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7 mins read|10/13/18Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.
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12 mins read|08/12/18The foundation of the Christian’s life is that our life is not our own. We don’t belong to ourselves. God has purchased us with the currency of Jesus’s blood.
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9 mins read|08/02/18In the tiny Bible-belt town where I grew up, tragedy brought people together.
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13 mins read|06/30/18The commonly accepted wisdom is that we feel guilt over what we’ve done and we experience shame over who we are. If guilt is the blemish on our face then shame is the cancer in our heart. It’s deeper, harder to dig out.
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9 mins read|06/10/18We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.
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8 mins read|05/15/18There were pictures of her bathed in the sun of South Padre, sand between her toes, arm-in-arm with beautiful friends
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8 mins read|04/30/18Following him will also mean keeping our eyes locked on him so unswervingly that we don’t have the time or energy to be standing on tiptoes, peeping over fences into other people’s troubles and struggles.
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8 mins read|04/14/18From the untouchable living on the streets of India to the millionaire in Manhattan; from the farmer in Germany to the escort in Vegas; from the missionary in Argentina to the bartender in Ireland—they are all in the love zone of the Lord. Every. Single. One.
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7 mins read|04/08/18So much religion is all about us getting this or getting that. The God who comes to us in Jesus is all about giving us himself over and over.
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11 mins read|02/25/18Jesus becomes who you are and you become who he is. His kindness and patience and courage are given to you, and your lust and meanness and impatience are reckoned to him.
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11 mins read|01/17/18Jesus lives amidst the twisted metal and smoking ruins of lives gone bad. It’s where he does his best work. Christ is the ultimate first responder.
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18 mins read|12/31/17Jesus tears down every “but” that people try to build between us and God. He died and rose for us, and—not but—He makes Himself our Lord and Savior.
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