It’s tough to look at Good Friday as a celebration with all of the pain and cruelty Jesus endured on a deadly timber atop Golgatha. All of the optics—at least on the surface—scream bleakness, futility, and hopelessness. But we celebrate anyway because God made these three days that changed the world forever to be a […]
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I struggled mightily for the first half of this past weekend to obey God’s directive to BE STILL. An “avalanche of overwhelm” in my life produced a day of pain before I finally embraced God’s truth that stillness is NOT weakness. It’s TRUST. My next step was to focus on Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and
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Most of my weekend was spent in front of a crackling fireplace as the sky spit and sprayed water across the tree-studded hills near Yosemite National Park on America’s West Coast. Tagging along for the ride was this probing question: “Am I TRULY living by FAITH?” Searching for the answer transported me to moments early
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What if the very storm you’re facing right now is the stage where God wants to prove His power in your life? Life has a way of surprising us with unexpected challenges — from financial struggles to health scares, relationship strains, or career setbacks. In moments like these, anxiety can creep in, whispering lies that
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I had an epiphany this past weekend as the calendar flipped to March. I’m calling it “REVERSE WISDOM.” Here’s the bottom line: My “LIFE wisdom” may grow every year, but my goal is to expand my “GOD wisdom.” And here’s the encouraging footnote—God promises that the closer we get to Christ, the less we will
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If you’re frustrated with your spiritual growth, STOP TRYING SO HARD! Many Christians chasing spiritual maturity hit a wall because they push too hard in one (or both) of these ways: CHASING TOO MUCH Treating your spiritual growth like a checklist of activities, expecting results from relentless doing. THINKING TOO MUCH Overanalyzing your progress, doubting
SPIRITUAL AUTHENTICITY is more than just believing in Christ—it’s living in a way that reflects him. It’s unmistakable. It’s transformational. And it’s the responsibility of every believer to find their authentic self. Not only for themselves, but especially for OTHERS so we MAXIMIZE our IMPACT on the people we touch. The one outcome that must
A dark cloud of GLOOM has settled over the world. Negativity rules. Cynicism abounds. Despair haunts. (Hang tight—the positive is coming. But first, YOU need to take the GLOOM TEST.) Our natural bias toward gloom and doom isn’t new. What is new is its fuel source, the digital hurricane of information that bombards us 24/7.
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The world has been preaching SELF-LOVE for a long time. For Christians, the latest trend is the idea that loving YOURSELF first is the key to loving OTHERS. That sounds okay at first blush. But a little digging in God’s Word makes it clear how this is a distortion of biblical truth. Here’s the reality:
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Tired and spent, 2024 left town long ago and paved the way for 2025 to appear with its fresh face. With that comes this compelling question: “Who will we be one year from today?” I am NOT talking about what we will have “achieved” or “accumulated.” The question is WHO we will be as a
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