It was not merely for entertainment that Bunyan expressed a walk with Christ as a pilgrim’s journey, nor was it for Tolkien who illustrated the Christian life with a quest through Middle Earth, neither was
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Invincible wouldn’t that be nice? Three thousand years removed from the event, and now after: millions of sermons, thousands of songs, unimaginable number of coloring sheets, and a few movies like Facing the Giants, it’s
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As I write, I’m doing something I don’t do very often—I’m looking out my window watching snow come down. Here in Arkansas we only get a few good snows each year. I don’t mean to
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How many times have you heard that with gift-giving—it’s the thought that counts? You probably first heard the phrase when you were a child and your parents warned you not to be rude if you
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We all have projects in our lives that we want to tackle and bring about change. I’m not talking HGTV home remodeling, I’m talking life remodeling—get healthier, get skinnier, more disciplined, be a better spouse,
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God speaks. He instructs. He guides. And sometimes those steps don’t make sense. He makes promises. He keeps His promises. But sometimes the wait can be long. He comes through. And then we look stupid.
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The Setting… I had just downed a bottle of RED Gatorade when it hit me. I guess the pain from my kidney stone was so severe it made me vomit. And yes—this post is about
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The parable of the Prodigal Son recorded in Luke 15:11-32 is a powerful illustration. A month ago, I wrote on how Jesus told it to tell the depth of God’s love, grace, and mercy. I
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We are often a lot like Adam and Eve in the Garden when they hid from God. They had sinned against Him. They had let Him down. They failed. They disobeyed, so they tried to
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I’m up late tonight wrestling with some symptoms of a possible disease. I have been recognizing symptoms building, but this evening I realized it’s taking over me. I’m concerned for this disease makes living in
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