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Hope for 2024
It’s time to flip the calendar over to a new year. For me, I’m glad to bid farewell to 2023. While there were blessings this year, it also came with its fair share of challenges. As we turn the calendar … Continue reading
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D-Day in the War Between Good and Evil
Christmas is the culmination of God’s plan to liberate us from the clutches of evil. A modern-day analogy of this event is known as D-Day–the date upon which the Allied forces launched their daring assault on Hitler’s “fortress Europe”. One … Continue reading
Running Away from God
This past week in the Daily Audio Bible, we read the book and story of Jonah, the reluctant and annoyed prophet of God. It’s a famous story and a short book, so I won’t recap it here. Also, there are … Continue reading
A Very Expensive Free Gift
Most of us like free stuff, to an extent. I’d likely accept if you wanted to give me a free T-shirt or pen unless there was something weird about them. However, if you offered me a free car or a … Continue reading
We Couldn’t Get to God, So God Came to Us
Christianity is the only world religion that doesn’t subscribe to the belief that followers can achieve enlightenment or some other sort of oneness with God by behaving in just the right way. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas, Faith, Freedom, God's grace covers everything we've ever done wrong and ever will do wrong, God's truth vs Satan's lies, Jesus, Jesus help process mental health issues, power, Prayer for Advent, The best Christmas gift, worship-series
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The Dependence of an Infant
And so it begins. With Thanksgiving behind us, we are wading–or perhaps diving head-first–into the Christmas season, the time when we commemorate God’s invasion of our planet to eventually eradicate evil. As I pondered this, an image flashed into my … Continue reading
What’s There To Be Thankful For?
Thanksgiving is coming this week here in the US. With everything going on in the world, it’s easy to wonder what there is to be thankful for. On a personal level, I’ve learned that my consulting engagement is ending early … Continue reading
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Tagged Find safety and comfort in God, Lean into God, Thankful, Thanksgiving
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An Alternative to Prayer
Lately, I’ve noticed another insidious way secular culture has tried to replace religious notions with “safe”, watered-down (and therefore meaningless) imitations. The attempt to replace “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays” is a classic example. Another is one I’ve written about … Continue reading
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Tagged Does prayer change anything?, Prayer, What does prayer do?, What is prayer?
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Is it Too Early to Celebrate Christmas?
On my morning walk a couple of days ago, I saw that one of my neighbors has started putting up their outdoor Christmas decorations. This got me wondering if it’s too early to start celebrating Christmas. Of course, there’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Birth of Christ, Celebration, Christmas, Light in the darkness
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What’s in a Name?
There are some Christian praise songs I really like that talk about the power in the name of Jesus. Thinking about them, though, got me wondering: how can there be power in a name? I mean, the thought of there … Continue reading
