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How to Know You are Going to Heaven
Photo by Jason Blackeye on Unsplash These are unprecedented times. The deadly virus, COVID-19, is sweeping the globe, leading many to wonder (and fear) where they will spend eternity. Now, thankfully, the percentages of those who get the virus and subsequently die are very low, but even a low probability of death “concentrates (the) mind wonderfully” (Samuel Johnson). Continue reading
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The Faith of Aaron Rodgers
If you missed it recently, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was interviewed by his girlfriend Danica Patrick for her podcast, and told his tale of leaving behind the Christian faith. In the five minute segment I saw, Rodgers spoke of his upbringing in the church and delight in attending Young Life during high school, but how Continue reading
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Swinging Through Life with Annie Grace
Our family’s 2009 sabbatical included a mid-July trip to Oxford, England, and the famed University of Oxford; but our visit to the world’s oldest English-speaking college (circa 1096) was tinged with frustration: the hallowed halls of the once academic home of C.S. Lewis were closed to us. Maybe it was because of summer and University Continue reading
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C.S. Lewis on Praying for Personal Peace…
Lord that made the dragon, grant me thy peace, But say not that I should give up the gold, Nor move, nor die. Others would have the gold. Kill rather, Lord, the Men and the other dragons; Then I can sleep; go when I will to drink. – C.S. Lewis, ‘The Dragon Speaks’, Poems I Continue reading
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Why Followers of Jesus Believe the Bible…
A few weeks ago I was out to dinner with three other pastors, and we got to talking about how Jesus proves that there is life after death. The Lord was arguing with the Sadducees (who said there isn’t a resurrection), and Jesus brought them to that moment where Moses was at the burning bush, Continue reading
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What Rob Bell Has in Common with Jonah
Old Testament prophet Jonah has always been a strange one to me. First of all, if I were called to preach to the capital of a wicked kingdom like Assyria, I might be a little nervous about the reception I would receive, but I think I would be fired up. You know, the chance to Continue reading
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One Thing is Necessary…
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do Continue reading
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Thinking About Your Smart Phone Habits
“What I am coming to understand is that this impulse to pull the lever of a random slot machine of viral content is the age-old tactic of Satan. C.S. Lewis called it the ‘Nothing’ strategy in his Screwtape Letters. It is the strategy that eventually leaves a man at the end of his life looking Continue reading
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First Things First
After writing The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the late great life management guru Stephen Covey also wrote a book entitled, First Things First. Covey was an expert at helping others put first things first, managing their time by dividing the activities of life into four quadrants: Quadrant I: Important and Urgent (Your house is on fire) Continue reading
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