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Captured by God’s Beauty
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) has been called one of America’s greatest artists, an innovator who painted with ideas.“There are many reasons to regard Edwards as an original and venturesome thinker,”...
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Make the Switch in Life and Worship
During a ferocious winter storm, I awoke in the middle of the night to find my house without electricity. A quick glance out the window revealed that our entire block was entirely dark.I called our...
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Kindle the Fire in Corporate Worship
You were made for more than private devotions.As nice as it can be to tuck ourselves away in some nook and cranny, all by our lonesome, and read the Scriptures we want to read, pray the prayers we...
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Five Benefits of Corporate Worship
Worshiping Jesus together may be the single most important thing we do. It plays an indispensable role in rekindling our spiritual fire, and keeping it burning. Corporate worship brings together God’s...
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Remember
Memorial Day, as Americans have come to know it, began in the years immediately following the Civil War. But until World War II, most people knew it as “Decoration Day.” It was a day to decorate with...
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The Ethos of Christian Hedonism: Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing
Defending Christian Hedonism exegetically is one thing; helping people feel the ethos of it is something else. The latter is harder. That’s what I want to try to do here.But first, what is it?Christian...
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God Will Give You Everything You Need
Jesus wants us to live an anxiety-free life.He says in Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”“All these things” include what we...
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Too Scared to Cry: Social Media Outrage and the Gospel
A friend of mine posted on Facebook about what he called a “parenting fail.” His son stubbed his toe, and squealed with tears. My friend wanted to toughen him up, and told him that only girls cried...
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Brooklyn’s Bridge
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? (Psalm 22:1)Adam and Corrie Hull were given Brooklyn, an amazing little girl.For 118 days.She...
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Partnering with People in Their Pain
My sweet wife has struggled with chronic pain just about every day for almost three and a half years. As it became clear that this could be a long-term struggle for her, I was struggling myself with...
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When Wasting Your Life Is Worship
We all are happiness hunters. We are all treasure seekers. And as Judas and Mary illustrate, there’s one sure way to measure what we treasure: what we’re willing to spend to obtain it.The dinner table...
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The Peril and Potential of Youth Athletics
Remember, it’s only a game.That’s an important prompt in youth athletics — not just for the kids, but even more so for coaches bent on winning and parents pressing to live vicariously through their...
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Side by Side on Sundays
I’m just not getting fed at church.The music doesn't really connect with me.I wish the preacher would use more stories or illustrations.Have you heard those statements before? Or maybe, like me, you’ve...
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“Genitalia Are Not Destiny” — But Are They Design?
Riding in the wake of the cultural speedboat of the destigmatization of same-sex intercourse is the mainstreaming of “gender non-conformists.” Witness the June 9 issue of Time. Laverne Cox, born a boy,...
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Running with Jonah
“Not called,” did you say?“Not heard the call,” I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burden,...
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The Question
Every Christian does the work of ministry. Whether great or small, experienced or new, vocational or not — every Christian has some kind of ministry given them from God.We all have a calling on our...
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Read, Reflect, Write (Repeat)
You are a writer.Even if it’s just email. Even if it’s hardly anything of significance. Even if you’d never self-identify as a “writer,” or ever consider trying to make a living at something you’re so...
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Sharpen Your Affections with Fasting
Fasting has fallen on hard times — at least, it seems, among our overstuffed bellies in the American church. I speak as one of the well-fed.Sure, you’ll find your exceptions here and there. Some...
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Finding Heaven Through the Haze
There are many wonderful things that happen by means of prayer.The greatest effect, of course, is that God is glorified. Jesus instructed us to pray, “Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” (Matthew...
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The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Means
As a brand new worship leader, I loved choosing songs. I loved finding a new song that pounded my heart and changed my world. I loved arranging that new song so that the big key change would bring the...
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