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Doing Important Work
So I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and ...
Will You Drag Anchor or Set the Hook?
We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. — Romans 5:3–4 Sweet Maria and I live down by the water ...
Love Everybody, Always
“Love one another.” What is simple often isn’t easy; what is easy often doesn’t last. It was a lawyer like me who tried to set up Jesus. This lawyer asked ...
What Do You Want?
Trade what is simply available for what will truly last. When I was in junior high school, I went with my parents to Hawaii. I was immediately smitten. Blue skies, ...
Undistracted in Our Attitude
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. — Matthew 22:37 WELCOME How many decisions do you suppose you make ...
Change All of It
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! — 2 Corinthians 5:17 Do not conform to the pattern of ...
Living Palms Up
Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies. — Lamentations 3:30When people get angry or defensive they tend to make ...
What Will You Do With Your One Extraordinary Life?
I have been teaching as an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Law School for more than a decade. It’s a place filled with bright, ambitious law students, many of whom have ...
Hostage Negotiation
Figure out what’s holding you back. It was September 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden. A convicted felon left prison after serving a portion of his sentence. Think of it like probation. ...
Get Ready to Dream Big
Welcome to Bible Study of the Week, where every Sunday we give you the free first sessions of new video Bible studies from leading authors, pastors, and Bible teachers. This ...
Living on the Edge of Yikes
,Comfortable people don’t need Jesus, desperate people do.When I turned sixty years old, I had three ambitions. I wanted to learn how to jump a dirt bike, hot-wire a car, ...
There’s a Lot to Be Concerned About. There’s More to Be Hopeful For.
Jesus said, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, My servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from ...
When We Love People We Disagree With, It Turns Our Faith Into a Living Biography
Everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. — Matthew 7:24In one of Jesus’ ...
Vulnerability: Do a Cannonball with Your Life. It's Okay to Get a Little Wet.
When [Jesus] had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” — Luke 5:4When we play Monopoly at my ...
Every Time We See People as Ordinary, We Turn the Wine Back into Water
What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. — John 2:11I’ve never ...
Quit Waiting for a Plan; Just Go Love Everybody
Editor’s Note: Bob Goff’s first two books,Love Does and Everybody, Always, became runaway bestsellers thanks to their unique combination of entertaining, witty storytelling, and challenging, surprising perspectives. Now Bob has ...
Free Resources
Free Easter Bible Study with Christine Caine and Lisa Harper
Easter isn’t just a point in history - it’s the point of history! Join the FREE Online Bible Study with Christine Caine and Lisa Harper and get access to 4 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 3/17