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The Inescapable Christ
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Oct 02, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: Why Be a Coach When You Are Called to Be a Player?
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Oct 01, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: The Seductive Hell of a Predictable Situation
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Sep 30, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: Why the Rest of the Gospel Is the Best of the Gospel
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Sep 29, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: Why Sinning Is Not Inevitable
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: On the Difference between Knowledge and Knowing
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: This May Be the Most Important Question I Will Ever Ask You
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Sep 26, 2022 |
The Crucified Reflected on the Wall
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Sep 25, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: Awakened People Trade in Transactional Religion for Transcendent Faith
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Sep 24, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: Growing Churches that Don’t Grow People
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: On the Essential Practice of Preemptive Obedience
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: The Real Prosperity Gospel
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Sep 21, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: The Respectability of Conventional Religion
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Wake-Up Call: The Core Calling of Every Christian
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Sep 19, 2022 |
One Related—Another Unrelated
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Sep 18, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Ron
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Sep 17, 2022 |
Remembering Elijah and The Way from Glory to Glory.
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Sep 16, 2022 |
Why the Opposite of Glory is Shame
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Sep 15, 2022 |
From Two-Faced to True-Faced
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Sep 14, 2022 |
From Deflecting Glory to Reflecting and Refracting Glory
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Sep 13, 2022 |
Never Ever Ever Say This . . .
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Sep 12, 2022 |
Life and Life Abundantly
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Sep 11, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Ronald
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Sep 10, 2022 |
When God Whispers
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Sep 09, 2022 |
What Are You Doing Here?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
I Love Strawberry Shortcake More Than I Like Strawberries
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Sep 07, 2022 |
God’s Will Is What Is Happening While We Are Making Other Plans . . .
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Sep 06, 2022 |
The Substance and Source of Wholeheartedness
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Sep 05, 2022 |
Who Alone Has Immortality?
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Sep 04, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Lisa—Finally Rooted and Established
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Sep 03, 2022 |
On the Cure for Exhaustion
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Elijah Needed a Band
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Between a Broom Bush and a Burning Bush
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Elijah and the Problem with the Democrats and the Republicans
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Aug 30, 2022 |
The Way of Awakening Movements
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Aug 29, 2022 |
The Center Is Self, the Margin Is Disorder
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Aug 28, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: On Broken Relationships and Healing Forgiveness
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Aug 27, 2022 |
The Challenging Way of Obadiah
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Aug 26, 2022 |
In God We Trust?
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Aug 25, 2022 |
After a Long Time . . .
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Strategic Obscurity and the Glory of God
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Aug 23, 2022 |
Another Mournful Monday in Zarephath
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Aug 22, 2022 |
In and Out of Christ—Two Worlds
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Aug 21, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Aunt Allison & Her Niece, Linda
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Aug 20, 2022 |
Surprise: Life is Difficult
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Aug 19, 2022 |
This Is Not a Story about Rain
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Aug 18, 2022 |
The Long Hump of Wednesday in Zarephath
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Aug 17, 2022 |
It’s Tuesday in Zarephath
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Aug 16, 2022 |
Mondays and the Will of God
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Aug 15, 2022 |
That Which Has Been Made Was Life in Him
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Aug 14, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Edna
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Aug 13, 2022 |
Finding the Way in the Ravines of Life
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Aug 12, 2022 |
The Training Camp of Tishbe
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Aug 11, 2022 |
Tishbe: The Nowhere That Is Somewhere
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Aug 10, 2022 |
On the Lesser Glory and the Greater Glory
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Aug 09, 2022 |
And Then This Happens . . .
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Aug 08, 2022 |
Graven on His Hands?
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Aug 07, 2022 |
A Glory Story: Ge-Anne. When It All Finally Became Real
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Aug 06, 2022 |
Why Orthodoxy May Matter Most
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Serendipity
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Aug 04, 2022 |
On the Meaning of Glory
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Aug 03, 2022 |
More on Reformation vs. Transformation
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Aug 02, 2022 |
On Weight Loss Programs, Reformation, and Transformation
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Aug 01, 2022 |
The Face Emerging from the Facts
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Jul 31, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: The Holy Spirit and the Waters of Baptism
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Jul 30, 2022 |
The Secret Is Simply This. . .
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Stay Off the Rope
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Jul 28, 2022 |
The Broken Idea of Believing and Behaving and a Better Idea
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Jul 27, 2022 |
The Realization of Actuation
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Jul 26, 2022 |
From A Library of Books to a Laboratory of Word and Spirit
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Jul 25, 2022 |
The Demands of Human Nature and the Christian Offer
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Jul 24, 2022 |
Holy Spirit Story: Janet
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Jul 23, 2022 |
Somewhere Between Pigs and Pearls
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Jul 22, 2022 |
The Only Problem with the Bible
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Unscheduled Stop
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Goodbye Tourist, Hello Pilgrim
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Jul 19, 2022 |
The Agenda of the Holy Spirit in One Word
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Jul 18, 2022 |
The Christian Way Is the Way
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Jul 17, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: From Suicidal Despair to Rising Joy
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Jul 16, 2022 |
The Marshes of Travail
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Jul 15, 2022 |
A Sidebar on the Sandbar: New Testament Fishing
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Do You See This?
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Breaking Free from our Temple Complex
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Jul 12, 2022 |
Rivers
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Jul 11, 2022 |
Is Christ the Author of Creation?
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Jul 10, 2022 |
A Holy Spirit Story: Edi and Louisa
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Jul 09, 2022 |
Encountering Jesus
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Jul 08, 2022 |
Is Anyone Thirsty?
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Jul 07, 2022 |
I Speak Jesus
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Jul 06, 2022 |
Just Jesus
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Jul 05, 2022 |
The Acts of Jesus
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Jul 04, 2022 |
Is Christ Cosmic?
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Jul 03, 2022 |
Up, Girl! A Holy Spirit Story
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Jul 02, 2022 |
The Problem with Spiritual Practices
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Jul 01, 2022 |
The Discipleship of Memory and the Apostolic Imagination
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Jun 30, 2022 |
Get Up Out of That Grave!
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Jun 29, 2022 |
Welcome to Bethany
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Jun 28, 2022 |
Learning to Pray in a Straight Line
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Jun 27, 2022 |
The Mystery of Our Religion: He
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Jun 26, 2022 |
Dirty Kroger: A Holy Spirit Story
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Jun 25, 2022 |
From Excuses and Excesses to Exercising Holy Spirit Faith
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Jun 24, 2022 |
On Collapsing the Triangle of Prayer?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
Hello, My Name Is Burden
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Jun 22, 2022 |
The Problem with Karma
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Jun 21, 2022 |
The Set-up at the Gate Called Beautiful
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Jun 20, 2022 |
Who Is This Christ?
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Jun 19, 2022 |
Linda: A Holy Spirit Story in the Making?
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Jun 18, 2022 |
At the Scene of a Wicked Problem
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Jun 17, 2022 |
A Vision for the Day of Pentecost
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Jun 16, 2022 |
The Gospel of Diversity or the Gospel of Jesus?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
The Two Questions of the Day of Pentecost
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Jun 14, 2022 |
Interpolation
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Jun 13, 2022 |
Don’t Pray for Wind. Set the Sails.
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Jun 12, 2022 |
The Mind-Blowing Implications of the Day of Pentecost
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Jun 11, 2022 |
Team Player or Solo Performer?
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Jun 10, 2022 |
Yes, It’s Still Day One
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Jun 09, 2022 |
Still Day One
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Jun 08, 2022 |
The Day After the Day of Pentecost
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Jun 07, 2022 |
The Greeting of Pentecost
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Jun 06, 2022 |
Holy Spirit Story #3
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Jun 05, 2022 |
Holy Spirit Story #2
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Jun 04, 2022 |
Holy Spirit Story #1
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Closing out Colossians and The Domino Effect
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Jun 02, 2022 |
Are You Ready for a Holy Spirit Summer
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Jun 01, 2022 |
The Highlight Reel
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May 31, 2022 |
Why It’s Time for You to Enter the Ministry
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May 30, 2022 |
Why Letters Matter
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May 29, 2022 |
The Mixed Bag of Our Lives and Our Churches
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May 28, 2022 |
Why We Must Band Together or Fall Apart
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May 27, 2022 |
On Volunteering for Prison
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May 26, 2022 |
The Difference between Gospel Acclaim and Being Famous for the Gospel
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May 25, 2022 |
The Everyday Ministry of Passing the Salt
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May 24, 2022 |
Why I Sometimes Want to Cuss for the Glory of God—but I Don’t!
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May 23, 2022 |
From Playing Dominoes to the Domino Effect
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May 22, 2022 |
Should Slaves Obey Their Masters?
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May 21, 2022 |
What Parents Must Understand about Parenting
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May 20, 2022 |
Why Women Won’t Submit to Men and Vice-Versa
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May 19, 2022 |
On Method Acting and the Call of Discipleship
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May 18, 2022 |
Why the Songs May Matter More than the Sermon
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May 17, 2022 |
What on Earth Is the Peace of Christ?
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May 16, 2022 |
The Problem with Good Morals
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May 15, 2022 |
Why We Need to Practice Our Faith in Full Pads
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May 14, 2022 |
Gentile Lives Matter but Not Why We Think
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May 13, 2022 |
Breaking Free from the Slavery of Your Old Self
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May 12, 2022 |
Why Anger Management Will Never Get It Done
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May 11, 2022 |
The Difference between a Death Sentence and the Death Penalty
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May 10, 2022 |
How You Can Go to Your Own Funeral
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May 09, 2022 |
How to Move from Morning Devotions to Movemental Devotion
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May 08, 2022 |
Are You a Rule Follower or a Rule Breaker?
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May 07, 2022 |
Beware of Super Spiritual People and Communities
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May 06, 2022 |
Why We Trade in the Movement for the Motions
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May 05, 2022 |
On the Difference between Sin, Sins, and Credit Card Debt
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May 04, 2022 |
On the Difference between Difficult and Impossible
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May 03, 2022 |
The Change That Could Change Everything for Us
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May 02, 2022 |
When Philosophy Hates Wisdom
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May 01, 2022 |
How the Way Is Made by Walking (on Water)
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Apr 30, 2022 |
A Warning about My Fine-Sounding Arguments
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Apr 29, 2022 |
Christ in Y’all versus Christ in You
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Apr 28, 2022 |
Fully Mature?
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Apr 27, 2022 |
The Two Words That Changed Everything
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Apr 26, 2022 |
The Problem with St. Francis’s Most Famous Quote That He Never Really Said
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Can Jesus Be My Savior and Not Be My Lord?
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Apr 24, 2022 |
Is God Really a Human Being?
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Apr 23, 2022 |
Did You Know You Are a Worship Leader?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
That Time I Had to Be Rescued
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Apr 21, 2022 |
Why I Can’t Be a Professional Anymore
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Apr 20, 2022 |
On the Difference between Knowledge and Knowing
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Are You In the Picture or Are You the Frame?
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Apr 18, 2022 |
The First Easter Sermon On Record
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Apr 17, 2022 |
Holy Saturday and the Great Prison Break
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Apr 16, 2022 |
Swing Thought #3: Stand Firm
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Apr 15, 2022 |
Swing Thought #2: Displacing Anxiety
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Apr 14, 2022 |
Swing Thought #1: Humble Yourself
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Apr 13, 2022 |
I Would Like to Welcome Me to the Elder Class
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Apr 12, 2022 |
Let Judgment Begin with Me
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Apr 11, 2022 |
On False Teaching and Failed Tropes
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Apr 10, 2022 |
The Problem with Meddlers
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Apr 09, 2022 |
Do We Belong to Jesus? Or Do We Really Belong to the World, in Jesus’ Name?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
Loving Beyond Our Exhausted Strength and into the Capacities of God
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Genesthe Theias Koinonoi Physeos
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Apr 06, 2022 |
How Love Covers Sin
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Toward a Doctrine of Love
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Apr 04, 2022 |
We Don’t Need a Moment of Silence; We Need Hours of Prayer
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Apr 03, 2022 |
The Singular Priority of Everything
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Apr 02, 2022 |
What Is Prayer?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
Don’t Forget Your Lamp. And Bring Extra Oil.
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Mar 31, 2022 |
How to Be Intoxicated and Sober at the Same Time
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Mar 30, 2022 |
Eschatological Boom Sauce!
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Mar 29, 2022 |
The End of All Things Is Near
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Judgment Is Real
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Mar 27, 2022 |
The Rest of Your Earthly Life
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Mar 26, 2022 |
The Holy Saturday Liturgy of the Harrowing of Hell
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Mar 25, 2022 |
Christ’s Descent to the Dead
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Mar 24, 2022 |
The Day Jesus Went to Hell
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Mar 23, 2022 |
The Truth About Doctrine
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Mar 22, 2022 |
That Time Jesus Rode with Me in the Farm Truck
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Mar 21, 2022 |
Where Exactly Is Jesus?
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Mar 20, 2022 |
What Did the First Christians Care the Most About?
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Mar 19, 2022 |
The Most Important Doctrine of the New Testament (If Not the Whole Bible)
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Why the Best Defense Is a Good Offense
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Mar 17, 2022 |
The $64,000 Question of the Bible
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Mar 16, 2022 |
Why Evil Is Not the Real Problem
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Mar 15, 2022 |
Why Our Relationships Are the Mission
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Does the Church Exist for Me Or Do I Exist for the Church?
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Mar 13, 2022 |
The Problem with Equality
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Mar 12, 2022 |
Peter, We Need a Short Break
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Mar 11, 2022 |
Why Am I Not Being Persecuted?
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Mar 10, 2022 |
Five Little Words Say It All
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Mar 09, 2022 |
On the Difference Between Submission and Obedience
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Mar 08, 2022 |
On Letting Scripture Answer Scripture
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Why I Should Have Worn a Mask
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Mar 06, 2022 |
Then I Woke Up
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Mar 05, 2022 |
Such Good Lives. . .
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Mar 04, 2022 |
The Way Jesus Transforms People: From Outside-In to Inside-Out
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Mar 03, 2022 |
The Cure for Spiritual ADD
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Mar 02, 2022 |
Have You Received Mercy?
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Mar 01, 2022 |
Reorienting our Vision of Prayer—From Religious Activism to Transcendent Activity
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Feb 28, 2022 |
The Church in a Time of War
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Feb 27, 2022 |
The Church Jesus Is Building: God’s Special Possession
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Feb 26, 2022 |
The Church Jesus Is Building: A Holy Nation
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Feb 25, 2022 |
The Church Jesus Is Building: Further Thoughts on the Royal Priesthood
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Feb 24, 2022 |
The Church Jesus Is Building: A Royal Priesthood
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Feb 23, 2022 |
The Church Jesus Is Building: A Chosen People
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Feb 22, 2022 |
Longing for the Real Church
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Feb 21, 2022 |
I Don’t Build My Life, I Surrender It
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Feb 20, 2022 |
Did the Church Leave the Building?
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Feb 19, 2022 |
From Replacement to Displacement
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Feb 18, 2022 |
Happy Birthday Daily Text
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Feb 17, 2022 |
Heaven on This Side of Heaven
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Feb 16, 2022 |
Why Obedience Is Not What We Think It Is
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Feb 15, 2022 |
On the Self-Deceived Nature of Self-Deception
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Feb 14, 2022 |
The Real Meaning of Holiness
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Feb 13, 2022 |
Concerning This Salvation
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Feb 12, 2022 |
Why We Don’t Really Experience the Inexpressible and Glorious Joy of Our Salvation
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Feb 11, 2022 |
There Is Another in the Fire
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Anybody Remember Black and White Television?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
The Difference Between Controlling the Future and Predicting It
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Feb 08, 2022 |
The Fisherman-Theologian
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Feb 07, 2022 |
On the Difference Between Being Smart and Brilliant
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Feb 06, 2022 |
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, and Jonesboro, Peoria, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Dumas, Clovis, Sidney, Jos, Texarkana, Rogers, Cookeville, Paint Lick, Selma, and Your Town Here
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Feb 05, 2022 |
Scattered
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Feb 04, 2022 |
Exiles
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Feb 03, 2022 |
Who Exactly Are God’s Elect?
