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Let's Talk About Death and Meditation

Focus on DeathYou might want to think about death. Although want is probably an exaggeration.Our younger son, Tim, broke his femur in a tricycle accident at nursery school at age ...

Servant Leadership

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. – Mark 10:45Husbands, love your ...

Jesus Cancels Guilt and Shame

Editor’s Note: Phil Robertson doesn’t apologize for loving Jesus. He is unashamed about his past sins because he glories in the fact that they’re covered by Jesus and completely forgiven. ...

Hoping in Our Sovereign God

Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. The king loved ...

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 ...

Strengthened to Believe, Wait, and Love

Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you. — Hebrews 13:5 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being ...

Know How Much You Are Loved

This is the month that most of us celebrate love. But, love isn’t merely romantic. Let’s remember that the greatest love, the purest love, the most expansive, wildest, most radical ...

Who Are You Comparing Yourself To?

When we compare ourselves or compete with one another, it works against what God intends for us. We are designed for relationship — to be interdependent and supported by each ...

Divine Disruption: Life Is Like a Roller Coaster

But if it doesn’t please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship — the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the ...

Take That First Courageous Step

I didn’t plan to write books. Today’s call to courage? I need to be willing to write about some things I don’t want to share but feel nudged by God ...

In Step with the Spirit

When Jesus headed out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, He “was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Matthew 4:1). Then, when the time of ...

You Are Not Falling Behind

Ironically, the strongest pressure to “grow fast,” instead of slow, came during the years when I started writing books about Jesus. I say this is ironic, because nothing Jesus ever ...

What Makes You Beautiful

I had an eating disorder for six years. Anorexia was the name of my game. I never threw up; I couldn’t bring myself to do it. And it never got ...

Worry

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. ~ Corrie ten BoomWhen our daughter, Jenni, was pregnant with her fourth child, she and her ...

The Jesus I Know: Chynna Phillips Baldwin

Chynna Phillips BaldwinI loved listening to the Mamas and the Papas in the 1960s. They were hip and California cool, and their beats and harmonies were magic. I dreamed of ...

Y’all Should Read the Bible. It’s Good Stuff.

Let me tell you about one of my life’s little grenades that exploded because I wasn’t checking in with myself. Have you ever had someone do you dirty? (We all ...

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Free Christmas Bible Study!

Free Christmas Bible Study!

Advent isn't just about waiting... let's get ready for Christmas with a fresh sense of anticipation! Join this short 4-week study and get access to 4 study videos with Christine Caine and Lisa Harper and other Advent resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 12/2.