The Word of God
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Scripture … or Not
On the surface of things, there seem many points at which the Word ...
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In My Opinion
Each of us has opinions about … well, lots of things. About ...
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Back to Job
It’s easy to be hopeful about your future when the going’s good. ...
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Questioning the Word of God
It’s so incredibly tempting these days to question the Word of God; ...
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The Power of Good Habits
One most powerful forces in our lives – a force either for good or ...
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Prophecy – True or False?
There seem to be a lot of people on my social media feeds these days ...
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Let’s Circle Back
When you’re travelling down a rocky road, when life is more down ...
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But I Don’t Understand …
Any parent knows the frustration of telling their children to do ...
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Guilt and Anxiety
Guilt over the mistakes you’ve made in the past and anxiety over ...
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Something Interesting
When Jesus speaks, you and I can afford to hang on to every word ...
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My Prayer for You
Today I want to share with you something that I’m incredibly ...
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Emotional Clarity
One of the things that most of us aren’t all that good at is ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
By and large, we associate growing older with growing wiser. I mean, ...
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False Teaching
Here’s a crazy statistic: there are over twenty thousand Christian ...
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Know the Truth, But…
The truth, as things turn out, can be a dangerous thing when used in ...
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The Tip of the Iceberg
Success is a word that we all like to embrace. After all, who ...
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Lend Without a Return
In this day and age, the deal is that when you invest in something ...
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Think Twice
It’s funny how the human psyche works. Sometimes the obvious can be ...
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Take a Stand
So, might I ask you today, what is it that’s chipping away at your ...
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In Whom or What Do You Trust?
One of the things that frankly makes me wince every time I come ...
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Are You Crazy Too?
Some people I know think that I’m crazy. Perhaps they’re right. ...
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The Third Temptation
What is it in this world that you yearn for? What pleasures, what ...
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Pray for Us
So here’s a useless piece of information: today, this is the ...
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God’s Radical Grace
Well, here we are at the beginning of that funny little week between ...
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Comprehending Grace
It’s one thing to have a spectacular “come to Jesus” moment. ...
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Announcing Grace
When someone does something for you that you don’t deserve – I ...
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The Whole Job
With Christmas fast heading our way, many of us will be planning how ...
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Make No Mistake
We’ve all been to funerals … the loss of a loved one, a friend, a ...
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Don’t Ignore the Facts
During Jesus’ trial, Pontius Pilot asked the question “What is ...
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There is But One Way
Why is society so down on Christianity these days? What is it that ...
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A Beautiful Strategy, but…
Westminster Abbey in London has been the site of every British ...
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Out to Lunch
In this tech-driven age in which we live, our senses are constantly ...
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The Art of Believing
We all, to some extent, wear tinted glasses. In other words, we see ...
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Yearn for God
There’s a scary thing happening amongst God’s people today. It ...
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Can You Be Over-Inclusive?
Diversity and inclusion are very highly valued commodities in this ...
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Why Christ Offends
One of the key strategies of those who oppose Christianity is to ...
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Meanwhile…
We know, you and I, with absolute certainty that one day our time on ...
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The Price of Peace
Most of us consider wealth to be a good thing. Who doesn’t want to ...
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Blind to the Truth
Have you ever wanted something to be true so badly that you’d do ...
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A Godly Metamorphosis
The image that the world has of a loving God (if He were to exist at ...
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Satan in the End Times
Each and every day, as I read the news, as I see how people behave ...
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What is Good?
The world these days seems intent on blurring the line between good ...
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Whom Does Jesus Serve?
If only God would do what we want Him to do. If only Jesus would just ...
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The Negative Jesus
One of the biggest criticisms of Christians today is that they’re ...
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Good Criticism, Bad Praise
None of us likes being criticised. In fact, we much prefer to be ...
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Beware False Teachers
Whenever we believe something passionately, as I certainly do when it ...
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Fact Checking
Fake news is not merely a political cliché. It’s a profound ...
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Speak Up!
In any society, any community, there are winners and there are ...
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Your Sense of Purpose
Do you ever get the wobbles in your faith walk? Sure, you believe … ...
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False Prophets, False Gods
In our desire to be successful (something that’s been drummed into ...
