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Life Illustrations
"Diss-ing" Discipleship - A Contemporary "Weigh In" On An Ancient Value
Publish Date: 07/25/2007
First, knowing that so many ministry types serve Jesus' "I will build My Church" goals, I don't want to seem unduly critical of any in addressing a concern. So, hey-if you're a dedicated servant-leader, I'm on your side! But that aside, I want to bluntly assert the fact of a lessened "weight" being given today to Jesus' strategy for advancing His Church. He said, "Go-make disciples!" And this foundational call is increasingly being "dissed."
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Fasting... The Feast That Frees
Publish Date: 06/02/2007
We often join our hearts in prayerful fasting as a congregation. There are very real, rich, and profitable reasons for doing so; so vital that fasting becomes a kind of feast--a celebration in spiritual dynamic. Let me share with you concerning this meaningful practice.
Fasting is scriptural: The Word of God makes it clear that fasting is an instrument of spiritual power: a key by which bonds of evil are broken and by which God's counsels are received and established in the affairs of man (Isaiah 58:6-8; Mark 9:29; Acts 13:2, 3).
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A Slice of Infinity
A Storied Love
Publish Date: 07/03/2008
Human relationships, love, and passion have remained throughout history
topics weighted with emotion and opinion, topics that birth great
insight into the cries of the human heart. Even one as intellectually
venomous and stoically minded ...
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The Apologist’s First Question
Publish Date: 07/02/2008
I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of
the Gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the
failure on our part to live it out. I remember well in the early days
of my Christian faith talking to ...
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So Many Choices
Publish Date: 07/01/2008
Comedian Steve Martin once joked, "It's so hard to believe in
anything anymore. If it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch, I
wouldn't believe in anything."
Martin's words at once communicate the comedy to be found ...
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God on the Side of Sinners
Publish Date: 06/30/2008
“You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night,
feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the
steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to
meet. That which I ...
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A Story to Repeat
Publish Date: 06/29/2008
Sami Dagher is one of the main characters in a story I never grow tired
of hearing. Ravi Zacharias tells of a time when he was traveling
through a tense and volatile land in a van that "moved more by prayer
than mechanical ability." ...
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My God Is King
Publish Date: 06/26/2008
A story written in antiquity that continues to exceed contemporary
standards of what is considered “good storytelling” is more than a
little interesting. The book of Ruth has drawn accolades from many
voices for many years. Goethe held ...
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