to me, however, has more grit and hope than any election propaganda or prosperity sermon could offer.” Seize the Morning: New Habits for a New Year “Is…
From the blog this week: What Does Scripture Teach About Joy? Grace: The Dominant Note of Christmas “So the eternal Word of God took on human flesh, and in that way the divine Son of God—who never had an origin, and never came into being, and was God, but was also with God— became man….
From the blog this week: 9 Favorite Reads of 2019 Don’t Mistake Experience for Growth “It’s a sad truth that many churches are full of people who have professed saving faith in Christ, attended and served faithfully for twenty to thirty-plus years, taught Sunday school, and read their Bibles, but have not been transformed at…
From the blog this week: Devotional Recommendations for 2020 The 2020 Reading Challenge “Do you love to read? Do you want to learn to love to read? Do you enjoy reading books that cross the whole spectrum of topics and genres? Then I’ve got something that may be right up your alley—the 2020 Christian Reading Challenge.”…