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Continue reading →: Dear Parent, You Don’t Need Expertise to Make a DifferenceParenting is hard work. It’s not for wimps. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone wants to chime in. Add to it the pressure from our culture to perform, and parenting turns into a competitive sport, where we seek to raise children who are smart, funny, athletic, top of their class, well…
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Continue reading →: When the Fireworks of Marriage StopThe early months of marriage were euphoric for my wife and me. There were sparks, threatening to set ablaze everyone and everything around us. It was like entering the best scene from a love story, only it was happening in real life. The intensity. The romance. The fireworks. We were…
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Continue reading →: Leave the Weeds to GodThe Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. —Matthew 13:41 (NIV) If you want to have a really bad day, Google the top news stories from last year. I did that recently…
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Continue reading →: What Makes a Person Valuable?We size people up in strange ways. Unlike the God of the universe, we look at outward appearances (1 Samuel 16:7). If a person has a BMW, we assume they are wealthy. If a person is slim, we assume they are disciplined. If someone has a robust smile and great…
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Continue reading →: 4 Things to Consider Before Applying “The Keller Rule”Christian writers are men and women called to create words that strengthen the Church and bring glory to God. They feel a burden to share what they’ve learned from Scripture for the betterment of God’s people. Many write in order to make sense of the Word and the world around…
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Continue reading →: Jesus the TroublemakerI was recently talking with my pastor about a sermon he’s working on about how Jesus constantly challenged his disciples because he wanted to see them grow. During our conversation, he made the comment that Jesus is a troublemaker. I’ve been thinking about that comment ever since. Matt Chandler describes…
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Continue reading →: Excellent or Praiseworthy – May 2023Summer is upon us! I hope God meets you in new and enriching ways. Everything listed below was encouraging, helpful, or informative to me during the month of May. I hope it blesses you. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,…