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Feb 02, 2022 |
From Fisherman to Apostle
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Feb 01, 2022 |
When the Word of God Asks Us a Question (Question 3 of 3)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
When the Word of God Asks Us a Question (Question 2 of 3)
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Jan 30, 2022 |
When the Word of God Asks us a Question (Question 1 of 3)
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Jan 29, 2022 |
How I Got My House Back
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Jan 28, 2022 |
Calling for a Verdict
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Jan 27, 2022 |
Trading Our Assumptions for God’s Assurances
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Jan 26, 2022 |
Formed by the Word, Filled by the Spirit
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Jan 25, 2022 |
The Wonderful Way of Immersion in the Word of God
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Jan 24, 2022 |
Learning Scripture Like Language
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Jan 23, 2022 |
Turn on Your Lights!
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Jan 22, 2022 |
17:17 My New Double Domino
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Jan 21, 2022 |
How God’s Word Designs the World it Declares
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Jan 20, 2022 |
Keeping Our Eye on the Ball of the Word of God
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Jan 19, 2022 |
Anchor Buddies
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Jan 18, 2022 |
Learning to Anchor in the Word of God
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Jan 17, 2022 |
Enlarging Our Vision of the Word of God
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Jan 16, 2022 |
The Simple and Comprehensive Invitation of the Word of God
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Jan 15, 2022 |
The Word Is Not Magic, but It Is Miraculous
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Jan 14, 2022 |
On the Source and Other Sources
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Jan 13, 2022 |
Shower Words
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Jan 12, 2022 |
God’s Way: Perfect. God’s Word: Flawless.
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Jan 11, 2022 |
Morning, Coffee, and the Word of God
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Jan 10, 2022 |
Carpool Catechesis
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Jan 09, 2022 |
Moving from the Extraction Approach to the Immersion Approach
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Jan 08, 2022 |
My Text for 2022 (Part I)
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Jan 07, 2022 |
What Is Your First Word Every Day? How About Your Last Word?
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Have You Found God’s “Word” for the Year?
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Jan 05, 2022 |
Do You Read Me?
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Jan 04, 2022 |
When E. F. Hutton Talks . . .
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Jan 03, 2022 |
The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached
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Jan 02, 2022 |
The Grass Withers and the Flower Fades, but the Word of the Lord Endures Forever
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Jan 01, 2022 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Visions and Dreams
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Dec 31, 2021 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Extraordinary Obedience
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Dec 30, 2021 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Ready & Willing
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Dec 29, 2021 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Students & Seekers
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Dec 28, 2021 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Prophets & Preachers
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Dec 27, 2021 |
When Heaven Meets Earth: Daily Devotion
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Dec 26, 2021 |
Christmas Day: Jesus Is the Root of David and the Bright Morning Star
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Dec 25, 2021 |
Christmas Eve: Jesus Is Advent’s Great High Priest
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Dec 24, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Theme of Mary’s Song
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Dec 23, 2021 |
Jesus Is Lord of the Absolutely Terrified
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Dec 22, 2021 |
Jesus Is Raised by the Faithful
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Jesus Prepares the Way for Us
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Dec 20, 2021 |
Jesus Involves Family in the Advent Project
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Dec 19, 2021 |
Jesus Enters the World through the Small
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Dec 18, 2021 |
Jesus Is Immanuel, God with Us
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Dec 17, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Leader Given to Us
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Jesus Is King of the Human Heart
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Dec 15, 2021 |
Jesus Stays with You
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Dec 14, 2021 |
Jesus Is a Friend of Sinners
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Light of the World
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Dec 12, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Word Made Flesh
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Dec 11, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Lamb of God
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Dec 10, 2021 |
Jesus Brings Good from Evil
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Dec 09, 2021 |
Jesus Is Lord of the Wrestling Heart
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Dec 08, 2021 |
Jesus Is the Provision on the Mountain
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Dec 07, 2021 |
Jesus And His Family . . . Laugh
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Dec 06, 2021 |
Jesus Knows Your True Name
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Dec 05, 2021 |
Jesus Renews Broken Worlds through Obedience
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Dec 04, 2021 |
Jesus Locates Us Before the Father
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Dec 03, 2021 |
Jesus Sets the Vision of New Creation in Motion
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Jesus Rises from the Root of Jesse
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Dec 01, 2021 |
It’s Today Again
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Nov 30, 2021 |
Jesus Is Changing My Life
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Nov 29, 2021 |
Why the Glass Is Not Half Empty, Nor Half Full—There Is No Glass
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Nov 28, 2021 |
Approaching Ascent #19
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Nov 27, 2021 |
Hey! I Know the Will of God for You
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Nov 26, 2021 |
Your Turn . . .
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Nov 25, 2021 |
Joy Is the Bonfire of Our Brokenness
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Nov 24, 2021 |
The Tiniest Most Powerful Pivot Word in the Bible
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Nov 23, 2021 |
Descent #17 (Part II)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
Descent #17
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Nov 21, 2021 |
The Time Habakkuk and James Met Up at the Bottom of the World and Did a Fist Bump
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Nov 20, 2021 |
Show Me the Hoop-om-on-ay’
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Nov 19, 2021 |
On Letting Perseverance Finish Its Work
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Nov 18, 2021 |
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
This Is a Test
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Jesus Sonders.
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Nov 15, 2021 |
Pressing Past the Motions into the Meeting with God
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Nov 14, 2021 |
Presencing the Person of Jesus
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Nov 13, 2021 |
How to Pass the Test While Failing the Course
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Nov 12, 2021 |
The Word of God and the Comedy of Errors
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Growling in the Word of God
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Nov 10, 2021 |
On Mouthing the Word of God
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Nov 09, 2021 |
Stop Working for Jesus
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Nov 08, 2021 |
His Name Is My Name Too
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Nov 07, 2021 |
New Jersey
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Nov 06, 2021 |
From A-Shakening to Awakening
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Nov 05, 2021 |
Why We Must Become Encouragers
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Why We Must Stop Trying to Take the Hill
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Nov 03, 2021 |
Broken Heart to Hardened Heart, to Broken Heart to Healed Heart
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Nov 02, 2021 |
Why Discouragement Means Death
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Nov 01, 2021 |
On Faithfulness, Failure, Forgiveness, and the Fallout
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Oct 31, 2021 |
There’s Something About Daily Text Readers
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Oct 30, 2021 |
The Love of God and the Love of Moses
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Oct 29, 2021 |
For His Namesake
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Oct 28, 2021 |
Why to Love God Means to Fear God
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Oct 27, 2021 |
How Encouragers Win Even When They Lose
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Encouragement Is Not the Cure for Discouragement, but the Immunization
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Oct 25, 2021 |
The Problem with Grasshoppers and Giants
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Oct 24, 2021 |
On the Essential Practice of Preemptive Obedience
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Oct 23, 2021 |
Exploring the Unpredictable Life of the Promises of God
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Oct 22, 2021 |
The Seductive Hell of a Predictable Situation
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Has Anybody Got a Trumpet?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
How the Gift of Assurance Works
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Oct 19, 2021 |
This Is a Story About God
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Oct 18, 2021 |
The Battle for Our Whole Hearts
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Oct 17, 2021 |
Thoughts on Fleecing God
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Oct 16, 2021 |
How to Know If You Are Doing Something Right
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Oct 15, 2021 |
Aspiring to Tolerance and Inclusivity or Full of Grace and Truth?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
The Story of Two Altars
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Oct 13, 2021 |
Revolution Begins with Reform at the Home Office
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Oct 12, 2021 |
Change of Life Begins with Change of Heart
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Oct 11, 2021 |
Unlearning Strengths. Embracing Weaknesses.
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Oct 10, 2021 |
From the Back Row of the Balcony to the Front at the Altar
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Oct 09, 2021 |
Why It Will Take Courage To Become an Encourager
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Oct 08, 2021 |
The Movement from Timidity to Temerity
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Oct 07, 2021 |
The Journey from Me to We and Why it Matters
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Oct 06, 2021 |
On the Difference Between Believing in God and Believing God
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Oct 05, 2021 |
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
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Oct 04, 2021 |
Getting Beyond our Bumper Sticker Theology
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Oct 03, 2021 |
Encourage One Another Daily, as Long as It Is Called Today
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Oct 02, 2021 |
Profound Love for Others (Devoted Part 5)
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Oct 01, 2021 |
Layers of Love (Devoted Part 4)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
From Position to Posture (Devoted Part 3)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
As Iron Sharpens Iron (Devoted Part 2)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
The Royal Way (Devoted Part 1)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Let It Be (Delighted Part 5)
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Sep 26, 2021 |
The Yoke of Freedom (Delighted Part 4)
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Sep 25, 2021 |
The Prophet of Desperation and Delight (Delighted Part 3)
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Sep 24, 2021 |
The Only Way to Love (Delighted Part 2)
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Sep 23, 2021 |
God Goes First (Delighted Part 1)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
The Only Way Forward (Dependence Part 5)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
A Pattern of Dependence (Dependence Part 4)
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Sep 20, 2021 |
The Pioneer (Dependence Part 3)
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Sep 19, 2021 |
From Defiant Boldness to Confessed Dependence (Dependence Part 2)
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Sep 18, 2021 |
Rooted and Established (Dependence Part 1)
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Sep 17, 2021 |
From Deeper to Dependence (Deeper Part 5)
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Sep 16, 2021 |
The Absurd Surprise of It All (Deeper Part 4)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
Deep Calls to Deep (Deeper Part 3)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
The Direction of Deeper Is Down (Deeper Part 2)
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Sep 13, 2021 |
What Is Your One Thing? (Deeper Part 1)
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Sep 12, 2021 |
A Move of the Soul (Dissatisfied Part 5)
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Sep 11, 2021 |
One Central Hope (Dissatisfied Part 4)
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Sep 10, 2021 |
The Confession and the Cross (Dissatisfied Part 3)
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Sep 09, 2021 |
The Invitation of Holy Discontent (Dissatisfied Part 2)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
A Mirage in the Desert (Dissatisfied Part 1)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
Ripple 5: Devoted
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Sep 06, 2021 |
Ripple 4: Delighted
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Sep 05, 2021 |
Ripple 3: Dependence
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Sep 04, 2021 |
Ripple 2: Deeper
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Sep 03, 2021 |
Ripple 1: Dissatisfied
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Sep 02, 2021 |
Kingdom Tide: Unleashing the Ripple Effect of Awakening
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Sep 01, 2021 |
The Wake Up Call
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Aug 31, 2021 |
Where’s the Beef?!
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Aug 30, 2021 |
The Problem with Protein Shakes
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Aug 29, 2021 |
Milk? Meat? Or Protein Shake?
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Aug 28, 2021 |
The Astonishing Revelation We Read Right Over
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Aug 27, 2021 |
The $64,000 Question
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Aug 26, 2021 |
The Big Assumption
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Aug 25, 2021 |
Say More . . .
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Aug 24, 2021 |
I Will Go Over and See This Strange Site
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Aug 23, 2021 |
The Main Thing
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Aug 22, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: Delight in God and Devotion to Others
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Aug 21, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: Dependence—the Turning Point of Transformation
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Aug 20, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: Everybody Wants to Go Deeper, Nobody Wants to Descend
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Aug 19, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: The Curse of Quiet Desperation
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Aug 18, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: It Begins with Holy Discontent
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Aug 17, 2021 |
The Subtle Shift from Faith in The Faith to Faith in Our Faith
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Aug 16, 2021 |
From a Devotional Life to Life Itself
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Aug 15, 2021 |
Why There is No Imitation without Impartation
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Aug 14, 2021 |
This Is an Every-Single-Day Thing
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Aug 13, 2021 |
This Just In! We Interrupt This Series for a Word from Our Sponsor
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Aug 12, 2021 |
Waking Up to the Ultimate Reality
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Aug 11, 2021 |
The Reckoning for Today, and Tomorrow, and the Next Day
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Aug 10, 2021 |
The Second Half of the Gospel: The Ten Transformational Stops
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Aug 09, 2021 |
Gravity
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Aug 08, 2021 |
There Are Only Two Laws
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Aug 07, 2021 |
The Critical Difference Between the Symptoms and the Sickness
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Aug 06, 2021 |
The Big Story
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Aug 05, 2021 |
The Mind-Blowing Implications of the First Half of the Gospel
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Aug 04, 2021 |
Are You Finally Ready to Receive?
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Aug 03, 2021 |
The Doorway into the Second Half of the Gospel
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Aug 02, 2021 |
Welcome to the Second Half of the Gospel Challenge
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Aug 01, 2021 |
A Brief History of the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures
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Jul 31, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness
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Jul 30, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Fills the Temple of the Church
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Living in the Righteousness, Peace, and Joy of the Holy Spirit
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Jul 28, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Leads Us into Awakening Worship
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Jul 27, 2021 |
The Sword of the Spirit Is the Word of God
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Jul 26, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Is Inviting You to Partner in the Healing of the World
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Jul 25, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Is Our Inner Energy Source
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Jul 24, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Opens Us to the Father’s Love
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Jul 23, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Gives Us Divine Perspective
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Jul 22, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Helps Us Wait
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Jul 21, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Is a Guarantee That New Creation Is on the Way
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Jul 20, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Speaks to Us Through the Body of Christ
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Jul 19, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Speaks to Us Through the Gift of Wisdom (Part II)
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Jul 18, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Speaks to Us Through the Gift of Wisdom (Part I)
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Jul 17, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Speaks to Us Through Impressions and Intuitions
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Jul 16, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Speaks to Us Through the Scriptures
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Jul 15, 2021 |
The Body Is Strengthened Through Spirit-Gifted Leaders
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Jul 14, 2021 |
The Spiritual Gifts Build Local Churches
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Jul 13, 2021 |
The Gifts of the Spirit Are Many and Abundant
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Jul 12, 2021 |
The Great Symphony of Spiritual Gifts
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Jul 11, 2021 |
Your Spiritual Gift Is Better than My Spiritual Gift?
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Jul 10, 2021 |
Why It Is Good to Be Informed About Spiritual Gifts
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Jul 09, 2021 |
The Way of Love: The Foundation for Spiritual Gifts
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Jul 08, 2021 |
The Father Gives the Spirit, and We Do Our Part
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Jul 07, 2021 |
The Spirit of Resurrection Lives in You
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Jul 06, 2021 |
A Desert Can Lead to a Destiny
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Jul 05, 2021 |
The Spirit Quenches Our Deepest Thirst
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Jul 04, 2021 |
The Fruit of the Spirit Can Burst from Your Life
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Jul 03, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Brings Freedom
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Jul 02, 2021 |
Walking by the Spirit Leads to Life
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Jul 01, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Teaches Us What to Say
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Jun 30, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Empowers Us with the Father’s Love
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Jun 29, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit is a Body Builder
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Jun 28, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Reveals to Us the Deep Things of God
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Jun 27, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Glorifies Jesus
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Jun 26, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Guides Us into All Truth
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Jun 25, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Reveals Jesus
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Jun 24, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Is With You and in You
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Jun 23, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Gives New Birth
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Jun 22, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Works Through a Beloved Person
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Jun 21, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Gives Us What We Need for Obedience
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Jun 20, 2021 |
In the Beginning, Jesus Was There
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Jun 19, 2021 |
An Old Testament Mosaic of the Spirit’s Work
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Jun 18, 2021 |
The Spirit Behind the Good News
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Jun 17, 2021 |
The Spirit of the Lord Will Rest on Him
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Jun 16, 2021 |
The Outpoured Spirit of God
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Jun 15, 2021 |
A People Where Heaven and Earth Meet
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Jun 14, 2021 |
Homecoming Is the Spirit’s Goal
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Jun 13, 2021 |
The Spirit, Power, and Leadership
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Jun 12, 2021 |
The Spirit Orchestrates Your Such-a-Time-as-This Moments
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Jun 11, 2021 |
The Spirit Is at Work Through Your Skills
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Jun 10, 2021 |
The Right Words at the Right Time
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Jun 09, 2021 |
When a Burning Bush Speaks Your Name
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Praise Is Fitting When the Spirit Is Moving
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Jun 07, 2021 |
Lead Me, Good Spirit, to Become Like Jesus
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Jun 06, 2021 |
The Spirit is Here, There, and Everywhere
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Jun 05, 2021 |
Altars of Worship and the Mercies of God
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Jun 04, 2021 |
The Spirit Rushes to a Humble Heart
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Jun 03, 2021 |
The Spirit Helps Us Say “Here I Am”
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Jun 02, 2021 |
The Spirit Meets Us in Our Sleep
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Jun 01, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Sustains All Things
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May 31, 2021 |
You Come from God, and God Loves You
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May 30, 2021 |
The Breath That Makes Beauty from Chaos
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May 29, 2021 |
The Holy Spirit Is an Artist
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May 28, 2021 |
Spiritual Gifts Are Given for a Reason
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May 27, 2021 |
Filled with the Fire of Love
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May 26, 2021 |
Tornadoes Tend to Move Things Around
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May 25, 2021 |
Let’s Come Together for the Party!
