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The Winning Side

This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. — 1 John 4:9God uses ...

Love Is Stronger

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. — Matthew 5:44Do you know someone who is hard to love?Maybe it’s someone who has a ...

A Calling That Never Ends

Here’s the misguided idea we need to reconsider about dreams. Many of us talk about God’s calling or the dream He has for us as if it’s some distant, yet-to-be-attained ...

Rebuilding Relationships

Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy. — Hebrews 12:14Is there a relationship you need to rebuild? Too often people are filled with ...

Make the Leap into Love

What it looks like to be sick with love is modeled for us in Song of Solomon. This strikingly erotic biblical book chronicles the romantic love relationship between King Solomon ...

Pray Together ~ Be Awesome

Taking Spiritual Responsibility in Your MarriagePaul and Sarah were young and newly married. We began their premarital counseling a couple of months before the wedding. I told them that if ...

Seeking Approval

Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would ...

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 ...

A Vision for Reconciliation

Truth can be told in an instant, forgiveness can be offered spontaneously, but reconciliation is the work of lifetimes and generations. ~ Krista Tippett in Speaking of FaithOn a recent ...

Sabbath… What’s That?

#killyourwifiJust this week my husband invited a couple of guys over to eat and hang out. We were all standing around the kitchen island polishing off some smoked gouda and ...

A Surprising Song

What is the deal about all the singing in church? Can we talk about that for a moment?I don’t know about you, but I didn’t expect to be joining the ...

More Than Enough

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~ Mother TeresaDo you remember the last time you were hungry? I’m talking really, really ...

Why the Coming Antichrist Matters to You... Right Now

In the closing scene of the movie Castaway, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is parked at a lonely intersection in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. With miles of flat, barren land ...

The Theology of Wholeness

The Theology of WholenessMy introduction to everything I’ve learned about the God of wholeness happened in church. I was nine years old when my mother first took me there, primarily ...

Loving Those Who Hate

Dear Jesus,Sometimes it’s really hard to love people, particularly when You ask me to love those who hate You and do evil things. Please show me. How can I hate ...

Shared Vision: The Antidote to a Thousand Arguments

The reason that businesses create policies and procedures is to be able to make a thousand decisions at one time. Otherwise, they have to make a decision about each new ...

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