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Let’s Hear it for the Rules

“So then, the law is holy… righteous and good” Romans 7:12Most of us don’t really like rules. I don’t know why, but deep down inside we have an aversion to people telling us what to …

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A Place Fit for a King!

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16While in seminary I worked as a bellman in a luxury hotel in Dallas. On most days it was a...

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The Significance of Suffering

“Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” Hebrews 12:3Let’s be honest, most of us would have to admit that we have a natural aversion...

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Cheerleading for Jesus

“It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.… Whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.” Philippians 1:15,18 It...

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New Creation People Part 1

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17“Who am I?” We’ve all asked ourselves this question at some point in our lives. As we...

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Grisham’s Testament

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” 1 Timothy 6:10Any John Grisham fans out there?...

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Abandoned

“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was...

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Trash Talk

“The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil . . . . It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.” James 3:6One morning when I was pulling...

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A Worthy Offering

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. —Genesis 4:7I was delighted when a mutual friend gave my neighbor a Bible. But my neighbor told me she stopped...

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High-Tech Communication

Now we have received . . . the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. —1 Corinthians 2:12When it comes to communication, our world is becoming...

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Friends in High Places

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” John...

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Bull’s-eye

“…Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” Colossians 2:3Here’s some bad news: left to ourselves, we’re not very good shots when it comes to living. We are, at the core,...

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The Good Old Days

“You have forsaken your first love.” Revelation 2:4I must confess: I’m a romantic at heart, which means I love to hear stories of how people met and fell in love. What’s more, …

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New Creation People Part 2

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17We live in a phenomenally broken world. And a natural response is for our hearts to cry...

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Ash-heap Christians

“The fire will test the quality of each man’s work” 1 Corinthians 3:13A few years ago, a series of fires raged through parts of southern California, fanned by the notorious Santa Ana winds. Laguna...

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Don’t Forget

“Be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 6:12We all have little slips in our memory once in a while, right? I love the story about the guy who decided to...

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A Boy’s Lunch

I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger. —John 6:35Once I made the mistake of thinking I could single-handedly finish a 28-ounce steak at a restaurant. I had the remainder boxed...

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Out Of Proportion

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Psalm 111:10I’ll never forget the time I had my picture taken with Shaquille O’Neal, one of the giants of professional basketball. I never thought of...

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Thud!

“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8Interesting, isn’t it, how some childhood experiences are permanently...

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Wake Him Up!

“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16Elouise worked the cash register in the food court at...

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