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May 24, 2021 |
Receive the Holy Spirit
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May 23, 2021 |
An Invitation to Awakening
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May 22, 2021 |
The Prayer of First Love
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May 21, 2021 |
The Assumptions of Grace
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May 19, 2021 |
The Day Paul Dropped the Mic
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May 18, 2021 |
Why Most Giving Falls Short of True Giving
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May 17, 2021 |
The Problem with the Ultimate Bumper Sticker Scripture
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May 16, 2021 |
The Sad Truth Behind So Many Rich People
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May 15, 2021 |
The Great Differentiator
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May 14, 2021 |
The Problem with Stinking Thinking and What to Do About It
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May 13, 2021 |
What to Do in Times of Trouble (Part 2)
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May 12, 2021 |
What to Do In Times of Trouble (Part 1)
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May 11, 2021 |
Why Unity Without Like-Mindedness Is Not Unity
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May 10, 2021 |
Dueling Citizenships
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May 09, 2021 |
The Difference between Supermodels and Saints
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May 08, 2021 |
Growing Churches That Don’t Grow People
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May 07, 2021 |
If Your Faith Were a Game, How Would You Play It?
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May 06, 2021 |
The Meaninglessness of Resurrection Without Death
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May 05, 2021 |
Have You Seen My Spiritual Merit Badge Collection?
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May 04, 2021 |
When Passing the Test Is a Big, Fat Fail
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May 03, 2021 |
Why “If You’re Happy and You Know It” Is the Wrong Song
|
May 02, 2021 |
Are You Raising Your Hand Yet?
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May 01, 2021 |
Are You a Real Gospel Soldier?
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Apr 30, 2021 |
The Gospel of Multilevel Marketing
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Apr 29, 2021 |
When Everything In Your Life is Hard
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Apr 28, 2021 |
How Dangerous Are Your Prayers?
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Apr 27, 2021 |
This Is Not an AA Advertisement
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Apr 26, 2021 |
If Sin Has Lost Its Power, Why Is It Still So Powerful?
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Apr 25, 2021 |
Is “Jesus Christ Is Lord” True In Your Life?
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Apr 24, 2021 |
The Problem with Self-Actualization
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Apr 23, 2021 |
Oh Lord, It’s Hard To Be Humble
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Apr 22, 2021 |
What To Do When Your Fullness Is Emptiness
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Apr 21, 2021 |
Down Is the New Up
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Apr 20, 2021 |
When Jesus Gives Us A Piece of His Mind
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Apr 19, 2021 |
Why Pride Is Not the Opposite of Humility—And What Is
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Apr 18, 2021 |
Why Community Pantries Will Never Get It Done
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Apr 17, 2021 |
The Gospel in Two Grand Movements
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Apr 16, 2021 |
Why We Don’t Live in America Anymore
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Apr 15, 2021 |
If “To Die Is Gain,” What’s the Point of Staying Alive?
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Apr 14, 2021 |
The More Excellent Way of Prayer
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Apr 13, 2021 |
How to Take the High Road In the Face of Insult
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Apr 12, 2021 |
The Surprising Sophistication of the Gospel in Suffering
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Apr 11, 2021 |
Does Love Matter like the Moon or the Sun?
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Apr 10, 2021 |
This May Be the Most Important Question I Will Ever Ask You
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Apr 09, 2021 |
Why Our Local Church Must Become Like the Pittsburgh Steelers Again
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Christianity Is Not the Power of Positive Thinking
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Apr 07, 2021 |
Why Small Is the New Large
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Apr 06, 2021 |
Do You Have a Friend in the Gospel?
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Apr 05, 2021 |
Easter Sunday—He Is Risen!
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Apr 04, 2021 |
Holy Saturday—He Is Buried
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Apr 03, 2021 |
Good Friday—He Is Crucified
|
Apr 02, 2021 |
Maundy Thursday—The Lament of God
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Apr 01, 2021 |
BOOM! Goes the Dynamite
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Mar 31, 2021 |
Undercover Boss Visits Headquarters
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Mar 30, 2021 |
Holy Misnomer, Batman!
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Mar 29, 2021 |
Passion Week: Palm Sunday—Is Your Understanding of the Passion of Jesus Arrested in Development?
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Mar 28, 2021 |
The Promise of Joy in the Desert
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Mar 27, 2021 |
The Three Most-Prayed Words in the World—and a Better Idea
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Mar 26, 2021 |
The Secret of the Penitential Psalms: There Are Only Two Laws
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Mar 25, 2021 |
Here’s a Great Idea for the Chorus to the Song Your Life Is Writing
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Mar 24, 2021 |
The Song of the Betrayed, or, What to Sing in the Face of Betrayal
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Mar 23, 2021 |
The Tragic Irony of Those Gates of Jerusalem
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Mar 22, 2021 |
Fifth Sunday of Lent—This Is a Psalm for Every Day
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Mar 21, 2021 |
On War and Peace
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Mar 20, 2021 |
You Will Never Know That God Is All You Need until You Know He’s All You Have
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Mar 19, 2021 |
Why Queen’s “We Are the Champions” Is Actually a Lament
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Mar 18, 2021 |
How a Song Can Be a Shield, or, Why St. Patrick’s Day Must Become about More than Green Beer
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Mar 17, 2021 |
The Odds Are Never in Our Favor, or, Why Optimism Isn’t the Solution for Pessimism
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Mar 16, 2021 |
On Learning to Pray: From Polite Conversation to Crying Out to God
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Mar 15, 2021 |
Fourth Sunday of Lent—Are You a Thinker or a Feeler? When Head and Heart Connect
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Mar 14, 2021 |
Why No One Laments on The Walking Dead
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Mar 13, 2021 |
How the Grande, Five-Pump, No-Water Chai Latte with a Shot of Espresso Works
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Mar 12, 2021 |
The Secret to Getting Past Insecurity
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Mar 11, 2021 |
Could It Really Be That Simple?
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Mar 10, 2021 |
Why Singing the Psalms Is a Matter of Life and Death
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Mar 09, 2021 |
How Scripture Is like a Software Agreement . . . until It’s Not
|
Mar 08, 2021 |
Third Sunday of Lent—You Don’t Have to Be a Singer to Sing
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Mar 07, 2021 |
How to Pray When the Lights Are on but Nobody’s Home
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Mar 06, 2021 |
The Two Most Powerful Words I’ve Ever Prayed
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Mar 05, 2021 |
There’s Only One Way to Avoid Becoming What We Hate
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Depression Is Normal; It Needs a Soundtrack
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Mar 03, 2021 |
How the Great Songwriters Teach Us to Sing Life into the Face of Death
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Mar 02, 2021 |
When You Are Ready to Throw in the Hotel-Room Towel
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Mar 01, 2021 |
Second Sunday of Lent—How Psalms Help Us Deal with Our Inner Gangster
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Feb 28, 2021 |
The Song That Makes People Reject God
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Feb 27, 2021 |
How the Underdog Wins in the End
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Feb 26, 2021 |
Why Depression Is So Rampant
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Feb 25, 2021 |
Thoughts on Sin Cancer and Chemotherapy for the Soul
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Feb 24, 2021 |
How I Got a Splinter in My Soul and How I Got It Out
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Feb 23, 2021 |
Understanding the Psalms as a Sing-Along Rather than a Solo Performance
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Feb 22, 2021 |
First Sunday of Lent—What to Do with a Psalm When You’re Just Not Feeling It
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Feb 21, 2021 |
How the Psalms Get beyond Anger Management
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Feb 20, 2021 |
The Penitential Psalms as a Counterinsurgency Field Manual
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Feb 19, 2021 |
How the Psalms Work More like Orange Juice Concentrate than Simply Orange
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Feb 18, 2021 |
The Journey from “Born This Way” to “Born Again”
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Feb 17, 2021 |
Following Jesus: The Goal of Jesus and How We Get There
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Feb 16, 2021 |
Climbing Transfiguration Mountain
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Feb 15, 2021 |
Following Jesus: Can Jesus See Your Faith for Them?
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Feb 14, 2021 |
Following Jesus: Becoming Fluent in the Word of God
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Feb 13, 2021 |
Following Jesus: Are You a Fan or a Friend?
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Feb 12, 2021 |
Following Jesus: The Problem with “If” Prayers
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Following Jesus: Rise and Shine!
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Feb 10, 2021 |
Previously in Capernaum (Or Your Town)
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Feb 09, 2021 |
Following Jesus: The Power of God in a Cream Cheese Pound Cake
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Feb 08, 2021 |
Following Jesus: On Seeing People but Not Persons
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Feb 07, 2021 |
Following Jesus: When the Interruption Is the Plan
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Feb 06, 2021 |
Welcome to Cana (Also Known as “Your Town”)
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Feb 05, 2021 |
Following Jesus: From Glances to Gazing
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Feb 04, 2021 |
Why We Need a Better Way to Follow Jesus
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Feb 03, 2021 |
Do You Really Know His Incomparably Great Power?
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Feb 02, 2021 |
The Three Reasons We Need Jesus to Open the Eyes of Our Hearts
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Feb 01, 2021 |
Why We Need Epiphany(s)
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Jan 31, 2021 |
Our Grand Ambition: To Know Him Better
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Jan 30, 2021 |
Yesterday, Today, and Forever: The Way Ahead
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Jan 29, 2021 |
First Word. Last Word. God’s Word. Final Word.
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Jan 28, 2021 |
The Words of God and the Word of God (Part Four)
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Jan 27, 2021 |
The Words of God and the Word of God (Part Three)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
The Words of God and the Word of God (Part Two)
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Jan 25, 2021 |
The Words of God and the Word of God (Part One)
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Jan 24, 2021 |
The Word of God Is like a Fire in Our Hearts and Bones
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Jan 23, 2021 |
The Word of God Is Sweet and Bitter (Part Two)
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Jan 22, 2021 |
The Word of God Is Sweet and Bitter (Part One)
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Jan 21, 2021 |
The Word of God Unfolds with Deep Understanding for Simple People
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Jan 20, 2021 |
The Word of God Is All Light
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Jan 19, 2021 |
The Word of God Landscapes Our Lives
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Jan 18, 2021 |
Growing Trust in the Word of God
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Jan 17, 2021 |
The Word of God and the Will of God
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Jan 16, 2021 |
First Word. Last Word. God’s Word. Mid-Term Review
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Jan 15, 2021 |
The Word of God Is Not Self-Help
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Jan 14, 2021 |
The Word of God Is Alive and Active
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Jan 13, 2021 |
God-Breathed Words for a God-Breathed Life
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Jan 12, 2021 |
Learning to Do the Word of God
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Jan 11, 2021 |
Learning to Study the Word of God
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Jan 10, 2021 |
Learning to Rememberize the Word of God
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Jan 09, 2021 |
Learning to Meditate on the Word of God
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Jan 08, 2021 |
Learning to Listen to the Word of God
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Jan 07, 2021 |
The Great Epiphany of the Word of God
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Jan 06, 2021 |
On the Word of God as Our Food
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Jan 05, 2021 |
To Live in a Word-Shaped World
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Jan 04, 2021 |
Better than Money. Sweeter than Honey.
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Jan 03, 2021 |
On the Most Important Subject and Curriculum of Our Lives
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Jan 02, 2021 |
First Word. Last Word. God’s Word.
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Jan 01, 2021 |
Born Again on Christmas Day
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Dec 25, 2020 |
Letting Go of Our Security Blanket
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Dec 24, 2020 |
Getting into the Christmas Spirit
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Dec 23, 2020 |
Do Hard Things
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Dec 22, 2020 |
Revisit First Things: Faith and Prayer
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Dec 21, 2020 |
The Watchword of All Watchwords
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Dec 20, 2020 |
Naming Our Holy Discontent
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Dec 19, 2020 |
Dealing with Our Anxiety
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Hurry Up and Wait
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Dec 17, 2020 |
The Refreshing Relief of Holiness
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Breaking Broken Attachments
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Dec 15, 2020 |
True Gift-Giving Versus Reciprocation
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Dec 14, 2020 |
The Train Wreck of Our Assumptions
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Dec 13, 2020 |
A Better Vision for Repentance
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Dec 12, 2020 |
Count Your Coats
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Dec 11, 2020 |
Listen for a Word beyond the Voices of Our Time
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Dec 10, 2020 |
The Quiet Game
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Dec 09, 2020 |
Break Up Your Fallow Ground
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Dec 08, 2020 |
Assessing Our Snooze-Bar Habits
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Dec 07, 2020 |
Finding a Higher Calendar
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Dec 06, 2020 |
Sing the New Old Song
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Dec 05, 2020 |
Why Cynicism Is Soul Cancer and the Cure
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Dec 04, 2020 |
Asking the Deeper Questions
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Learning to Stand on a Word
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Dec 02, 2020 |
Remember the Future
|
Dec 01, 2020 |
The Advent Invitation to Courageous Consecration
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Nov 30, 2020 |
Happy Christian New Year!
|
Nov 29, 2020 |
The Gospel of John in a Sentence
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Nov 28, 2020 |
For Those Who Need to Be in Control
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Nov 27, 2020 |
Around the Charcoal Fires of Healing
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Nov 26, 2020 |
On Our Lives as Fishing Stories
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Nov 25, 2020 |
On Not Getting Back to Normal
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Nov 24, 2020 |
The Gift of Doubters to the Faith of Us All
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Nov 23, 2020 |
Why You Should Stop Smoking
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Nov 22, 2020 |
Meet Mary—The Glass Ceiling Crusher
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Nov 21, 2020 |
Why the Empty Tomb Is Not Enough
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Nov 20, 2020 |
Why the Resurrection Must Mean More
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Nov 19, 2020 |
The Difference between Respectable and Respect
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Nov 18, 2020 |
The Problem with Our Crosses
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Nov 17, 2020 |
It is Finished! What Is “It?”
|
Nov 16, 2020 |
I Pledge Allegiance to the . . .
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Nov 15, 2020 |
Pontius Pilate and the Politician in Us All
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Nov 14, 2020 |
The Right Side of History or the Right Side of Truth?
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Nov 13, 2020 |
When Religion Is the Problem
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Method Acting vs. Role Play and the Call to Discipleship
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Nov 11, 2020 |
Why Standing Up for Jesus May Not Be the Right Thing To Do
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Why Your Gospel May Be Too Small
|
Nov 09, 2020 |
Unity Comes from Union. Union Does Not Come from Unity.
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Nov 08, 2020 |
Why Unity May Not Be the Goal
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Nov 07, 2020 |
The Prayer for Holiness
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Nov 06, 2020 |
The Eleven Most Important Words of Prayer
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Nov 05, 2020 |
When an Hour Is More Than Sixty Minutes
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Nov 04, 2020 |
The Most Under-Recognized Promise of Jesus
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Nov 03, 2020 |
Praying in the Name of Jesus Is Not Magic, Just Miraculous
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Nov 02, 2020 |
The Threefold Movement of Discipleship to Jesus
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Nov 01, 2020 |
Why Jesus Is Not Enough (In a Manner of Speaking)
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Oct 31, 2020 |
Why Aren’t We Being Persecuted?
