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God is Not the God of Second Chances

Posted by MK | Filed under Theology

Here’s how it goes. You know it by heart, just as I do: “I’m sorry, Father. I (insert sin here) again. Please forgive me. Have mercy on me, and give me another chance. Thank You that You are the God of second chances. Amen.” I appreciate the sentiment behind the prayer. Goodness knows I’ve prayed [...]

How to Write a Country Song

Posted by MK | Filed under Just for Fun, Videos

Just in case you were wondering: (HT:Z)

Fridays Are For One Question

Posted by MK | Filed under Fridays Are For One Question

Apparently our jobs are killing us. Not because they’re hard; because we sit down at them all day long. For the last several months, there has been a lot of news stating that sitting down at work for 8 hours a day can subtract years off your life, and even nullify any work you put [...]

5 Guys on One Piano: “What Makes You Beautiful”

Posted by MK | Filed under Just for Fun, Videos

Better than the original. Yes, I’m sure: (HT:22Words)

The Question of Identity Can Really Only Be Settled in a Moment of Crisis

Posted by MK | Filed under Books

(The following is excerpted from my book, Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, and God) … this is what happens to most everyone who encounters an event like cancer and then tries to figure out what life looks like afterward. Such circumstances are pain- ful for a lot of reasons, but one of the [...]

A Prayer for the Lazy Mind

Posted by MK | Filed under Prayers

“Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.” ~ David Brainerd Father – The mind is a battle field, one in which I am meant to be actively involved in the fight. Despite the fact that I am to [...]

Exploring the Unexplorable

Posted by MK | Filed under Theology

Every, single time our family comes to a new place – whether a friend’s home, a hotel, a new part of the city, and particularly somewhere in nature we haven’t been before, I can count on my son, Joshua, to have virtually the same reaction: “Let’s do some exploring.” Don’t you love that? I do. [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

Posted by MK | Filed under Fridays Are For One Question

It’s almost here, friends. A week from tonight our family will be gathered around the TV to watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics. We’re an Olympic family (or at least, that’s what we’re telling our children. They continue to insist that we are a Dora and Looney Tunes family.) So we’re going to watch [...]

One of the Simplest Gospel Prayers in Scripture

Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study

“Lord, help me!” she cried. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t well composed. It wasn’t articulate. But it was real. Very, very real. This woman, in Matthew 15:21-28, didn’t know much, but it seems she knew enough. She knew her great need, springing forth from the suffering of her child. And she knew that Jesus had [...]

The Ten Commandments for Writers

Posted by MK | Filed under Books, Preaching/Teaching

Thanks, Jared Wilson, for this: 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before God. Neither publication nor fame nor even writing itself shall be your god, but God alone. 2. Thou shalt not make of your writing an idol, serving it as if it is sovereign. Nor shall you look to your gift or craft [...]

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