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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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The Secret Sauce in Evangelism
What would you tell a mom and dad desiring to spread the faith to their kids? Or what do you think is the key to passing on your faith to friends at work? We often believe that the secret is a winsome presentation of the gospel, or having good answers to the tough questions, apologetics and such. Continue reading
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Why I Love a Good Cemetery
I’ve been a fan of cemeteries for a long time; they keep you grounded. But seriously, Ladies and Gentlemen, they do. After all, unless our Master returns (Come, Lord Jesus), we are all headed to a cemetery for long term storage. So they do have a way of keeping you…if not grounded, then humble. You see, when Continue reading
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What to Remember When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer
“We wanted him to redeem us, but he only got himself crucified.” So intimated Cleopas and friend to that mysterious traveler on the road to Emmaus. He and his fellow disciples were hoping for a savior who would bring redemption to Israel, but all they got was a well-meaning dead friend, hanged on a bloody Continue reading
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We Will Get Exactly What the Thief Got
There is a rumor going around that when Christians die, they go into a state sometimes called “soul sleep”, almost a sci-fi type suspended animation thing. The idea undoubtedly comes from Paul’s description of believers’ death as “sleep” in 1 Corinthians 11, 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4. Jehovah’s Witnesses teach soul sleep, along with Seventh Day Adventists. But make Continue reading
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An Oft Overlooked Prayer
The question of what we should pray for is an interesting one. I once wrote about asking for “personal, selfish things” and that article seems to have garnered a good bit of interest. But I do think we fall into praying ruts, which is one reason I pray through the Lord’s Prayer most every day. Continue reading
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