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Oct 30, 2020 |
Why a Hater’s Gonna Hate and What Can Be Done About It
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Oct 29, 2020 |
Why Jesus Doesn’t Need Servants
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Oct 28, 2020 |
The Reason Our Joy Is Not Complete
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Oct 27, 2020 |
Jesus as Life Enhancement vs. Jesus as Life Support
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Oct 26, 2020 |
When Symbols Obscure the Signs
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Oct 25, 2020 |
Why Obedience May Not Mean What You Think It Means
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Oct 24, 2020 |
Why Jesus Doesn’t Do Reverse Delegation
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Oct 23, 2020 |
The Two Most Under-Realized, Revolutionary Words in the Bible
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Oct 22, 2020 |
The Secret to Doing Greater Things than Jesus
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Oct 21, 2020 |
The Eternal Mystery of Being in Two Places at One Time
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Oct 20, 2020 |
Why Love Must Be More than Love
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Oct 19, 2020 |
The Ultimate Failure of Love
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Oct 18, 2020 |
Why Did Jesus Wash Our Feet?
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Oct 17, 2020 |
Jesus Loves You, but I’m His Favorite
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Oct 16, 2020 |
When Washing Feet Is More than Washing Feet
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Oct 15, 2020 |
The Big Problem with People Pleasers
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Oct 14, 2020 |
Why People Have Hard Hearts and How to Help Them
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Oct 13, 2020 |
What to Pray When the Darkness Overwhelms
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Oct 12, 2020 |
Why Sharing Is Not the Answer—And What Is
|
Oct 11, 2020 |
Have Mercy on Me a Sinner
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Oct 10, 2020 |
The Glorious Waste of Worship
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Oct 09, 2020 |
On Choosing the Hell of a Predictable Situation
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Oct 08, 2020 |
The Problem behind All Our Problems
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Oct 07, 2020 |
Why Jesus Was Not Crying for Lazarus
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Oct 06, 2020 |
Why the Resurrection Is Not Our Hope
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Oct 05, 2020 |
How to Move from Being Loved to Becoming Love
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Oct 04, 2020 |
Why Jesus Wants Loyal Friends, Not Worshipful Fans
|
Oct 03, 2020 |
The Difference between a Retreat and Retreating
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Oct 02, 2020 |
Does Jesus Talk to You?
|
Oct 01, 2020 |
Why We Need a Good Shepherd
|
Sep 30, 2020 |
How to Know If You Really Believe the Gospel
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Sep 29, 2020 |
The Reason We Are Blind
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Sep 28, 2020 |
When Testimony Trumps Theology
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Sep 27, 2020 |
How to Make Sense of a Situation That Does Not Make Sense
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Sep 26, 2020 |
Will the Real Blind Man Please Stand Up?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
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Sep 24, 2020 |
Why the Glory of God Is Not What We Think
|
Sep 23, 2020 |
The Day Jesus Jumped the Shark
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Sep 22, 2020 |
When the Followers of God Become the Spawn of Satan
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Sep 21, 2020 |
How Faith Can Keep Us from Freedom
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Sep 20, 2020 |
It’s Not About Me, But We
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Sep 19, 2020 |
Are We Asleep to the Reality of Supernatural Power?
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Sep 18, 2020 |
The Gospel from 50,000 Feet
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Sep 17, 2020 |
The Lawyers, the Law, and the Law-Giver
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Why Sometimes the Cost of Peace Is Division
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Sep 15, 2020 |
When Eternity Breaks into a Moment in Time
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Sep 14, 2020 |
On the Difference Between Certainty and Faith
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Sep 13, 2020 |
The Truth of Jesus Vs. the Truths about Jesus
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Sep 12, 2020 |
Undercover Boss: When Jesus Shows Up at Your Church
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Sep 11, 2020 |
The Absurdity of Making Jesus Famous
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Sep 10, 2020 |
The Most Mysterious Reality in the Most Concrete Terms
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Holy Cannibalism, Batman! What in the World Is Jesus Talking About?
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Sep 08, 2020 |
Would the Real Followers of Jesus Please Stand Up?
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Sep 07, 2020 |
Why Jesus Must Be More Than the Solution to Our Problems
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Sep 06, 2020 |
Why Jesus Is Not Looking for Employees
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Sep 05, 2020 |
On Getting Away When Things Are Going Well
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Sep 04, 2020 |
When You Know You Are Not Enough
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Sep 03, 2020 |
Have You Been Tested By Jesus?
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Sep 02, 2020 |
How Jesus Makes the Old Testament New
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Sep 01, 2020 |
Reading the Bible and Missing God
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Aug 31, 2020 |
The Gospel Is Not Good to Great. It’s Death to Life.
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Aug 29, 2020 |
Why Our Relationship with God May Not Be What We Thought It Was
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Aug 28, 2020 |
Why God Leaves the Building
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Aug 27, 2020 |
Why the Why of Jesus Matters More Than the What, Who, When, Where and How
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Aug 26, 2020 |
On Interpreting Signs from God
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Aug 25, 2020 |
Do You Have a Testimony?
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Aug 24, 2020 |
The Critical Difference Between Fasting and Dieting
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Aug 23, 2020 |
Why You Can’t Hide From God
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Aug 22, 2020 |
The Gospel of John as Holy Spirit Field Guide
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Aug 21, 2020 |
Jesus and the Basket of Deplorables
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Aug 20, 2020 |
Is God Mad?
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Aug 19, 2020 |
Why Friends Don’t Let Friends Carry the Policy Manual to the Big Game
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Aug 18, 2020 |
The Problem with John 3:16
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Aug 17, 2020 |
Saving Nicodemus
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Aug 16, 2020 |
On the Prison of a Good Reputation
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Aug 15, 2020 |
Has Jesus Entrusted Himself to You?
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Aug 14, 2020 |
There’s a New Temple in Town
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Aug 13, 2020 |
Where the Wine Never Runs Out
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Aug 12, 2020 |
Why We Never Have to Climb the Stairway to Heaven
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Aug 11, 2020 |
From Reality Show Reading to Reading Revelatory Signs
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Aug 10, 2020 |
Remembering the Days of Small Beginnings
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Aug 09, 2020 |
How to See Beyond Sight
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Aug 08, 2020 |
Some Revelation Required
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Aug 07, 2020 |
A God Who Wears Sandals
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Aug 06, 2020 |
The Mind-Blowing Implications of the Word Becoming Flesh
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Aug 05, 2020 |
The Power of Preemptive Grace
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Aug 04, 2020 |
Jesus Created the World He Saved
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Aug 03, 2020 |
God Is Jesus
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Aug 02, 2020 |
The Second Half of the Gospel
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Jul 26, 2020 |
On Giving Ourselves Fully to the Work of the Lord
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Jul 24, 2020 |
How the Christian Faith Becomes Something Other than the Christian Faith
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Jul 23, 2020 |
What If They Found the Bones of Jesus?
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Jul 22, 2020 |
Where Does the Gospel Begin? It Matters What You Think
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Jul 21, 2020 |
The Definitive Guide to the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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Jul 20, 2020 |
Why New Testament Worship Is More like a Potluck than a Production
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Jul 19, 2020 |
The Big Reason God Writes Us Letters
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Jul 17, 2020 |
Why Greeting Your Seatmates in Church Won’t Cut It Anymore
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Jul 16, 2020 |
Why Worship Is Not about Preaching and Singing
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Jul 15, 2020 |
Do You Eagerly Desire the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
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Jul 14, 2020 |
Why the Only Thing That Counts Is the Thing We Probably Aren’t Counting
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Jul 13, 2020 |
Do People Actually Have Spiritual Gifts?
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Jul 12, 2020 |
What Our Bodies Can Teach Us about God
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Jul 10, 2020 |
“Jesus Is Lord”: From Conviction-less Claim to Core Truth
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Jul 09, 2020 |
Some Reflections on the Original Happy Meal
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Jul 08, 2020 |
What If We Tailgated before Church?
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Jul 07, 2020 |
Why Facebook Now Offers Unlimited Customized Gender Identity Options (for Americans)
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Jul 06, 2020 |
Is Jesus Like You?
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Jul 05, 2020 |
Why Those Who Cannot Remember Their Past Are Destined to Repeat It
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Jul 03, 2020 |
Baby You Were Born to Run—Just Not Like You Thought
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Jul 02, 2020 |
Dealing with the Other Golden Rule
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Jul 01, 2020 |
The Difference between Being a Doormat and a Doorway
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Jun 30, 2020 |
Until My Rights Are More about You than Me They Are Wrongs
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Jun 29, 2020 |
The Most Important Question for Married Couples and Couples Considering Marriage
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Jun 28, 2020 |
Why Be a Coach When You Are Called to Be a Player?
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Jun 26, 2020 |
Why We Need Sound, Orthodox Biblical Scholars
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Jun 25, 2020 |
What a True Sexual Revolution Might Look Like
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Jun 24, 2020 |
Why We Need Track Shoes When It Comes to Sexual Immorality
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Jun 23, 2020 |
The Church at Corinth as a Bad Jerry Springer Rerun
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Jun 22, 2020 |
Why Sexual Immorality Is Not the Problem
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Jun 21, 2020 |
The Problem with Saying, “Lord Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise”
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Jun 19, 2020 |
The Two Words That Signify Mature, Adult Christianity
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Jun 18, 2020 |
The Respectability of Conventional Religion
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Jun 17, 2020 |
Why I Think I’m Better Than You, and Why It Must Become Just the Opposite
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Jun 16, 2020 |
Working at the Bottom of the Org Chart while Reporting to the Top
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Jun 15, 2020 |
When the Church Should Divide and When It Shouldn’t
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Jun 14, 2020 |
Why Your Local Church Matters and Why It Might Not
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Jun 12, 2020 |
On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand?
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Jun 11, 2020 |
What Farmers Know That the Rest of Us Don’t
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Jun 10, 2020 |
The Problem of Worldly Christians and the Remedy
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Jun 09, 2020 |
Why I’m Not a Disciple-Maker and You Aren’t Either
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Jun 08, 2020 |
The Real Meaning of Maturity
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Jun 07, 2020 |
A Word to Preachers and the People Who Listen to Them
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Jun 05, 2020 |
The Problem with Beauty Pageants
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Jun 04, 2020 |
The Power of a Well-Placed Comma
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Jun 03, 2020 |
How Name-Dropping Works
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Jun 02, 2020 |
The Core Calling of Every Christian
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Jun 01, 2020 |
What Happens in Corinth . . .
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May 31, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: COME HOLY SPIRIT!
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May 30, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Two Letters That Changed Everything
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May 29, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Why Worship Matters So Much
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May 28, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Our Bodies Tell the Story of Our Hearts
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May 27, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Between a Rock and a God Place
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May 26, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: On the Difference Between Hiddenness and Hiding
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May 25, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Only Thing Too Good to Be True That Is Really True
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May 24, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Incredible Power of a Tent of Meeting
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May 20, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Seven Most Distressing Words in the Bible
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May 19, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Problem with Our Definition of Sin
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May 18, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: How to Deal with Difficult Texts
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May 17, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Difference Between an Admission and a Confession
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May 15, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: With Moses in the School of Intercession
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May 14, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: When Singing Becomes the Problem
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May 14, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: With Moses in the School of Intercession
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May 13, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Why Idolatry Is Just Another Name for Control
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May 12, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Primitive, Plain, and Powerful
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May 11, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Fear of God vs. Being Afraid of God
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May 10, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Why the Heart of the Law Is the Law of the Heart
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May 08, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: For Our Parents
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May 07, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Best Day of the Week—Every Week
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May 06, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Breaking Free from Cozy Faith
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May 05, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: On the Necessity of Meeting with God
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May 04, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: From the Cozy Prayer Easy Chair to the Humility of the Floor
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May 03, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Reason for the Wilderness
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May 01, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Why We Need Jethros in Our Lives
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Apr 30, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Problem with Polytheism
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Apr 29, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Leaving a Trail of Altars
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Apr 28, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: What Is It All For?
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Apr 27, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Hardness of Holiness of Heart
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Apr 26, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Gift of Thirst
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Apr 24, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Wonder Bread
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Apr 23, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Deliverance + Discipleship = Transformation
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Apr 22, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: From Manna to Maggots
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Apr 21, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Finding “Enough”
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Apr 20, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Why Our Relationships Are the Mission
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Apr 19, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Finding a Fasted Lifestyle
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Apr 17, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Pivot from Grumbling to Groaning
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Apr 16, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: Twelve Springs and Seventy Palm Trees
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Apr 15, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Lord Our Healer
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Apr 14, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: From Ponderous Musings to Practical Mysteries
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Apr 13, 2020 |
WILDERNESS: The Real Prosperity Gospel
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Apr 12, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: He Is Risen!
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Apr 11, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Follow the Women
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Apr 10, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know Their Context
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Apr 09, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Maundy Thursday
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Apr 08, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Understand the Wrath of God
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Apr 07, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Crave Clarity in Chaos
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Apr 06, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Cultivate Holy Imagination
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Apr 05, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Share in the Glory of God
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Apr 03, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know 1% Is Enough
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Apr 02, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Become Students of Divine Deliverance
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Apr 01, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Make Camp in the Middle of Chaos
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Mar 31, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Trust God When the Way Seems Longer
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Mar 30, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Cloud by Day, Fire by Night
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Mar 29, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know the Whole Story
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Mar 27, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Watch and Pray
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Mar 26, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Revel in the Grace of the Gospel
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Mar 25, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Repent Rather Than Readjust
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Mar 24, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Keep a Soft Heart in God’s Hands
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Mar 23, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Trust in God’s Word over Their Experience
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Mar 22, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Bricks Without Straw
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Mar 20, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know They Can’t Go This Way Alone
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Mar 19, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Believe God Has A Plan
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Mar 18, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Keep Ultimate Matters in View
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Mar 17, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Don’t Let Their Insufficiency Get in the Way of God’s Calling
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Mar 16, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know Their Ontology
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Mar 15, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Understand the Obedience of Faith
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Mar 13, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: From No to Maybe to Yes
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Mar 12, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Never Retire
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Mar 11, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Shrug Off Their Slumbering Spirit
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Mar 10, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: On Fire, But Not Burned Up
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Mar 09, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know the Difference Between Their Importance and Their Worth
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Mar 08, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Trust God with Difficult Circumstances
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Mar 06, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Do the Will of God in the Ways of God
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Mar 05, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Choose Surrender over Resignation
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Mar 04, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Do Not Choose the Lesser of Two Evils
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Mar 03, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Fear God More Than People
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Mar 02, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Receive by Revelation
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Mar 01, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: All the Days of My Life and Forever
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Feb 28, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: This Is How We Fight Our Battles
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Feb 27, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Fear No Evil
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Feb 26, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know How to Receive Guidance from the Shepherd
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Feb 25, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Lack Nothing
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Feb 24, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Know God Is Enough
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Feb 23, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Don’t Have Priorities, They Have a Priority
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Feb 21, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Learn to Embrace The Valley of Vision
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Feb 20, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Set Their Hearts on Pilgrimage
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Feb 19, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: My Soul Yearns for the Living God
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Feb 18, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Lean into the Long Game of Redemption
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Feb 17, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Show Us How to Build an Altar
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Feb 16, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Show Us the Struggle Is Real
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Feb 14, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Walk the Painful Path from Frustrated Desires to Core Longings Fulfilled
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Feb 13, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Show Us What Awakening Looks Like
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Feb 12, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Don’t Ask Why Me, But Why This?
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Feb 11, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Seek Confirmation Rather Proof
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Feb 10, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Show Us How Faith Works
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Feb 09, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Walk in Unwavering Faith
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Feb 07, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Have Audacity
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Feb 06, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Trade Incredulity for Inquisitiveness
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Feb 05, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Take the Road Less Traveled
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Feb 04, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: The Hardest Words in the Hardest Times
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Feb 03, 2020 |
People Who Say Such Things: Introduction
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Feb 02, 2020 |
I Am Writing This for Only One Person
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Dec 30, 2019 |
The Two Kinds of Faith
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Dec 29, 2019 |
People Who Say Such Things . . .
