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Continue reading →: Good Gifts, Great Gifts, and The Greatest GiftThe Christmas wish list. Oh, how diligently I prepared mine as a child. Nothing was left to chance. All the precise details about all the wonderful toys and gadgets I dreamed of made their way onto my list. My all-time favorite gift was a complete skateboard. But not just any…
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Continue reading →: My 10 Favorite Books of 2025Like many bloggers, I post a list of my favorite books each year (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). I try to read broadly across multiple theological traditions. In my general reading, the genres typically include fiction, nonfiction, biography, memoir, and fantasy. Here’s the list of my ten favorite books of 2025. I don’t…
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Continue reading →: Sermon: Because You’re Worth ItI had the great privilege of preaching at my church on Sunday. We kicked off our Advent series on the Incarnation. I’m grateful to our teaching pastors for the opportunity. I embedded the video below in case you’re interested in checking it out. I hope you experience many blessings this…
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Continue reading →: Does a Transient Lifestyle Stunt Discipleship?Have you ever met a new family, found that you became quick friends, and then, within a few short years, had to say goodbye as they moved away to pursue a dream or a job opportunity? Many of us have. Indeed, one of the challenges with making friends today is…
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Continue reading →: The Bible Is Both Formative and InformativeThere are times in life when I’m tempted to view the Bible merely as an ancient document from a bygone era with odd stories about talking donkeys and giants who get smacked between the eyes with stones. Sure, it’s interesting, but maybe not as much as a fantasy novel or…
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Continue reading →: Excellent or Praiseworthy – September 2025Below is a list of articles and content from other writers and ministries around the web. Everything listed was helpful, encouraging, or informative to me during the month of September. I hope it blesses you. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is…
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Continue reading →: 5 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s BlockWriter’s block is frustrating. It lies to writers, making them feel that all creativity is gone, every stone is turned over, and every word exhausted; it steals their desire to create beautiful sentences and see projects through, making the craft laborious and dull instead of life-giving and delightful; it seeks…
