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Andrae Crouch: My Own Tribute
I thank God for the mountains, I thank Him for the valleys And I thank Him for the storms He’s brought me through ‘Cause if I’d never had a problem I’d never know that God could solve them I’d never...
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Dropping the S-Bomb
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” – Proverbs 27:6 37 years ago I was hugely backslidden. Since I’d been in full time ministry before my fall, quite a few...
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Scars, Resilience, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“For the victory to be won some of us will have to get scarred a bit.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today we recognize a man and his legacy, and I’m happy to honor both. I know a few of my fellow...
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Walking Wisely
Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. -Psalms 1: 1-2 What we listen to has a lot to do with...
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Prayers for Speaking Events in New Hampshire
I’d sure appreciate your prayers this weekend, as I have the pleasure of spending it in New Hampshire to speak for a few events. I just got in last night, and as expected, the weather’s cold and the...
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Pedaling Among the Weary
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. -Galatians 6:9 I’m going into training for the April Bike-A-Thon our church sponsors every year. Proceeds go to...
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Saved and Strugglin’
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases. – Arnold Glasow When I asked God to remove my temptations, He answered by allowing more of them to come, and in stronger forms, and more often. I...
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Love Thy Jerk
“We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.” – Bill Watterson We all have them, usually through circumstance; sometimes by our own (bad) choice. Most of the names people...
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Newsong Church: In Tune or Off Key?
In the screwball comedy classic Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant, dressed in a woman’s bathrobe, jumps up and down shouting, “I’ve suddenly gone gay!” He could have been speaking for a growing number of...
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When Consciences Collide: Making Sense of the Indiana Religious Freedom...
“It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others.” -Thomas Jefferson Been There, Done That Had That Done to Me Amidst all of today’s...
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When ‘My Bad’ Really Is Bad
“Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.” -Erwin W. Lutzer When something gets me really mad, or really scared, I do something about it. When something...
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When Truth Isn’t Enough
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. – Romans 12:15 One of my worst memories ever is of a funeral service I conducted as a young minister. A twenty-something mother...
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The Default Principle
When you discover an intense experience, it becomes yours. You adopt it, mentally and permanently. And once it’s adopted, it stays in your memory as a part of your experiential history. That’s bad...
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Reparative Therapy: How Does it Work, What does it Achieve?
Should I go up one flight of stairs and then come back down, or should I go down one flight of stairs and then come back up? Same destination, same distance, same amount of work, but two different...
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The Imperfect Conqueror
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us And if our God is with us, then what can stand against? -Chris Tomlin, “Our God” I get it when I read that God loves me. Forgives me, too, which...
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You Said It
“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.” ― Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls You and I are leaving trails. They go all...
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With Grateful Respect
Fighting is honorable, assuming the situation calls for it, and the fighting is done fairly. So our Memorial Day remembrances and appreciations today are good and relevant. My hat tips while my heart...
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Now What? Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil’s hour; we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed...
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Good Grief
“Nobody wants to be good at grieving – we are half afraid that having such a skill would only attract more grief. But because you will not be spared from times of loss, it is important to believe that...
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Our Beloved Jerks
If you deal with people at all, then you are almost certainly are dealing with a jerk or two. I think you know what I mean by “jerk.” They’re the folks who are brash and inconsiderate, usually...
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