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Dec 28, 2019 |
On the Difference Between The Faith and My Faith
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Dec 27, 2019 |
Awakening Faith in an Age of Domesticated Religion
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Dec 26, 2019 |
The Great Gift
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Dec 24, 2019 |
God Is Here
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Dec 23, 2019 |
Prepare Him Room
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Dec 22, 2019 |
The Gospel We Need to Hear
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Dec 21, 2019 |
The Visitation
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Dec 20, 2019 |
Costly Consent
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Dec 19, 2019 |
Favored One
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Dec 18, 2019 |
The God of the Impossible
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Dec 17, 2019 |
The Waiting Ones
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Dec 16, 2019 |
Ordinary Obedience
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Dec 15, 2019 |
The God Who Sees Me
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Dec 14, 2019 |
Cloud of Witnesses
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Dec 13, 2019 |
The God Who Cries with Us
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Dec 12, 2019 |
Refiner’s Fire
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Dec 11, 2019 |
Stripped of All but Love
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Dec 10, 2019 |
The Key Moment
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Dec 09, 2019 |
Every Desert Will Become a Garden
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Dec 08, 2019 |
Suffering and Hope
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Dec 07, 2019 |
The Kingdom Way
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Dec 06, 2019 |
Worship and Justice Go Together
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Dec 05, 2019 |
A Word with Teeth
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Dec 04, 2019 |
Baptized in God
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Dec 03, 2019 |
One Day Jesus Came
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Dec 02, 2019 |
Come to the Wilderness
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Dec 01, 2019 |
God Speaks in the Void
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Nov 30, 2019 |
On Ending a Story That Never Ends
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Nov 29, 2019 |
The Apostolic Nuclear Option and When to Use It
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Nov 28, 2019 |
Why I Want You and Me to Be People of One Book
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Nov 27, 2019 |
Taking Apostolic Responsibility for Your City or Town
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Nov 26, 2019 |
When the Kingdom Comes to the Empire
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Nov 25, 2019 |
What Do Castor and Pollux Have to Do with Anything?
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Nov 24, 2019 |
Do We Really Believe in the Holy Spirit?
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Nov 23, 2019 |
People Are Clueless—Love Them Anyway
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Nov 22, 2019 |
Why the People We Want to Reach Probably Don’t Care About Our Awesome Sermon Series
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Nov 21, 2019 |
Will You Do Me a Favor? It’s Probably Not What You’re Thinking Though
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Nov 20, 2019 |
The Apostle Paul and Praying in Restaurants
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Nov 19, 2019 |
Why “Work Like It Depends on You, Pray Like It Depends on God” Is Wrong
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Nov 18, 2019 |
Why Real Leadership Often Doesn’t Come from the Leaders
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Nov 17, 2019 |
The Perfect Storm
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Nov 16, 2019 |
Sometimes It’s Satan, Most of the Time It’s the Wind
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Nov 15, 2019 |
The Extraordinary Implications of Ordinary Kindness
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Nov 14, 2019 |
Why You Should Start Writing Your Autobiography
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Nov 13, 2019 |
How Mature Followers of Jesus Handle Undeserved Hardships
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Nov 12, 2019 |
The Hard Question We Must Ask Ourselves for the Sake of Others
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Nov 11, 2019 |
The Implausibility of the Real Truth
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Nov 10, 2019 |
Why We Don’t Need Any More “Visionary” Leaders
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Nov 09, 2019 |
How the Holy Spirit Goads Unbelievers to Faith in Jesus
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Nov 08, 2019 |
Are You a “For” Person or an “Against” Person?
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Nov 07, 2019 |
Why Faith Must Be All About the End-Game
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Nov 06, 2019 |
Remember This When You Find Yourself Before Governors and Kings
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Nov 05, 2019 |
Lost in Translation: Something about a Dead Guy Named Jesus Who Paul Said Was Alive
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Nov 04, 2019 |
Why I’d Rather Be Tried by Caesar than the Church
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Nov 03, 2019 |
Google Earth and the Will of God
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Nov 02, 2019 |
Why History Makers Rarely Know They Are Making History
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Nov 01, 2019 |
Why the Politicians of Every Age Go the Way of their Commercials
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Oct 31, 2019 |
When You Need the Best Lawyer in Town
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Oct 30, 2019 |
Before You Call the Cops On Your Friends
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Oct 29, 2019 |
Why You Should Send Your Resume to the Holy Spirit
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Oct 28, 2019 |
The Surprising Secret to Total Invincibility
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Oct 27, 2019 |
Does the Lord Speak to You?
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Oct 26, 2019 |
You May Not Like This Post, But It’s One of My Favorites
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Oct 25, 2019 |
Learning to Call Our Own Fouls
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Oct 24, 2019 |
Would You Like to Know Jesus Like Paul Knew Jesus?
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Oct 23, 2019 |
Taking a Selfie of Your Soul
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Oct 22, 2019 |
If I Were Going to Get a Tattoo It Would Say . . .
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Oct 21, 2019 |
The Critical Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing
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Oct 20, 2019 |
Why Our Churches Should Care More about Teaching Languages Than Our Schools Do
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Oct 19, 2019 |
How Apostles Deal with Haters
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Oct 18, 2019 |
The Treachery of Religion
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Oct 17, 2019 |
How I Shaved My Head to Save My Butt
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Oct 16, 2019 |
The One Agenda Item That Could Redeem Most Church Meetings
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Oct 15, 2019 |
The Most Confounding Logic of Life
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Oct 14, 2019 |
Know the Destination and Don’t Sweat the Details
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Oct 13, 2019 |
Why the Early Church Had More in Common with AA Than Today’s Churches
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Oct 11, 2019 |
The Ministry of Leaving
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Oct 10, 2019 |
Why Sound Doctrine & Teaching Is a Matter of Life and Death
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Oct 09, 2019 |
The Secret of Sola Sancta Caritas
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Oct 08, 2019 |
May 31, 2020: Why You Must Hold the Date!
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Oct 07, 2019 |
Death by Preaching: It Really Happened
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Oct 06, 2019 |
The Five Things You Need Every Day to Live Well
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Oct 04, 2019 |
The Trouble with the Friday Night Lights Approach to the Gospel
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Oct 03, 2019 |
Why the Gospel Must Be Bigger than “Jesus Saves”
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Oct 02, 2019 |
The Difference between the Prosperity Gospel and the Gospel of Prosperity
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Oct 01, 2019 |
The Danger of the Harry Potter Approach to Supernatural Ministry
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Sep 30, 2019 |
The Problem with Doing Miracles
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Sep 29, 2019 |
The Conversations that Matter Most
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Sep 27, 2019 |
The Question We Should Ask More Often
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Sep 26, 2019 |
The Problem with Being a Great “Communicator”
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Sep 25, 2019 |
A First Century Battle Cry for a 21st Century Church
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Sep 24, 2019 |
The Rise of the Micro-Church
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Sep 23, 2019 |
The Upside of Living in a Post-Christian Nation
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Sep 22, 2019 |
On Knowing When to Fold Them
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Sep 20, 2019 |
When the Gospel Goes to Vegas
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Sep 19, 2019 |
The Painful Journey from Plausibility to the Power of God
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Sep 18, 2019 |
The Lure of Plausability
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Sep 17, 2019 |
Why We May Be Wrong Even Though We’re Right
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Sep 16, 2019 |
May the Best Reading Win
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Sep 15, 2019 |
How to Be Open-Minded; And How Not to Be
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Sep 13, 2019 |
The Domesticated Church vs. the Awakening Movement of Jesus
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Sep 12, 2019 |
What I Learned from Fishing with a Pro
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Sep 11, 2019 |
Asserting My Rights vs. Stewarding God’s Gifts
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Sep 10, 2019 |
When the Good Guys Are the Bad Guys
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Sep 09, 2019 |
What Was That Chris Tomlin Song Again?
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Sep 08, 2019 |
How the Gospel Solves Your Problems—Eventually
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Sep 06, 2019 |
Why You Should Probably Get Rid of that Ouiji Board
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Sep 05, 2019 |
Oh the People You will Meet . . .
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Sep 04, 2019 |
When the Door Closes (Or Gets Slammed in Your Face)
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Sep 03, 2019 |
Are You Taking People “Along for the Journey” with You?
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Sep 02, 2019 |
When “Parting Ways” Is the Way to Go
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Sep 01, 2019 |
Are You Tweeting Life or Just Twittering It Away?
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Aug 30, 2019 |
5 Takeaways from the Jerusalem Council for Leaders Today
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Aug 29, 2019 |
Pop Quiz: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others
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Aug 28, 2019 |
Seven Points of Apostolic Guidance on Making Major Doctrinal Decisions
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Aug 27, 2019 |
Unless You Read This Post . . .
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Aug 26, 2019 |
What to Do When You Are Mistaken for a God
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Aug 25, 2019 |
When Faith Heals and When It Doesn’t
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Aug 23, 2019 |
Why I Don’t Aspire to Be a “Great” Preacher Anymore
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Aug 22, 2019 |
When the Gospel and Happy Songs Part Ways: A 21st Century Parable of Persecution
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Aug 21, 2019 |
Are You Part of a Cheap Trick Church?
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Aug 20, 2019 |
The Missing Link in the Christian Faith Today
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Aug 19, 2019 |
A Biblically Faithful Framework for Sharing the Gospel
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Aug 18, 2019 |
Is the Bible Relevant for My Life? It’s the Wrong Question
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Aug 16, 2019 |
Forcing My Way vs. Finding the Way of the Holy Spirit
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Aug 15, 2019 |
The Apostle Paul as Gandalf the Great
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Aug 14, 2019 |
What to Do When the Holy Spirit Gives You an Assignment (i.e. a Mission from God)
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Aug 13, 2019 |
Why Living Life “On Call” Is Better Than Being “Called” into Ministry
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Aug 12, 2019 |
The Difference Between Possessing Power and Being Possessed by Power
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Aug 11, 2019 |
Does Prayer Really Matter?
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Aug 09, 2019 |
What to Never Do When All Seems Lost and Your Back Is to the Wall
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Aug 08, 2019 |
Breaking News: Apostles Arrested—One Executed, Other Jailed
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Aug 07, 2019 |
The Five Things You Learn in Antioch
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Aug 06, 2019 |
The Church: WalMart or Wikipedia?
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Aug 05, 2019 |
Then I Remembered What the Lord Had Said
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Aug 04, 2019 |
Ten Reasons Why the Gospel Is the Holy Spirit
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Aug 02, 2019 |
How to Preach the Gospel in Four Tweets
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Aug 01, 2019 |
What a Friend We Have in . . . Cornelius?
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Jul 31, 2019 |
Why the Average Person Doesn’t Hear from the Holy Spirit
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Jul 30, 2019 |
When the Holy Spirit Overturns Biblical Precedent with Further Revelation
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Jul 29, 2019 |
A Study in How God Gets Things Done
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Jul 28, 2019 |
The Most Important Question We Can Ask Ourselves: Are We the Brand, or the Branding?
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Jul 26, 2019 |
You Have One Job Today
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Jul 25, 2019 |
The Gospel According to Jeffrey Dahmer
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Jul 24, 2019 |
Seeing the Story of God through the Lens of Our 24-Hour News Cycle
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Jul 23, 2019 |
Two Takes on the Sovereignty of God: Divine Puppeteer or Sovereign Stage Director?
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Jul 22, 2019 |
The Internal Insecurity of the Doctrine of Eternal Security and Why Divine Assurance Is a More Excellent Way
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Jul 21, 2019 |
5 Keys to Apostolic Authority (i.e. the Favor of the Holy Spirit)
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Jul 19, 2019 |
The Church Searches for Better Programs; God Searches for Better People
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Jul 18, 2019 |
The Most Blasphemous Crime in the Church Today
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Jul 17, 2019 |
Does God Have a Reason for Everything? Wrong Question!
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Jul 16, 2019 |
Meet the Osama Bin Laden of the New Testament
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Jul 15, 2019 |
God Doesn’t Need Lawyers—He Needs Witnesses
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Jul 14, 2019 |
The Hell of a Predictable Situation vs. the Joy of an Unpredictable One
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Jul 12, 2019 |
The Two Most Critical Realities in Life
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Jul 11, 2019 |
Four Tips for Better Biblical Storytelling
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Jul 10, 2019 |
Biblical Storytelling as Public Worship and Spiritual Warfare
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Jul 09, 2019 |
Why the Biblical Story Can Never Be a Rerun
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Jul 08, 2019 |
3 Keys to Becoming a Better Biblical Storyteller
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Jul 07, 2019 |
The Secret to Learning the Gospel Art of Kingdom Improvisation
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Jul 05, 2019 |
We Have an Enemy But It Is Never Other People
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Jul 04, 2019 |
How Apostles Solve Problems
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Jul 03, 2019 |
The Way God Wins the Battle
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Jul 02, 2019 |
On the Difference between Being a Christian and Being an American
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Jul 01, 2019 |
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? It’s the Wrong Question
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Jun 30, 2019 |
Attractive vs. Attractional: The Difference Between Beauty and Too Much Make-up
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Jun 28, 2019 |
How Lying Creates a Murder-suicide Crime Scene
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Jun 27, 2019 |
How Democrats and Republicans Miss the Point on Poverty
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Jun 26, 2019 |
Seven Steps to Praying like an Apostle
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Jun 25, 2019 |
Why Churches Rarely Grow Beyond the Faith of Their Leaders
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Jun 24, 2019 |
How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit and How to Know
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Jun 23, 2019 |
What Supermodels and the Super Rich Teach Us About the Gospel
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Jun 21, 2019 |
Jesus Does Not Excuse Ignorance, He Suffers the Consequences of It
|
Jun 20, 2019 |
Have You Accepted Personal Responsibility for the Death of Jesus?
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Jun 19, 2019 |
The Power of Holy Discontent (aka Disruptive Grace)
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Jun 18, 2019 |
Power Is Rarely Concerned with Love, But Love Is Always Charged with Power
|
Jun 17, 2019 |
The Big Problem with the Book of Acts and the Big Solution
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Jun 16, 2019 |
Early Church Lesson #3: Why the Gospel Is More Like an Infomercial Than a Sitcom
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Jun 14, 2019 |
Early Church Lesson #2: Two Ways to Read the Bible
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Jun 13, 2019 |
Early Church Lesson #1: Fundamentals Without Fundamentalism
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Jun 12, 2019 |
What to Do When the Holy Spirit Does Something Not in the Bulletin
|
Jun 11, 2019 |
Why June 9 Is More Important Than July 4 This Year
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Jun 10, 2019 |
The Twelfth Apostle, Then and Now
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Jun 09, 2019 |
What a Group of Mothers Taught Me About the Holy Spirit
|
Jun 07, 2019 |
**SPOILER ALERT!**
|
Jun 06, 2019 |
Why an Inspired Life Requires an Inspired Story
|
Jun 05, 2019 |
Taking on the Sacred Cow of the “Overflow” Approach
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Jun 04, 2019 |
Why the “Bless Me So That I May Be A Blessing” Approach Is Exactly Wrong
|
Jun 03, 2019 |
The Fundamental Truth of the Christian Faith
|
Jun 02, 2019 |
All Politics Is Local
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Jun 01, 2019 |
It’s A Trap
|
May 31, 2019 |
The Politics Of Jesus
|
May 30, 2019 |
Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not. Unless…
|
May 28, 2019 |
No Salvation Without Representation
|
May 28, 2019 |
Following The Leader
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May 26, 2019 |
Take My Hand
|
May 25, 2019 |
Not Yet Or Right Now
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May 24, 2019 |
A Different Time (part two)
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May 23, 2019 |
It’s Really Black And White
|
May 21, 2019 |
A Different Time (part one)
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May 21, 2019 |
But Seriously
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May 20, 2019 |
Why So Serious?
|
May 18, 2019 |
Be Our Guest
|
May 17, 2019 |
We Can Do Hard Things
|
May 15, 2019 |
Respect Your Eldership
|
May 15, 2019 |
This Is Personal
|
May 13, 2019 |
Anytime. Anywhere.
