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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 ...

The Gift of Existence

Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might. — 2 Samuel 6:14I love the song “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” by P.M. Dawn. I ...

Growing Slow: Built to Last

The romantic in me loves autumn. The melancholic in me needs a little bit of winter. The optimist in me thrives with the hopefulness of spring.But the child in me ...

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 ...

When Strivings Cease Session Two — Costly, but Free

And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record ...

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 ...

The Prison of People Pleasing

Session One Memory Verse“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to ...

Financial Freedom

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” ...

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 ...

The Trouble with Pleasures

The Life of Christ Speaks of Sacramentality If the life of Christ shows us anything, it’s that the Stuff of Earth is meant to point us to the substance of ...

Embracing the Gift of Sleep

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat — for He grants sleep to those He loves. — Psalm 127:2Perhaps you’ve never thought of ...

What Happened at the Cross?

Through the death of Christ upon the cross, sin itself was crucified for those who believe in Him.From New York’s Fifth Avenue jewelry stores to the airport souvenir counters in ...

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Face Uncertain Times with Unbreakable Courage

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