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On the Worst Day of Your Life, Jesus Has Been Praying for You

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“I tell you, Peter,” He said, “the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that You know Me” (Luke 22:34). The words must have hung in the air for a moment, pointed and powerful. The disciples had just been arguing, to the last man, about who was to be the greatest in [...]

What Would You Do If You Knew You Were Going to Die on Friday?

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- Speak honestly about what angers you (Matthew 23:1-36). – Provide perspective to those around you (Matthew 24). – Reflect on what really matters (Matthew 25). – Have dinner with friends (Matthew 26:26-30). – Let those around know how much you love them (John 13:1-20). – Comfort your friends with hope (John 14). – Pray [...]

Humble Casting

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you (1 Peter 5:6-7). The elusive characteristic of humility. My college roommate and I used to joke that we would someday co-author a book called Humility [...]

Rewards in Heaven

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This is a helpful article about rewards in heaven from Michael Patton: Rewards in heaven. I hope to have some, but the idea of rewards in heaven is difficult to fit into my theology. My mother used to say, “As long as I make it, I don’t care if I am riding a tricycle.” Christ [...]

The Most Offensive Verse in the Bible

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Dan Philips: When Piers or Larry or Tavis or Rosie or Ellen or The View or whoever tried probing me about homosexuality, or wifely submission, or any other area where God has spoken (to the world’s consternation), I think I’d decline the worm altogether. I think instead, I’d say something like, “You know, TaPierRosEllRy, when [...]

Jesus Doesn’t Hold His Nose

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Sometimes we take a 21st century version of North American Christianity and import it into the Bible. When we read about Jesus preaching in front of a large crowd, we don’t really consider the implications of the setting. A sermon, for us, is about sitting in a pew or a chair or maybe even on [...]

Don’t Let Your Spiritual Senses Atrophy

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This is the he olm (Proteus anguinus) – a species of blind amphibians endemic to the the deep underground caves of the Dinaric karst of southeastern Europe. The unusual appearance of the olm is the result of extensive adaptations to its habitat. Olms inhabit deep underground lakes and pools, where they spend their entire lives [...]

What Do You See When You Look to the Hills?

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Psalm 121 reads like this: 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber [...]

Everything is Moving Toward One Thing

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My father is a statistician. He has taught statistics at the university level for upwards of 30 years, in addition to doing statistical analysis for the university at large. I know this not only because, well, he’s my dad, but also because I took three classes from him when I was a college student. Three. [...]

Advice on Scripture Memory from Sherlock Holmes

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In A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective Sherlock Holmes remarked on his amazing ability to recall information that is useful to him: “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all [...]

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