I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father (John 14:12, NLT). I’ve prayed for people to be healed, and it didn’t happen. Have you been disappointed in God’s way of answering your […]
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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice (Philippians 4:4, ESV). I try to rejoice in all things and often fail miserably. I understand that I should rejoice always but I must admit that I often don’t feel like it. And yet Scripture keeps reminding me to… Rejoice always (1 Thessalonians 5:16). Consider it
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On Monday, for the next few months I will write an Interruption in summary of one book of the New Testament. Today it’s the OG (Old Guy—that’s me) on the Book of James. I memorized the Book of James decades ago. How many of us have found comfort in James 1:2-3? Consider it all joy, my
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The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice (Psalm 97:1, ESV). A magnificent theme of the Bible is the sovereignty of God. As Psalm 103:19 reads… The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all (NASB1995). If God is in charge, we have nothing to fear—world events, natural disasters, people who oppose us, money troubles, and injustice. The
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear (1 John 4:18a, ESV). A recent book I read said, “There was little sign of an impending mental illness crisis among adolescents in the 2000s.” This same book indicated that major depression among teens has gone up at least one hundred and fifty percent since
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For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago (Ephesians 2:10, NLT). The following opening line for a series of movies is recognizable by most… Your mission, should you choose to accept it… The title of the series
I love to read books, and every now and then I come across a chapter so amazing that I reread the chapter over and over. I get stuck, like a mental treadmill, again and again. One of my favorite authors is Timothy Keller. In his book The Reason for God, Keller has a chapter titled
I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it would move. Nothing would be impossible (Matthew 17:20, NLT). Jesus found his disciples unable to cast out a demon from a young boy. Jesus rebuked the
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On Mondays, for the next few months I will write an Interruption in summary of one book of the New Testament. Today it’s the OG version (Old Guy—that’s me) of the Book of Acts. The Book of Acts is formally entitled The Acts of the Apostles, which bothers me because the book mostly features the
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There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, God (v. 1, NASB1995). What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion (v. 1, NLT). Some translations open Psalm 65 with, “There will be silence before you,” while others say, “Mighty praise belongs to you.” The Hebrew word for “silence” is like the word translated as
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