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Wood Eating Ants

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If someone were to use your life as a platform from which to teach or preach, would you be able to hold up his or her weight, or would you collapse like an ant-infested tree stump? Several years ago, before the opening session of our annual men’s retreat, I went…

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Suffering in Your Context

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Christian suffering is not limited to the extreme cases that we hear about in the media. Certainly, the horrific persecutions of Christians (and other religious adherents) by oppressive groups or regimes and the unjust imprisonment of Christians and ministers in other countries can make the sufferings of our context seem negligible at…
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On Fears and Vampires

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What are the top fears that are fighting against your confidence and faith in this season of your life? Are they fears of rejection? Failure? Success? Are they fears for your loved ones, your health, or that you will never measure up in some part of your life? Are they…
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Athletes and Artists

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You are supposed to be both. For the masterpiece of your life to be fully unveiled, it will require both the disciplined striving of an athlete and the detailed touch of an artist. In Acts 24:16, the Apostle Paul declared, “I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.” The word…
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Body Art for a New Generation

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In recent years, our culture has increasingly fallen in love with body art. Today, everyone from athletes to executives to students and mothers of small children are sporting detailed, intricate tattoos. Even a prominent theologian recently posted a picture of a complex philosophical theory that he had gotten tattooed across…