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May 13, 2019 |
To Be Conintued
|
May 10, 2019 |
Oh Mercy
|
May 08, 2019 |
The Formula
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May 08, 2019 |
Don’t Get Defensive
|
May 07, 2019 |
Knowing Is Half The Battle
|
May 06, 2019 |
False Positives
|
May 04, 2019 |
Dereliction Of Duty
|
May 02, 2019 |
A Big Deal
|
May 01, 2019 |
Teachers Matter
|
Apr 30, 2019 |
Why, What, How
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Apr 29, 2019 |
Thanks Bro
|
Apr 28, 2019 |
Tough Love: Wander Or Remain
|
Apr 26, 2019 |
The Truth About What We Believe
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Apr 25, 2019 |
The Truth About Love
|
Apr 24, 2019 |
Between Father And Son
|
Apr 23, 2019 |
Don’t Live Your Truth
|
Apr 22, 2019 |
Between You And Me
|
Apr 21, 2019 |
Easter Sunday
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Apr 20, 2019 |
Holy Saturday
|
Apr 19, 2019 |
Good Friday
|
Apr 18, 2019 |
Maundy Thursday
|
Apr 17, 2019 |
Welcome to a Place Called Vertigo
|
Apr 16, 2019 |
Above All, Treasure the Words of Jesus
|
Apr 15, 2019 |
My Two Cents’ Worth?
|
Apr 14, 2019 |
Start Caring More
|
Apr 13, 2019 |
Invite Jesus to Church and Prepare Yourself
|
Apr 12, 2019 |
Get Ready for the Great Reversal
|
Apr 11, 2019 |
Become a Holy Risk-Taker
|
Apr 10, 2019 |
Be Careful How You Read
|
Apr 09, 2019 |
Answer His Question
|
Apr 08, 2019 |
We’ve Never Been Here Before
|
Apr 07, 2019 |
Measure Down
|
Apr 05, 2019 |
It’s Always Now or Never
|
Apr 04, 2019 |
Act As If
|
Apr 03, 2019 |
Listen to the Coach
|
Apr 02, 2019 |
Stop and Help the Homeless Man
|
Apr 01, 2019 |
Take a Course in Higher Math
|
Mar 31, 2019 |
Don’t Settle to Be a Servant
|
Mar 30, 2019 |
Conjunction Junction: And or Or?
|
Mar 29, 2019 |
Seek Relationship with People in Need
|
Mar 28, 2019 |
Be a Shield, Not a Sword
|
Mar 27, 2019 |
Surrender to God—Don’t Resign to Circumstance
|
Mar 26, 2019 |
Believe Big in the Power of Small
|
Mar 25, 2019 |
Let Your Life Teach
|
Mar 24, 2019 |
Don’t “Behave.” Become!
|
Mar 23, 2019 |
Is Your House on Fire?
|
Mar 22, 2019 |
Don’t Be Afraid—Be Prepared
|
Mar 21, 2019 |
Learn to Receive
|
Mar 20, 2019 |
Be Possessed by Abundance
|
Mar 19, 2019 |
Realize Your Influence
|
Mar 18, 2019 |
Take the Inside-Out Route
|
Mar 17, 2019 |
Flip Repentance
|
Mar 15, 2019 |
Give Up the Quest for Middle Ground
|
Mar 14, 2019 |
Ask Our Father For the Gift of the Holy Spirit
|
Mar 13, 2019 |
Learn the Prayer—It’s Better Than Yours
|
Mar 12, 2019 |
Beware of Self-Serving Service
|
Mar 11, 2019 |
Do Good
|
Mar 10, 2019 |
Learn Jesus’ Most Exuberant Prayer
|
Mar 09, 2019 |
Listen with Your Ears
|
Mar 08, 2019 |
Take the Long View
|
Mar 07, 2019 |
Acknowledge That God’s Ways are Perfect
|
Mar 06, 2019 |
Ash Wednesday—Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
|
Mar 05, 2019 |
Shrove Tuesday on Transfiguration Mountain
|
Mar 04, 2019 |
The Question of All Questions
|
Mar 03, 2019 |
Jesus to David Blaine: “You Can’t Touch This!”
|
Mar 01, 2019 |
The Satanic Legion—Then and Now
|
Feb 28, 2019 |
Who Needs the Weather Channel When You’ve Got Jesus?
|
Feb 27, 2019 |
Jesus and the Irony of It All
|
Feb 26, 2019 |
On the Difference Between Pity and Compassion
|
Feb 25, 2019 |
Would You Like to Amaze Jesus? Here’s How
|
Feb 24, 2019 |
The Secret Life of Jesus vs. the Secret to the Life of Jesus
|
Feb 21, 2019 |
On the Difference Between the Rules and the Rule
|
Feb 20, 2019 |
When Love Goes Out of Bounds
|
Feb 19, 2019 |
How Jesus Handles the Walking Dead
|
Feb 18, 2019 |
Jesus the Master Angler
|
Feb 17, 2019 |
A Small Town God with Big Time Authority
|
Feb 14, 2019 |
The Scripture Reading Heard ‘Round the World
|
Feb 13, 2019 |
How to Combat the Love of Power with the Power of Love
|
Feb 12, 2019 |
The Word That Changed Everything
|
Feb 11, 2019 |
The Word of God Is the Stage of World History
|
Feb 10, 2019 |
Thank You, James: A Parting Gift from the Brother of Jesus
|
Feb 09, 2019 |
The Difference Between the Power of Prayer and the Power of the People Praying
|
Feb 08, 2019 |
Combating Evil Instead of Trying to Explain It
|
Feb 07, 2019 |
Why Wait Is Not a Four-Letter Word
|
Feb 06, 2019 |
How Self-Indulgence Wins and How It Loses
|
Feb 05, 2019 |
How to Not Be an Arrogant Person
|
Feb 04, 2019 |
How to Stop Talking About People
|
Feb 03, 2019 |
Taking on the Rogue Power of Pride
|
Jan 31, 2019 |
Maturity Means Moving from Managing Sin to Discipling Desires
|
Jan 30, 2019 |
How to Know If You Are a Wise Person
|
Jan 29, 2019 |
The Inestimable Power of Blessing and Cursing
|
Jan 28, 2019 |
On Sticks and Stones and Words
|
Jan 27, 2019 |
Watch Your Mouth!
|
Jan 25, 2019 |
On “Owning Your Life”
|
Jan 24, 2019 |
Put Me In, Coach. I’m Ready to Play—Today!
|
Jan 23, 2019 |
Why Mere Belief Won’t Get it Done
|
Jan 22, 2019 |
How to Know If You Really Love God
|
Jan 21, 2019 |
The Way We Treat Those We Deem Unimportant
|
Jan 20, 2019 |
The Way True Religion Breaks the Self-Deception of False Faith
|
Jan 18, 2019 |
The Age of the Selfie on Steroids
|
Jan 17, 2019 |
A Strategy Beyond Anger Management
|
Jan 16, 2019 |
The Deception of Self-Deception
|
Jan 15, 2019 |
Why Pinning Can Lead to Sinning
|
Jan 14, 2019 |
The Big Problem with First World Problems
|
Jan 13, 2019 |
The Difference Between Your Perseverance and the Holy Spirit’s Perseverance
|
Jan 10, 2019 |
Why There’s No Such Thing as a “Christian” Nation
|
Jan 09, 2019 |
The Problem with My Social Media Bio
|
Jan 08, 2019 |
James . . . Just James.
|
Jan 07, 2019 |
James: The First Real Christian
|
Jan 06, 2019 |
The Song of Creation
|
Jan 05, 2019 |
Wisdom in the Flesh
|
Jan 04, 2019 |
Spreading the Joy
|
Jan 03, 2019 |
Death and Resurrection
|
Jan 02, 2019 |
Jesus and the Temple
|
Jan 01, 2019 |
Incarnation
|
Dec 31, 2018 |
Awareness and Spiritual Practice
|
Dec 30, 2018 |
Simeon’s Ecstasy
|
Dec 29, 2018 |
Border Crossing
|
Dec 28, 2018 |
The One of Peace
|
Dec 27, 2018 |
Ripple Effect
|
Dec 26, 2018 |
Revelation
|
Dec 25, 2018 |
Small Moments
|
Dec 24, 2018 |
Christmas Eve
|
Dec 23, 2018 |
Where is God?
|
Dec 22, 2018 |
Five Minutes B.C.
|
Dec 21, 2018 |
Rebellion
|
Dec 20, 2018 |
Remembering the Future
|
Dec 19, 2018 |
The Way
|
Dec 18, 2018 |
Look Again
|
Dec 17, 2018 |
Daddy King
|
Dec 16, 2018 |
Yahweh Remembers
|
Dec 15, 2018 |
A Borrowed Song
|
Dec 14, 2018 |
Clay Pots, Trumpets, and A Child is Born
|
Dec 13, 2018 |
Broken Branches
|
Dec 12, 2018 |
Don’t Forget the Fire
|
Dec 11, 2018 |
Love Local (Go Small and Go Home)
|
Dec 10, 2018 |
Joy to the World (Or, How to Write a Better Song)
|
Dec 09, 2018 |
The Singer
|
Dec 08, 2018 |
You Are Spoken For
|
Dec 07, 2018 |
Hope is Always
|
Dec 06, 2018 |
The Center of the Story
|
Dec 05, 2018 |
Christmas, Come Down
|
Dec 04, 2018 |
Let There Be Light
|
Dec 03, 2018 |
The Protagonist
|
Dec 02, 2018 |
The Wisdom Behind a Good Old Fashioned Trust Fall
|
Nov 30, 2018 |
What Faith Is and What It Is Not
|
Nov 29, 2018 |
Without the Resurrection, We’ve Got Nothing
|
Nov 28, 2018 |
Why Faith Has to Die
|
Nov 27, 2018 |
Tired of Following Jesus in Secret?
|
Nov 26, 2018 |
Why We Say “Thank God It’s Friday”
|
Nov 25, 2018 |
The Mind of Christ Is the Cross
|
Nov 22, 2018 |
The Glorious Imposition of the Cross
|
Nov 21, 2018 |
Why You Should Not Be Ashamed of Yourself
|
Nov 20, 2018 |
Why It’s All Your Fault
|
Nov 19, 2018 |
Why Are You So Defensive?
|
Nov 18, 2018 |
The Journey of Peter and the Journey of Us
|
Nov 16, 2018 |
How Faith Is Like a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card, and How It’s Not
|
Nov 15, 2018 |
The Reason Behind Most Discipleship Failures
|
Nov 14, 2018 |
The Wound That Never Heals
|
Nov 13, 2018 |
The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves . . . Sort Of
|
Nov 12, 2018 |
Why There’s No Place for “If” in Prayer
|
Nov 11, 2018 |
On the Difference Between Faith and Optimism
|
Nov 09, 2018 |
Getting in Touch with Our Inner Judas
|
Nov 07, 2018 |
The Key to Perceiving Revelation
|
Nov 06, 2018 |
The Big Problem with Being More Dedicated to God
|
Nov 05, 2018 |
The Three Kinds of People You Meet on the Way to the Cross
|
Nov 04, 2018 |
Why Being Ready for the End Means Being Joyfully Alive in the Present
|
Nov 02, 2018 |
Why Does the Word of God Endure Forever?
|
Nov 01, 2018 |
When the Sky Starts Falling
|
Oct 31, 2018 |
Why We Must Leave Behind “Left Behind”
|
Oct 30, 2018 |
On the Day It All Hits the Fan and the Day After That
|
Oct 29, 2018 |
When It’s Time to Build Something More Than Buildings
|
Oct 28, 2018 |
Moving from Information to Conversation
|
Oct 25, 2018 |
The Two Ways of Keeping the Law and Why it Matters Most
|
Oct 24, 2018 |
TTLV: Take The Long View
|
Oct 23, 2018 |
Why God and Politics Can’t Be Separated
|
Oct 22, 2018 |
Why You Really Don’t Own Anything
|
Oct 21, 2018 |
Reformation? Revolution? Or Resurrection? On the Power of Telling an Alternative Story
|
Oct 19, 2018 |
The Difference Between the Power of Prayer and the Power of God
|
Oct 18, 2018 |
On Splitting Hell Wide Open with a Baptismal Certificate in Your Hands
|
Oct 17, 2018 |
Living in the Light of the Larger Story
|
Oct 16, 2018 |
Why Blindness Is the Real Problem
|
Oct 15, 2018 |
How Jesus Wants Us to Respond to Hard Things
|
Oct 14, 2018 |
How Jesus Kicks Our Value System to the Curb
|
Oct 12, 2018 |
Getting the A and Failing the Course
|
Oct 11, 2018 |
The Big Problem of the Powerful
|
Oct 10, 2018 |
On the Reason for Marriage and the Difficulty of Divorce
|
Oct 09, 2018 |
How Sin Continues to Win and How to Beat It
|
Oct 08, 2018 |
Why We Aren’t the Champions
|
Oct 07, 2018 |
The Problem with Lazy Faith and the Way Beyond It
|
Oct 05, 2018 |
What To Do in the Face of a Discipleship Fail
|
Oct 04, 2018 |
Holy Transfiguration Batman!
|
Oct 03, 2018 |
The Problem with Lowest Common Denominator Discipleship
|
Oct 02, 2018 |
Why It’s Not Enough for Jesus to Be the Messiah
|
Oct 01, 2018 |
Why Miracles Will Never Be Enough
|
Sep 30, 2018 |
On the Difference Between Faith and Risk Management
|
Sep 28, 2018 |
On the Every Day Ministry of Food
|
Sep 27, 2018 |
The Difference Between Extravagant Embrace and Radical Inclusiveness
|
Sep 26, 2018 |
The Desperate Need We Have to Be in Need
|
Sep 25, 2018 |
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
|
Sep 24, 2018 |
The Problem with the Rules . . . or the Possibilities
|
Sep 23, 2018 |
When the Holy Spirit Does Something Not In the Bulletin
|
Sep 21, 2018 |
Do We Really Recognize Jesus?
|
Sep 20, 2018 |
The Disciples’ Dilemma: When Knowledge Gets in the Way of Knowing
|
Sep 19, 2018 |
The Thing Jesus Wants The Most From Us
|
Sep 18, 2018 |
The Holy Spirit and Setting Boundaries
|
Sep 17, 2018 |
Why Marriage Is Not About Marriage and What It Is About
|
Sep 16, 2018 |
It Takes Two to Bring the Kingdom
|
Sep 13, 2018 |
The Kind of Places Where Miracles Don’t Happen
|
Sep 12, 2018 |
Up Girl!
|
Sep 11, 2018 |
A Word for Women (and Men) that Can Change Everything
|
Sep 10, 2018 |
The Problem of Reducing People to Their Problems
|
Sep 09, 2018 |
Do You Believe in Demons?
|
Sep 07, 2018 |
On Becoming the Kind of People Who Don’t Give Up On People
|
Sep 06, 2018 |
Who Needs the Weather Channel When You’ve Got Jesus?
|
Sep 05, 2018 |
A Parable about the Most Humble Power in the World
|
Sep 04, 2018 |
How to Have a High Failure Rate Without Failing
|
Aug 31, 2018 |
Why Jesus Is the New (Old) Normal
|
Aug 30, 2018 |
Three Reasons You Have Probably Not Blasphemed the Holy Spirit
|
Aug 29, 2018 |
The Missing Link in Our Disciple-Making
|
Aug 28, 2018 |
If You Had a Holy Spirit Gauge, What Would It Read?
|
Aug 27, 2018 |
The Critical Difference Between Being Responsible “for” Others and Responsive “to” Them
|
Aug 26, 2018 |
Ready for the New Wine? Get Rid of the Old Wineskin
|
Aug 24, 2018 |
What Makes Fasting Christian?