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Too Much Pretending
There is so much pretending that goes on in the world today in ...
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The Deafening Sound of Humility
Most days, I make sure that I read the news – local, national and ...
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God In Your Old Age
One of the things that I find so intriguing is how God can take ...
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The Hatred of Sin
When it comes to … you know, those sinners out there … perhaps ...
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Walking Brave
Thank God that we’re not all preachers. Can you just imagine? ...
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God Conversations
When you get together with friends and family, perhaps over a cup of ...
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Make a Joyful Noise
Do you know what I’ve noticed? It’s much easier to make a joyful ...
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The Faithful Love of God
So, at what point did we come to the conclusion that it’s all up to ...
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The Happy Warrior
So, another question for you today. When you speak up in defence of ...
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Saving Sinners
Yesterday we read about loving your enemy – one of the many ...
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Conformity versus Morality
The pressure these days to depart from the truth, to forsake what God ...
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An Unhealthy Detachment
At some point along the way, anyone who chooses to believe in Jesus ...
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Grace Without Truth
We’ve been chatting these past few days about the truth – God’s ...
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The Church to Look Out For
I don’t know where you’re at in terms of your relationship with ...
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“Opinion” versus “Truth”
One of the things I’ve noticed – and perhaps you have too – is ...
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The Tender Love of God
It’s a rough and tumble world that we live in. Criticism can be ...
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It’s Time to Flourish
As you look at your life today, right here and now, would you say ...
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The Risks of Overthinking
With the glut of information (and indeed, misinformation) bombarding ...
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That Emotional Fog
Have you ever had the situation where you’re driving on a road at ...
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Bitter Herbs
This whole notion of “sin” … well, it’s not particularly ...
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Roast Lamb
So here we are in Easter week casting our minds back to that Passover ...
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A Time to Remember
Easter week comes around so quickly. And we seem to pass through it ...
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Closer Than You Think
Yesterday we read about how small, how inadequate, how empty we feel ...
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A God We Can’t Contain
So, what’s your concept of God? From everlasting to everlasting? ...
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That One Master Habit
It’s funny isn’t it, how easy it is to drift away from good ...
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Way, Way Too Small
The more I read Scripture, the more I listen to God speak, the more I ...
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Defending Your Rights
If the rhetoric of Christians in the social media feeds that I ...
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The Great Temptation
The great temptation these days is to edit the Bible, delete this ...
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Everything You Have
Can I ask you something today? When it comes to supporting God’s ...
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A Cheap Imitation of Christmas
Today, right around the world, children will be leaving a glass of ...
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Born Again
So we’re chatting this week about why Jesus came to this earth, why ...
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Stop Making This About You
Some years ago I had a neighbour who drove me absolutely mad. He ...
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The Unbreakable Partnership of Faith
The idea of taking a step of faith, well, that seems like a good ...
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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
We know that we should have faith in Jesus. We know that we’re ...
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God Won’t Let You Drift Away
Yesterday we chatted about the reality that sometimes, we can wander ...
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Don’t Believe in Vain
I strongly suspect that there’s a point in every person’s faith ...
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The Power to Save Your Soul
To be sure, some of the things that God has to say are at the very ...
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Beautiful People
Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. True. Our notion of ...
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Which Jesus Are You Following?
Back when Jesus was walking the dusty roads of Israel, there were ...
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Up Close and Personal
Today … something different. I’d like to get up close and ...
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If Wombs Had Windows
The Bible seems silent sometimes on important issues. One of those ...
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A License to do Good
Jesus promised us that if He sets us free, then we will be, in His ...
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Are You Strapped In?
Like it or not, trouble will hit our lives from time to time. Just ...
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Slipping on the Banana Peel
Sin. The same one seems to trip us up over and over again. It’s ...
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The Getting of Peace
So if, as we saw yesterday, peace isn’t something that we can ...
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Peace of Mind
Peace is a subject that I love to circle back to again and again ...
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God as Your Guide
I don’t know how it goes for you, but what I find in life – yes, ...
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True Peace
Peace is something that we all want in our lives: A life free from ...
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How Great is the Father’s Love
In my neck of the woods, today is Father’s Day. If that’s not the ...
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The Law of Liberty
Freedom means being able to do whatever you want, whenever you want, ...