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It’s become a common cliche to ask a person to try walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, but I think that’s really hard for most of us, if we’re honest. Last week I pointed out that every life has a story, and few of us take the time to learn others’ stories. Learning to [...]
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Every life truly does have a story, as this short video from Chick-Fil-A reminds us: I think it’s all-too-easy for me to forget that everyone has a story, and I am often quick to judge someone without knowing their story. This is especially hard when someone acts out of their pain. The old quote is [...]
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I had a hard time making it to the end of this video; I was very overcome by emotion. I served in the Army with Dwight Martin (one of the teachers shown in the video) and have been following his missionary journey ever since he left the service. I wasn’t prepared to see the amazing [...]
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Have a great (and safe) Independence Day. Even more important than being thankful for our national freedom, be thankful that Christ has purchased us from the grave and won our eternal freedom from sin, death, and the devil. “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free” (Galatians 5:1).
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The Church has long embraced anti-intellectualism. It creeps up into many circles within the faith – no one seems to be exempt. This video by John Piper encourages Christians to think and directs us towards some good speakers who help us do just that. I would add to the list many of the great minds [...]
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The above image shows my recent lament on Facebook after hearing from yet another former believer who has been destroyed by the man-centered pop-psychological mantra of many American churches. Why do churches jump on this pop-psychology bandwagon? It doesn’t end well – it simply creates more self-absorbed people. Whether we pity ourselves, esteem ourselves, or [...]
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Are you wasting your life living out a Christian spin on the American dream, or are you living radically for Christ and His commission to spread the Gospel? H/T: Truth Matters
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I’ve heard a lot about this lately. A church in St. Louis, MO recently canceled services in order to do community projects. Several people whose opinions I respect have mentioned the prospect of doing this lately, and several others whom I also respect have voiced strong opposition to this. Here’s a short video about this [...]
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I’ve been reading Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges lately, and the first sin he discusses is that of ungodliness. Bridges begins by pointing out that pride is not the root of all sin, as is often taught. Pride may be the trunk from which all other branches of sin grow, [...]
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I was reading Veith’s blog, and he posed a profound question: … Even worse than living as a Christian in an anti-Christian culture is living in a culture where Christianity is tolerated…. [Here is] a quotation from Luther: “No persecution is the ultimate persecution.” Why is that so? That’s a great question. Why is no [...]
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This post is great, I wish I had written it. But I didn’t. From Charles Lehmann’s blog, Drowning Myself Whenever I Can: … The only good Christian is a dead one. We have to die to ourselves. We have to take up our cross daily and follow Him. We must daily be drowned in the [...]
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Spotlight on Bible Translation from Dan O'Day on Vimeo. About 2,200 languages still have no translation of the bible. Several of these languages have no written form, and thus an alphabet must be created and taught to native speakers. Will you support bible translation?
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I was listening to a podcast on Issues Etc. earlier this week and I was struck by a profound thought. The title of the podcast was “The Vocation of Minister.” I’d normally link directly to it but the site appears to be down as I’m writing this, nothing will load. The guest speaker was talking [...]
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I saw these quotes at Justin Taylor’s blog. They are from John Stott’s book, Christ the Controversialist (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1970): On what Christians should do when they disagree with each other: The proper activity of professing Christians who disagree with one another is neither to ignore, nor to conceal, nor even to [...]
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It seems that Christophobia is rampant these days. Nothing causes such a stir as two simple words: “Jesus Christ.” Have you ever noticed that if a chaplain closes a prayer “in Jesus’ name,” it makes headlines, but if a religious leader prays to Allah, Benevolent Spirit, Jehovah, etc. no one bats an eye? Why is [...]
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Happy New Year! A new year is upon us, and resolutions have already been made – and broken. Why do we often fail at our resolutions? Why do we continually make more resolutions despite how often we fail at bringing them into fruition? I was reading my new devotional book yesterday and ran across this [...]
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Daily prayer is and always has been a struggle for me. I don’t prioritize it like I should. I often neglect His Word and prayer. Lately I’ve taken somewhat of a hiatus from blogging to get in the Word more and to pray (plus many other areas of my life have been busy). If I [...]
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I have lots of photos on my computer. It’s a tradition for me to regularly look at a photo of my wife if I am separated from her for a period of time (often due to work-related travel). We all have lots of customs and traditions. Even those who claim to be innovative and spontaneous [...]
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Growing up, there were times my parents and I didn’t get along. I’m sure you can relate. In fact, for a large portion of my adolescence, I was pretty convinced that my parents were idiots. I certainly didn’t respect them very much, and at times I thought I didn’t need them. Later in life, I [...]
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I’m having my own sort of cognitive dissonance right now with this blog. I’m re-evaluating some of my beliefs and viewpoints and am reading a lot from conflicting perspectives to help sort out my thinking. I apologize for the scarcity of posts during this time, I assure you I’ll make a strong comeback once I [...]
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I know I haven’t posted much lately, I’ve been very busy and out of town a lot. I also have been doing a lot of reading, getting into His Word and prayer. It’s hard to write meaningful content if I am not listening to God through His Word. It’s also hard to come up with [...]
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