The world has a saying, “It’s always darkest before dawn.” I remember many occasions waking alone in the mountains well before sunrise, far from any other human, the sky filled with darkness yet aglitter with twinkling lights of promise decorating the enormous black sky. Soon black illumined to gray, then purple, red, and orange. Finally, […]
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When I look at Augustine’s words—that Christ was born of a woman He Himself created, carried by hands He Himself formed, the Logos Word of God crying wordlessly in a lowly manger—I am struck by the magnificence of our savior’s sacrifice. It didn’t happen only at the cross. It began when He stepped down from
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November is the month of Thanksgiving, but every day should be filled with gratitude for the blessings and salvation of our Lord. While it’s easy to find things to complain about, there is much more to celebrate if we gaze with open eyes. I think of Evangelists Nick Vujicic (born without arms or legs) and
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It seems sometimes my mind has a mind of its own. I try to pray, mind will stray. Try to study, brain goes muddy. Start to ponder, mind will wander. Begin to think, thoughts really stink. Sound familiar? But it doesn’t have to be like that, and we cannot allow it. Thoughts shape our life
Whenever I preach, I’m always preaching to myself. Those three fingers pointing back are incessantly apparent as I invite the Holy Spirit to examine my life. My loving hope is what I go through is common enough that others may benefit as well from my professions of scripture. Honesty and transparency are good, allowing us
Everyone has morals. The problem is not everyone has good ones. One could argue Hitler had morals, but few would call his actions good by any stretch of the imagination. God has told His people what is good, and Jesus said if we love Him we will obey his commandments. The world has fallen further
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David begins this Psalm in verse one by praising our Lord who preserves and prospers his people: “Blessed be the LORD my strength, Which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight”. We are in a frenzied spiritual war against the strangest of children, but we can find comfort and assurance in the fact God has already won
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We’re definitely not Jesus, with His power over the earth and elements, but we are indeed made in His image and wield His power and authority given to us. While the wind may not calm at our rebuke, demons and unclean spirits faint when we speak the authority of Christ within us. If we are
There’s a window and bumper sticker you’ve likely seen that reads, “NOTW: Not Of This World.” That’s how we Christians must view ourselves according to the words in red recorded in John 17:14, “I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I
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We live in an age when people know so much, yet comprehend so little. They can Google anything but are easily swayed by culture and leaders to follow the fallacies of the world rather than the truth of our Lord. The apostle Paul warns us in the last days, “there will come times of difficulty. For
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