|
Aug 23, 2018 |
Why There is No Such Thing as “Secular”
|
Aug 22, 2018 |
When the Holy Spirit Makes a Hot Mess
|
Aug 21, 2018 |
The Difference Between Witnessing and Being a Witness
|
Aug 20, 2018 |
The Most Important Word in the New Testament
|
Aug 19, 2018 |
When I Fight Authority
|
Aug 16, 2018 |
Jesus’ Essential Message in 17 Words
|
Aug 15, 2018 |
The Secret Way of Holy Spirit Filled Fasting
|
Aug 14, 2018 |
When Revival Becomes Awakening
|
Aug 13, 2018 |
The Gospel of the Holy Spirit
|
Aug 12, 2018 |
The Real Lord’s Prayer (Part 3)
|
Aug 09, 2018 |
The Real Lord’s Prayer (Part 2)
|
Aug 08, 2018 |
The Real Lord’s Prayer (Part 1)
|
Aug 07, 2018 |
The Fifth Prayer of the Cross: The Abandonment Prayer
|
Aug 06, 2018 |
The Fourth Prayer of the Cross: The Forsakenness Prayer
|
Aug 05, 2018 |
The Third Prayer of the Cross: The Forgiveness Prayer
|
Aug 02, 2018 |
The Second Prayer of the Cross: The Gethsemane Prayer
|
Aug 01, 2018 |
The First Prayer of the Cross (Part 3)
|
Jul 31, 2018 |
The First Prayer of the Cross (Part 2)
|
Jul 30, 2018 |
The First Prayer of the Cross (Part 1)
|
Jul 29, 2018 |
The Great Secret Behind the Great Power of Prayer
|
Jul 24, 2018 |
The Thing We Need More Than Faithfulness In Prayer
|
Jul 23, 2018 |
Why There Is Only One Prayer
|
Jul 22, 2018 |
The Centrality of “Our Father” in an Age of Gender Confusion
|
Jul 19, 2018 |
A Few More Words on Letting Our Words Be Few
|
Jul 18, 2018 |
The Problem When Our Problems Consume Our Praying
|
Jul 17, 2018 |
How the Lord’s Prayer Became an Adventure in Missing the Point
|
Jul 16, 2018 |
The Most Corporately-Prayed Prayer in the History of Prayer
|
Jul 15, 2018 |
Why the Problem with Over-Confidence and Under-Confidence Are the Same Problem
|
Jul 12, 2018 |
The Prayer You Probably Never Thought of as a Prayer
|
Jul 11, 2018 |
The Most Obvious, Most Neglected Curriculum for Prayer in the History of Prayer
|
Jul 10, 2018 |
Is It Time To Re-Presence Your Practice of Prayer?
|
Jul 09, 2018 |
Welcome to the New Testament of Prayer
|
Jul 08, 2018 |
The Only Distinction That Matters
|
Jul 05, 2018 |
Prayer As a Campout In the Sanctuary of God’s Presence
|
Jul 04, 2018 |
The Unconventional Warfare of Prayer
|
Jul 03, 2018 |
Prayer as Problem Solving or Presence Seeking?
|
Jul 02, 2018 |
Why We Don’t Know Much About History
|
Jul 01, 2018 |
When It’s Time to Stop Crying Out and Start Moving On
|
Jun 28, 2018 |
The Prayer of Deliverance: From the Bondage of Slavery to the Bonding of Worship
|
Jun 27, 2018 |
The Most Simple And Complex Prayer Of All
|
Jun 26, 2018 |
Why Prayer Cannot Be Reverse Delegation
|
Jun 25, 2018 |
Getting Beyond Prayer as a Pee-Wee Soccer Game
|
Jun 24, 2018 |
On the Difference Between Worrying Our Prayers and Praying Our Anxieties
|
Jun 21, 2018 |
On Career-Ending Failures and New Beginnings
|
Jun 20, 2018 |
The Prayer-Filled Life: On Fire But Not Consumed
|
Jun 19, 2018 |
The Prayer of Groaning
|
Jun 18, 2018 |
The Day the House Entered Me
|
Jun 17, 2018 |
On Last Year’s Branches and This Year’s Fruit
|
Jun 14, 2018 |
Prayer Means Jesus Takes the Wheel
|
Jun 13, 2018 |
Have You Learned the Prayer of Abandon?
|
Jun 12, 2018 |
There’s Something About a Tree . . .
|
Jun 11, 2018 |
Prayer as Divine Negotiation
|
Jun 10, 2018 |
Right Here. Right Now. The Journey So Far.
|
Jun 07, 2018 |
A God Who Swears on His Life—For Us
|
Jun 06, 2018 |
On Building Altars
|
Jun 03, 2018 |
Why Walking with God Means Traveling Without an Itinerary
|
May 31, 2018 |
The Antithesis of Prayer
|
May 30, 2018 |
Why I Don’t Believe Most People Are Good
|
May 29, 2018 |
The First Sermon I Ever Preached. The Text May Surprise You.
|
May 28, 2018 |
On The Difference Between a Prayer Life and a Life of Prayer
|
May 27, 2018 |
Prayer AS Walking with God vs. Prayer IS Walking with God
|
May 24, 2018 |
The Epic Fail of Eden
|
May 23, 2018 |
Why We Must Rest from Prayer
|
May 22, 2018 |
How Prayer Leads Us into a Whole New World
|
May 21, 2018 |
Why Prayer Is Not the Solution to Our Problem
|
May 20, 2018 |
Why Prayer Does Not Move God and What Does
|
May 18, 2018 |
The True Way of Prayer Is Claim It and Name It
|
May 17, 2018 |
Why Prayer Doesn’t Work and Who Does
|
May 16, 2018 |
The Three Most Powerful Words of Prayer
|
May 15, 2018 |
In the Beginning: Prayer
|
May 13, 2018 |
The War of Prayer
|
May 10, 2018 |
Don’t Forget
|
May 09, 2018 |
Right Here. Right Now.
|
May 09, 2018 |
Look Away
|
May 08, 2018 |
Just a Little Patience
|
May 07, 2018 |
The Big Surprise
|
May 04, 2018 |
Can I Get an Amen?
|
May 02, 2018 |
Don’t Be a Donkey’s Donkey
|
May 01, 2018 |
I Double-Dog Curse You
|
May 01, 2018 |
The Twin Cities
|
Apr 30, 2018 |
Water World
|
Apr 27, 2018 |
In God We Trust, But Just in Case
|
Apr 25, 2018 |
Follow Me
|
Apr 24, 2018 |
Why Your Resume Needs Your Eulogy
|
Apr 23, 2018 |
Now Don’t Forget It
|
Apr 23, 2018 |
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
|
Apr 20, 2018 |
What’s In a Name?
|
Apr 18, 2018 |
Right Belief. Wrong Life.
|
Apr 18, 2018 |
The Grace and Peace of Puzzle Work
|
Apr 16, 2018 |
Thanks Tychicus
|
Apr 15, 2018 |
One Little Word Shall Fell Him
|
Apr 12, 2018 |
And Though This World with Devils Filled . . .
|
Apr 11, 2018 |
The Surprising Way of Becoming Strong In the Lord
|
Apr 10, 2018 |
On Telling the Impossible Story to Impossible Situations
|
Apr 09, 2018 |
The Secret to Extraordinary Parenting
|
Apr 08, 2018 |
Why Love Is Blind and Marriage Is an Eye-Opener (Part 3 of 3)
|
Apr 05, 2018 |
Why Love Is Blind and Marriage Is an Eye Opener (Part 2 of 3)
|
Apr 04, 2018 |
Why Love Is Blind and Marriage Is an Eye Opener (Part 1 of 3)
|
Apr 03, 2018 |
Addicted to the Holy Spirit
|
Apr 02, 2018 |
The Least-Asked Most Important Question of Our Time
|
Apr 01, 2018 |
On the Personal Devastation and Communal Decimation of Sexual Sin
|
Mar 29, 2018 |
The Real Problem With Acceptable Pornography
|
Mar 28, 2018 |
Until the Pattern Is a Person It Remains a Puzzle
|
Mar 27, 2018 |
So What Are You (Really) Angry About?
|
Mar 26, 2018 |
On Shifting the Center of Gravity in Your Life
|
Mar 25, 2018 |
The Junior High Beast Within
|
Mar 22, 2018 |
Would the Real Me Please Come Forth?
|
Mar 21, 2018 |
How Behavior Management Stunts Your Growth
|
Mar 20, 2018 |
The Two Groups Down at the Church
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Mar 19, 2018 |
The Challenge of Growing Up As a Grown-Up
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Mar 18, 2018 |
Why Down Is the New Up
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Mar 15, 2018 |
Calling All Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists
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Mar 15, 2018 |
One Body, Twenty-Something Thousand Denominations?
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Mar 13, 2018 |
Why Discipleship to Jesus Outside of Relationships with Others Is Not Discipleship to Jesus
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Mar 12, 2018 |
Are You Filled with the Fullness of God?
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Mar 11, 2018 |
Why Love Must Become More Than We Thought It Was
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Mar 09, 2018 |
Are You Aware of Your Inner Being?
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Mar 07, 2018 |
From Amazing Grace to Astonishing Grace
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Mar 05, 2018 |
On Building Fireplaces
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Mar 04, 2018 |
Those Walls of Hostility
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Mar 02, 2018 |
On Starting a Jigsaw Puzzle at the Center
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Feb 28, 2018 |
On Picking Up Our Pieces and Making Our Own Puzzle
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Feb 28, 2018 |
On Starting Downton Abbey at Season 6
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Feb 27, 2018 |
On the Importance of Getting the Question Right
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Feb 26, 2018 |
Meet the Fellowship of the Holy Discontents
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Feb 23, 2018 |
Would the Real Seekers Please Stand Up?
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Feb 22, 2018 |
Only Two Kinds of People
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Feb 21, 2018 |
Why God’s Plan Is Not For My Life
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Feb 20, 2018 |
Are You Adopted?
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Feb 19, 2018 |
Why Do We Think Spiritual Blessings Are Immaterial?
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Feb 16, 2018 |
Why the Bible Was Not Written for the World
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Feb 15, 2018 |
On the Difference Between Living for Jesus and Living from Jesus
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Feb 14, 2018 |
Banding Together to Sow for a Great Awakening
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Feb 13, 2018 |
From Sentimental Nostalgia to the Travail of Love
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Feb 12, 2018 |
The Marshes of Travail
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Feb 09, 2018 |
From John 3:16 to 1 John 3:16
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Feb 08, 2018 |
Faith Acts in Anticipation of Awakening
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Feb 07, 2018 |
The Discipleship of the Imagination
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Feb 05, 2018 |
The Banner of the Bible
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Feb 05, 2018 |
The Perception Required to Sense Awakening
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Feb 02, 2018 |
Awakening is Personal Experience Plus Public Reality
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Feb 01, 2018 |
From Trickle to High Tide
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Jan 31, 2018 |
Awakening Fundamental #3: The House of God
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Jan 26, 2018 |
Between the Two Greatest Awakenings
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Jan 25, 2018 |
From Vain Grandeur to Humble Beginnings
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Jan 24, 2018 |
Awakening Begins with the House of God
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Jan 23, 2018 |
Awakening the Saved From Their Sleep
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Jan 22, 2018 |
The Necessity of Breath
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Jan 19, 2018 |
Awakening Happens Suddenly and Slowly
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Jan 18, 2018 |
Awakening is Not Spiritual Self-Improvement
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Jan 17, 2018 |
Awakening Fundamental #2: The Spirit of God
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Jan 16, 2018 |
Awakening Fundamental #1: The Word of God
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Jan 15, 2018 |
The Big Question and the Bigger Answer
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Jan 13, 2018 |
Blinded by the Darkness
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Jan 12, 2018 |
Awakening Begins With Me
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Jan 11, 2018 |
From the Valley of Dry Bones to the River of Life
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Jan 10, 2018 |
The Journey of Awakening
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Jan 08, 2018 |
A New Orbit
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Jan 05, 2018 |
What Does Your Favorite Christmas Story Say
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Jan 04, 2018 |
The Dark Side of Christmas
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Jan 03, 2018 |
Why Christmas is a Political Movement
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Jan 02, 2018 |
What Christmas Can Teach Us About New Year’s Resolutions
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Jan 01, 2018 |
God’s Big Plan for Your Life
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Dec 30, 2017 |
Jesus’ Baby Book Moment
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Dec 29, 2017 |
Why We Need the Shepherds
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Dec 28, 2017 |
Angels We Have Heard Below
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Dec 27, 2017 |
Christmas in Mecca
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Dec 26, 2017 |
Baby Steps
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Dec 25, 2017 |
Not a Silent Night
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Dec 23, 2017 |
Do You Know the Rest of the Story?
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Dec 22, 2017 |
The Scandal of the Manger
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Dec 21, 2017 |
Why Mary Matters to Us
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Dec 20, 2017 |
The Real War on Christmas
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Dec 19, 2017 |
Why We Should Fast for the Holidays
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Dec 18, 2017 |
Why We Need To Power Down
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Dec 16, 2017 |
Why We Need Course Correction
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Dec 15, 2017 |
Stopping for Directions
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Dec 14, 2017 |
Why Advent Is Not Social Justice Awareness Month
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Dec 13, 2017 |
Why Waiting Is Active
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Dec 12, 2017 |
What Have You Been Doing All This Time?
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Dec 11, 2017 |
Anticipating the Verdict
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Dec 09, 2017 |
Why Joy Is a Defiant Act
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Dec 08, 2017 |
Why We Have Apocalyptic Anxiety
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Dec 07, 2017 |
The Reason for the Season(s)
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Dec 06, 2017 |
The Good Earth
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Dec 05, 2017 |
Happy New Year
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Dec 04, 2017 |
Who is Ready for a Reset? Welcome to Advent
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Dec 01, 2017 |
Getting the Band Back Together
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Jul 28, 2017 |
When Jesus Loves You, But I Don’t Have To
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Jul 27, 2017 |
Don’t Be That Guy
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Jul 26, 2017 |
Dealing with Stranger Things
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Jul 25, 2017 |
What Twitter Teaches Us About the Word of God
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Jul 24, 2017 |
Show Me, Don’t Tell Me
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Jul 21, 2017 |
Why Would I Do That?
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Jul 20, 2017 |
A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action
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Jul 19, 2017 |
Are You Childlike or Childish?
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Jul 18, 2017 |
Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
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Jul 17, 2017 |
What’s Your Story?
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Jul 14, 2017 |
Will I Ever Change?
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Jul 13, 2017 |
Why Who We Eat With Matters
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Jul 12, 2017 |
Divine Miracle or Divine Takedown?
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Jul 11, 2017 |
It Isn’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
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Jul 10, 2017 |
Where Are We All Going?
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Jun 16, 2017 |
A Most Difficult Project
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Jun 15, 2017 |
Are We of the World But Not in the World?
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Jun 14, 2017 |
Who in the world is the world? And what does it mean?
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Jun 13, 2017 |
THE WEEKLY CHECK-IN
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Mar 25, 2017 |
THE WEEKLY CHECK-IN
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Mar 11, 2017 |
THE WEEKLY CHECK-IN
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Mar 04, 2017 |
THE WEEKLY CHECK-IN
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Feb 18, 2017 |
THE WEEKLY CHECK-IN
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Feb 11, 2017 |
A Letter to Our Daughters
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Jan 31, 2017 |
Does Money Matter Too Much?
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Jan 30, 2017 |
It’s Not What You Know. It’s Not Who You Know Either.
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Jan 29, 2017 |
The Danger of Counterfeit Repentance
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Jan 28, 2017 |
Have You Ever Been Febreezed?
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Jan 27, 2017 |
Don’t Trust People Who Tout Their Own Wisdom
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Jan 26, 2017 |
The Way to Burn Your Enemies
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Jan 25, 2017 |
On the Houses That Build Us
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Jan 24, 2017 |
The Secret to Reading Really, Really Well
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Jan 23, 2017 |
The Mark of a True Friend
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Jan 20, 2017 |
When We Help the Poor We Worship God (and vice versa)
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Jan 19, 2017 |
Humble Yourself or Be Humiliated Later—Your Choice
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Jan 18, 2017 |
Why We Settle for Gold Plated Instead of Solid Gold?
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Jan 17, 2017 |
The Secret to Great Planning
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Jan 16, 2017 |
The Surprising Foundation for the Spiritual Life
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Jan 15, 2017 |
Why What You are Angry About Is Not Why You Are Angry.
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Jan 14, 2017 |
The Smallest Biggest Truth About Money
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Jan 13, 2017 |
Why The Cause of Your Anxiety Is Not The Cause
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Jan 12, 2017 |
The “One Other Person” Confidentiality Crusher Principle
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Jan 11, 2017 |
What is Your Coachability Quotient?
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Jan 10, 2017 |
Becoming a Shovel-Ready Person
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Jan 09, 2017 |
I Am Here To . . .
