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El Roi Is the God Who Sees Me

She [Hagar] gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees ...

Mom Brain to the World

Give a HootIf this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, ...

The Lesson of Prophecy: God Is In Control

You can’t turn on your TV or open your web browser these days without something flashing urgent on the world scene.Stories flood the airways about another urgent conflict in the ...

Ages and Stages for Discipling Your Kids

The different ages of your children will require different ways of thinking through the discipleship process because there are different ways of communicating and making connections with each of them. ...

Letting Go of My Guilt and Blame

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you. — Jon KrakauerThe first anniversary day of Candace’s disappearance fell on a Saturday, and when we ...

Pinches and Grace

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. — Hebrews 4:16Thought ...

The DNA of a Disciple-Making Movement

Imagine a day when Jesus-style disciple making is the norm for the local church. Everyday Christians are engaged in relationships with people (inside and outside the church) so that they ...

This Life I Live: The Right Thing

I asked for God to give me a sign… He gave me a building-sized billboard.Joey and I kept in touch and would talk to and see each other now and ...

It's My Marriage and I'll Cry If I Want To

“Don’t cry!”“It’s okay to cry,” Leslie whimpered.We were having lunch at a favorite restaurant, talking about I don’t know what when out of nowhere, or so it seemed, Leslie’s eyes ...

Receiving the Blessing

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give ...

What Lies Beneath — Idolatry Is the Issue

Idolatry is huge in the Bible, dominant in our personal lives, and irrelevant in our mistaken estimations. — Os GuinnessImagine a man who has been coughing constantly. This cough keeps ...

God Loves To Be With You

The month of February, and especially Valentine’s Day, is the perfect time to share with our kids what the Bible says about love. The ultimate expression of God’s love came ...

God, Our Deepest Love

C. S. Lewis, the great British author of the Chronicles of Narnia, once boarded a bus for Heaven.He did this in imaginary form, of course, in a wonderful allegory called ...

Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

“Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody.” ‑Denver MooreThis is my favorite quote from Same Kind of Different as Me (and the new Same Kind of Different as ...

Obedience: Simple, But Not Easy

[Jesus] said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But ...

Communicating Love and Respect in Marriage

God’s way of communicating in marriage is to talk with words of unconditional love and respect.“If,” comments a wife, “I’m in the middle of a conversation with my husband that ...

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Face Uncertain Times with Unbreakable Courage

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