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Longing For Another World
A slight melancholy fills the Knowlton home lately. Last Wednesday we drove to Three Lakes and dropped off Elisabeth at Honey Rock camp for “Passage”, Wheaton College’s adventure-based orientation program for first year students. After camp on Thursday, a bus will take her to campus where we will meet again and unload the paraphernalia for her… Continue reading
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It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
If you were watching TV in the 1980’s, surely you remember the Old Milwaukee commercials where the guys were sitting around the campfire drinking that mediocre beer and saying, “Fellas, it just doesn’t get any better than this.” My recent trip around YouTube tells me that there have been some fine parodies made since that time,… Continue reading
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Carrying a Bible in Your Car? Weirdo.
Years ago, when I led the Single adult ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel, one Friday night a man named Dave showed up at our ministry. He was clearly hurting, and when I found an opportunity to chat with him before the night was out, he told a tale of woe – his fiancée Amy had just… Continue reading
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All My Sin Has Been Paid For – Why Not Live Anyway I Please?
Some people say that the good news of the gospel is…too good. Ever since the Apostle Paul preached, this gospel has been under attack with an old chestnut that goes something like this: “If salvation is a free gift, then let’s live any way we choose!” Or as Paul himself said in Romans 6:1, shall we “continue in… Continue reading
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Finish What You (and the Lord) Started
Last summer Diane and I were part of a wedding in Milwaukee and stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast in the city. When we arrived at our lodgings that evening, the host and hostess, a husband and wife team, were wonderful people, very friendly, and it didn’t take too long for us to establish that they… Continue reading
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What Kind of Work Does God Appreciate?
Have you ever heard someone say that the only kind of work fully approved by God is “full-time Christian work,” you know, like pastor or missionary? The corollary to this idea is that your “secular” work matters, but it only matters as you give to the church, or to others who are doing full-time Christian work. On our college… Continue reading
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Kneeling on Hot Coals for Jesus?
For some reason through the years the people of God have gotten the idea that it’s godly to do painful things and give up pleasure. I don’t exactly know why this is, but…it is. So you get the accounts of the saints of old who prayed for hours while kneeling on rocks. Yikes…and this in the… Continue reading
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In Which I Tell the Story of Meeting Two Christian “Celebrities”
Bill Bright was the founder and leader of Cru, formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ. He loved the Word of God, and interestingly, memorized it in the Living Bible. Dr. Bright was an evangelism machine, sharing the gospel with everyone he met, and leading many of them to Christ. I once heard that the following very cool… Continue reading
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How Prayer Delivered Me From Panic Attacks
The following is an excerpt from my book on prayer. I’m picking up after the personal story of how I came to have my first panic attack: For you who are blessedly uniformed, the panic attack was different than any fear I had ever experienced, not just normal anxiety intensified. Of course, I had dealt… Continue reading
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A Trade You Must Make To Get Into Heaven
(A loose and modern-day paraphrase of Philippians 3:4 – 9) “Years ago, I had my confidence in all the wrong places. I assumed that I could know God and go to heaven on the basis of what I had done. For instance, I was extremely religious. It came naturally. My grandfather was a deacon and… Continue reading
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