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Jan 08, 2017 |
The Practice of Treasuring
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Jan 07, 2017 |
Becoming Wealthy In Wisdom
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Jan 06, 2017 |
Becoming a Person of Divine Intelligence
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Jan 05, 2017 |
Becoming Fixated—In a Good Way
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Jan 04, 2017 |
Becoming Surrendered: Why Nothing is Better than Something
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Jan 03, 2017 |
Becoming a Seeker
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Jan 02, 2017 |
Becoming Teachable
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Jan 01, 2017 |
Getting Beyond the Lame Rank of a Webelo
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Nov 25, 2016 |
How Religious Leaders Can Be Worse than Satan
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Nov 24, 2016 |
Why We Don’t Get The Resurrection Like We Think We Do
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Nov 23, 2016 |
When a Rich Person Gets It Right
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Nov 22, 2016 |
The Problem of Women in Ministry and Why It’s Not a Problem
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Nov 21, 2016 |
When God Leaves the Building
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Nov 18, 2016 |
The Obedience of the Cross
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Nov 17, 2016 |
On the Darkness Between Noon and 3PM
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Nov 16, 2016 |
Why You Weren’t There When They Crucified My Lord And Why I Wasn’t Either
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Nov 15, 2016 |
Have You Ever Met Simon of Cyrene?
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Nov 14, 2016 |
When There Is No Application
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Nov 11, 2016 |
The Problem with Familiarity
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Nov 10, 2016 |
The Seduction of the Crowd
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Nov 09, 2016 |
When Government Stands Trial
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Nov 08, 2016 |
Why Do People Commit Suicide?
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Nov 07, 2016 |
Now Discover Your Weakness
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Nov 04, 2016 |
Do You Believe in the Total Depravity of All Humanity?
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Nov 03, 2016 |
When Silence is Not Quiet
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Nov 02, 2016 |
When a Kiss Is More Than a Kiss
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Nov 01, 2016 |
Wake Yourself Up!
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Oct 31, 2016 |
The Will of God and the Willfulness of People
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Oct 28, 2016 |
The Last Supper in Three Words
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Oct 27, 2016 |
Can Jesus Be My Savior and Not Be My Lord?
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Oct 26, 2016 |
Why It’s Time To Lose the Calculator
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Oct 25, 2016 |
How to Become Unfamiliar with the Familiar.
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Oct 24, 2016 |
Why Jesus Is Not For the Poor—He Is the Poor
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Oct 21, 2016 |
The Severe Mercy of a Pre-emptive Judgment
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Oct 20, 2016 |
When ‘Leaving a Light On’ is the Wrong Thing to Do
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Oct 19, 2016 |
Venture Capital and the Kingdom of God
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Oct 18, 2016 |
The Difference Between Readiness and Preparedness
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Oct 17, 2016 |
Why Are We So Distracted?
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Oct 14, 2016 |
Jesus, Noah, and the New Ark
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Oct 13, 2016 |
Do You Believe Jesus Is Really Coming Back?
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Oct 12, 2016 |
All We Need Is (White Hot Holy) Love
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Oct 11, 2016 |
Is It Time for Your Temple to Be Demolished?
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Oct 10, 2016 |
When My Willingness Meets God’s Longing
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Oct 07, 2016 |
Inside-Out vs. Outside-In
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Oct 06, 2016 |
My 4 Rules for Discipleship to Jesus
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Oct 05, 2016 |
Are You In Touch With Your Inner Pharisee?
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Oct 04, 2016 |
Why Jesus Hates Hypocrisy and Why We Should Too
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Oct 03, 2016 |
Can Love Really Be the Answer?
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Sep 30, 2016 |
The Fundamental Fundamentals of Discipleship to Jesus
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Sep 29, 2016 |
On The Hopelessness of Democrats and Republicans
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Sep 28, 2016 |
The Pain of Hosting a Party
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Sep 27, 2016 |
The Two Major Movements of the Gospel
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Sep 26, 2016 |
LET’S TAKE THE DAILY TEXT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
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Sep 25, 2016 |
Facing the Cold, Hard, Harsh Truth
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Sep 23, 2016 |
Will There Be Baptismal Certificates In Hell?
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Sep 21, 2016 |
Why Aren’t the Poor At Home In Our Churches?
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Sep 20, 2016 |
Three Words That Can Change the Way We See Jesus
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Sep 19, 2016 |
When We Mistake Charity for Compassion
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Sep 16, 2016 |
If I Get a Tattoo. . .
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Sep 15, 2016 |
When We Don’t Know What We Are Asking
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Sep 14, 2016 |
When Jesus Takes You Aside
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Sep 13, 2016 |
Why God Is Not Fair And Why That’s Fair
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Sep 12, 2016 |
Remember the Sabbath
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Sep 11, 2016 |
Is It Possible to be Too Heavenly Minded?
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Sep 09, 2016 |
Everybody Wants to Go To Heaven. Nobody Wants to Die.
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Sep 08, 2016 |
The Only Qualification That Will Ultimately Matter Matters Now More Than Ever
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Sep 07, 2016 |
On Gender, Marriage, Divorce, and the Questions of Our Time
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Sep 06, 2016 |
Is Forgiveness Unlimited?
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Sep 02, 2016 |
Whatever Happened to Church Discipline?
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Sep 01, 2016 |
Finding a God Who Enters into Our Lostness
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Aug 31, 2016 |
When Jesus Supports the Death Penalty
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Aug 30, 2016 |
When Jesus Gives an Ultimatum
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Aug 29, 2016 |
Will Jesus Pay My Taxes?
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Aug 26, 2016 |
The Difference Between Sympathy and Empathy and Why It Makes All the Difference
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Aug 25, 2016 |
Faith Doesn’t Work; Jesus Does
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Aug 24, 2016 |
Are You the Kind of Person Jesus Can Trust?
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Aug 23, 2016 |
This Little 97 Billion Candle Power Light of Mine
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Aug 22, 2016 |
The Way Jesus Plays Texas Hold-em
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Aug 19, 2016 |
The Biblical Journey of Peter to Pan
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Aug 18, 2016 |
The Deadly Toxin of Christian Cynicism
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Aug 17, 2016 |
On Signs From God—When It’s OK and When It’s Not
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Aug 16, 2016 |
Why There is Always More Than Enough
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Aug 15, 2016 |
The Many Layered Mysteries of Miracles
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Aug 12, 2016 |
When Jesus Throws You a Bone It Doesn’t Mean You’re a Dog
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Aug 11, 2016 |
Eating and Drinking vs. Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Spirit
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Aug 10, 2016 |
How to Deal with Reverse Judgment
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Aug 09, 2016 |
The Rules, the Rule, and the Ruler
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Aug 08, 2016 |
Jesus Is the Kingdom
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Aug 05, 2016 |
Why There Is No Conflict Between Scripture and Science
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Aug 04, 2016 |
What If What We Think of as “the Church” Isn’t Really THE CHURCH?
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Aug 03, 2016 |
The Way from Open Wounds to Glorious Scars
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Aug 02, 2016 |
The Difference Between a Kingdom and a Fiefdom
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Aug 01, 2016 |
Why it’s a Problem when Jesus is from your Hometown
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Jul 29, 2016 |
The Difference Between Thinking I Understand and Actually Understanding
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Jul 28, 2016 |
How to Find Something and Still be Looking for it.
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Jul 27, 2016 |
Hands to the Plow—Eyes on the Horizon
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Jul 26, 2016 |
Why Small is the New Big
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Jul 25, 2016 |
The Problem with Premature Weeding
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Jul 22, 2016 |
When a Parable is More than a Parable
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Jul 21, 2016 |
What Steve Jobs Learned From Jesus
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Jul 20, 2016 |
The Critical Distinction Between Posture and Posturing
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Jul 19, 2016 |
The Mysterious Kingdom of Heaven
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Jul 18, 2016 |
Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?
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Jul 15, 2016 |
Would the Real Satan Please Stand Up
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Jul 14, 2016 |
Beware of the NIDS and the SIDS
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Jul 12, 2016 |
Bearing the Cross vs. Strapping on a Suicide Vest
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Jul 11, 2016 |
How Religious Fundamentalists Kill God—And Why
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Jul 08, 2016 |
Fundamentalism: When Faith Goes Rogue
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Jul 07, 2016 |
Is Jesus Too Good To Be True?
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Jul 06, 2016 |
There’s Much More to the Gospel Than the Forgiveness of Sins
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Jul 05, 2016 |
Why Humility Is Not What I Thought It Was
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Jul 04, 2016 |
The Kind of Deals God Makes with People
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Jul 01, 2016 |
On Cynical Crowds and Character Building Communities
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Jun 30, 2016 |
Taking the Deep Dive of Discipleship or Channel Surfing with the Crowd?
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Jun 29, 2016 |
When Jesus Doesn’t Fit Our Box
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Jun 28, 2016 |
On Jesus, Pete Rose, and the Clergy-Laity Dichotomy
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Jun 27, 2016 |
Why Apostolic Hospitality is the Responsibility of the Guest
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Jun 24, 2016 |
When Family Becomes God
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Jun 23, 2016 |
Why Jesus May Not Value Your Family Values
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Jun 22, 2016 |
What to Do When the Gospel Seems Harsh
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Jun 21, 2016 |
Why the Followers of Jesus Need Not Be Afraid of Terrorists
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Jun 20, 2016 |
The Disciple’s Quandary
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Jun 17, 2016 |
Why Being Unprepared May Be the Best Preparation of All
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Jun 16, 2016 |
The Shortest Sermon We’ve Never Heard
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Jun 15, 2016 |
Was There a Luther in There?
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Jun 14, 2016 |
The Secret to Ending Compassion Fatigue
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Jun 13, 2016 |
What to Look for When You Don’t Understand What’s Going On
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Jun 10, 2016 |
On the Difference Between the Miracles and THE MIRACLE
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Jun 09, 2016 |
On the Nature and Necessity of Desperate Faith
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Jun 08, 2016 |
Why You Probably Don’t Fast and Why That’s O. K.
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Jun 07, 2016 |
Church: When the Lights Are On But No-one Is Home
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Jun 06, 2016 |
The Problem with “God Always Has a Reason” Thinking
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Jun 03, 2016 |
Why Aren’t Miracles Happening in Our Backyards?
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Jun 02, 2016 |
Do You Believe Jesus Actually Stilled a Storm?
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Jun 01, 2016 |
Why Commitment is Overrated
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May 31, 2016 |
Why the Main Thing Must Become the Only Thing
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May 30, 2016 |
The Difference Between Power-Down Authority and Lifted-Up Authority.
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May 27, 2016 |
The Difference Between “If It’s Your Will,” and “If You Are Willing”
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May 26, 2016 |
A Different Kind of Perfect: The Incomprehensible Possibility of Your Life
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May 25, 2016 |
The 4-Question Test of Your Life
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May 24, 2016 |
10 Observations on the Most Harrowing Verse in the Bible
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May 23, 2016 |
8 More Reasons The Middle Way Is The Wrong Way
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May 20, 2016 |
Why the Middle Way Is the Wrong Way
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May 19, 2016 |
The Most Important Question You Will Ever Answer
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May 18, 2016 |
19 Reasons To Step Up Your Asking, Seeking, Knocking Game
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May 17, 2016 |
Lessons On Evangelism From My Hog Farm To Yours
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May 16, 2016 |
The Terminal Cancer of Judgmentalism and the Cure
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May 13, 2016 |
Eight Reasons Why I Judge Other People
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May 12, 2016 |
Why God-First Prioritizing Does Not Work
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May 11, 2016 |
The 3 Most Practical Words Ever Spoken and 15 Reasons Why
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May 10, 2016 |
The Secret of Being an Abundance Person
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May 09, 2016 |
Two Kinds of People: Which One Are You?
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May 06, 2016 |
Ever Had Two Bosses?
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May 05, 2016 |
What Disciple Makers Can Learn from Marketers
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May 04, 2016 |
The Two Truths about Money
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May 03, 2016 |
How I Baby-Stepped My Way Into Fasting
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May 02, 2016 |
The Most Sobering (and Neglected) Text in the Whole Bible
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Apr 29, 2016 |
The Lord’s Prayer: An Adventure in Missing the Point
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Apr 28, 2016 |
Why the Shortest Prayer Usually Wins
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Apr 27, 2016 |
Rescuing Prayer from Unceasing Ambiguity
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Apr 26, 2016 |
Why “Giving God the Glory” May Not Work Like We Think
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Apr 21, 2016 |
The Deadly Secret of the Matryoshka Doll
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Apr 20, 2016 |
Why You Really Can Be Perfect (in a different kind of way)
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Apr 19, 2016 |
How Power Loses to Powerlessness
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Apr 18, 2016 |
Why Our Word Must Become Our Bond
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Apr 15, 2016 |
Marriage, Divorce, and the Rule of God vs. the Rules from God
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Apr 14, 2016 |
Why Sin Requires Invasive Surgery Now
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Apr 13, 2016 |
The Greatest Impediment to the Kingdom of God
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Apr 12, 2016 |
Why Anger Can’t Be Managed
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Apr 11, 2016 |
The Difference Between External Image Management and the Internal Imaging of God
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Apr 08, 2016 |
The Secret to True Greatness
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Apr 07, 2016 |
Why the God of Law and the God of Grace are the Same God
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Apr 06, 2016 |
Jesus and the Constitution…Sort Of
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Apr 05, 2016 |
Why Nominal Christians Aren’t Christians
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Apr 04, 2016 |
Why Happiness Is The Truth
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Apr 01, 2016 |
The Problem with Righteousness Beyond Religious-ness
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Mar 31, 2016 |
Why Giving Peace a Chance May Not Be the Best Approach
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Mar 30, 2016 |
Stop Trying to Be Pure Hearted. There’s a Better Way.
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Mar 29, 2016 |
Why Mercy Means So Much More Than, “Please Don’t Hurt Me.”
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Mar 28, 2016 |
From Appetite Suppressant to Appetite Displacement
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Mar 25, 2016 |
Why “The Meek” May Not Be Who We Think
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Mar 24, 2016 |
Lesson #2: Mourning and the Comfort Beyond Comfortable
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Mar 23, 2016 |
Lesson #1: I Know I Can’t
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Mar 22, 2016 |
Teaching, Proclamation, Healing: Why Two Out of Three Is Bad
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Mar 21, 2016 |
Shepherds vs. Fishermen, and Why It Matters
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Mar 18, 2016 |
The Shortest Most Powerful Sermon Ever Preached
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Mar 17, 2016 |
Why Money is the Most Dangerous Thing in the World
|
Mar 16, 2016 |
Learn to Eat God’s Word Or You Will Wind Up Eating Your Own Words
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Mar 14, 2016 |
Why We Can’t Obey God Apart From Jesus
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Mar 11, 2016 |
Something In The Water
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Mar 10, 2016 |
The Lower Way of the Greater One
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Mar 09, 2016 |
The Problem with Being a Methodist or a Baptist or a . . .
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Mar 08, 2016 |
The Powerful, Painful Birth Pangs of Awakening
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Mar 07, 2016 |
Why Repent May Not Mean What You Think
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Mar 04, 2016 |
A Lesson for Disciples from The Bachelorette
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Mar 03, 2016 |
The Unbridled Brutality of Our Race
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Mar 02, 2016 |
What’s With All These Refugees?
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Mar 01, 2016 |
Why People “Tip” God
|
Feb 29, 2016 |
The Politics of Jesus: From Political Stagecraft to Kingdom Statecraft
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Feb 26, 2016 |
The Truth about Your Horoscope
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Feb 25, 2016 |
How Our Small Dreams Can Thwart the Dreams of God For Us
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Feb 24, 2016 |
Why Shame Never Works—and What Does
|
Feb 23, 2016 |
Why the Problem of Faith is the Problem of Reason
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Feb 22, 2016 |
The Astonishingly Implausible, Unfathomably True Story of The Gospel
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Feb 19, 2016 |
“Are We Rolling Downhill Like A Snowball Headed for Hell?”
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Feb 18, 2016 |
The Unbelievable Mess of Jesus’ Family Tree
|
Feb 17, 2016 |
Thank God For Ram?!
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Feb 16, 2016 |
Why You Can’t Join Someone Else’s Family
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Feb 12, 2016 |
Untitled Episode
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Feb 11, 2016 |
THE SIXTH DAY EXERCISE for November 28, 2015
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Nov 28, 2015 |