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15 mins read|11/12/17What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?
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15 mins read|10/05/17Samson knew what he wanted when he saw it, and most of the time, living by sight, he walked like a blind man straight into an ambush.
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10 mins read|09/12/17When we say, “I’ve screwed up big time. I’ve betrayed my spouse, my family, my friends. I’ve hurt lots of people,” we don’t need to hear, “Yes, you have. You need to make that right, learn to walk the talk, and act like a Christian next time."
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10 mins read|01/24/17Yes, how good it is for you to have enemies, for without them, when would you ever have the opportunity to fulfill, joyfully and willingly, the law of Christian love?
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12 mins read|10/11/16Christians are Christians not because of anything that they have done but because of everything Christ has done for them.
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13 mins read|06/07/16I have my list. It may seem strange to you, but, when I think about my own death, I often think in terms of positive failures.
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9 mins read|11/26/14One of the sad truths I realized about myself long ago is that I do nothing from completely spic-and-span motives. I mean nothing. When I hear someone say that they’re “utterly sincere” or they’re doing something “from pure motives,” I smell a lie.
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7 mins read|06/15/14From you, Dad, I learned that a man is truly a man when, as Ecclesiastes says, whatever his hand finds to do, he does it with all his might (9:10).
