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9 Ways to Help Boys Become Leaders

Yep, I have 5 sons. It’s not as perfect as you probably imagine. In fact, sometimes I wonder how I still have any intact electronic equipment. Between the super hero ...

Let the Walls Fall Down

The Falling of a Wall Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. — Acts 8:5Do any walls bisect your world? There you stand ...

Searching for a Story Worth Living

Everyone is looking for a story worth living.Have you noticed? From yoga to coffee to politics to an epic ski trip, everyone is hungry for a story to be part ...

The Canaanite Woman: When Great Faith Meets Great Action

As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. — Isaiah 62:5I have a sketch of Jesus laughing. It hangs on the wall right across ...

Are you IN THIS with God?

Make Up Your Mind That You’re In with GodGod is unreasonably patient and merciful. He’s there for every urgent need and any sudden spell, but an emergency room relationship with ...

Get Out of That Pit: Our Pit-Less Future

God left a lot of questions unanswered — primarily, I imagine, because “without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). I think He also happens to like surprises. ...

Breaking Shame and the Lie of Not Enough

As soon as Adam and Eve messed up, the Enemy started speaking shame over them, and he’s been doing it ever since then.Guilt, that sense of conviction that comes over ...

Do Not Lose Heart

Do not lose heart. — 2 Corinthians 4:16One day a naturalist, out in his garden, observed a most unusually large and beautiful butterfly, fluttering as though in great distress; it ...

Eternity: Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in Me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told ...

Stop Blaming!

Lord, I’m so glad that You are with me always! Of all the ways to get into a pit, getting thrown in — by something but especially by someone — ...

What Can Christians Learn From The Summer Olympics?

This summer, our family – along with 76 percent of the world’s population – will be gathering in front of the television to watch elite athletes from around the world ...

Love in Action

Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his ...

Creative Ideas to Teach Children the Power of God’s Word

In recent weeks, one of my pastors told the story of a scary encounter he and his 6-year-old son experienced. The little boy looked up at his father and said, ...

Jump on the Truth Train: He Healed My Mind

When I was a university student, I caught the train every morning at 7:30 a.m. from Seven Hills station in the western suburbs of Sydney where I lived, to Redfern ...

You Look Like God, Mom

Family resemblances make for an interesting discussion.Where do your looks come from? Do you have your mother’s nose, your father’s eyes, or your grandmother’s shape? Genetics are passed from generation ...

Moving Mountains: There Is a Way Things Work

We just want [prayer] to be simple and easy… The problem is, sometimes [God] comes through, often He doesn’t, and we have no idea for the rhyme or reason why. ...

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