The Rich Young Family

A young family came to Jesus and asked, “What can we do to have a close, loving family, which lives for things eternal and makes a difference in this world?” Jesus said, “Go, sell all of your televisions and give the money to the poor.” And the family went away very sorrowful because they couldn’t [...]

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Then Your Light Will Break Out Like the Dawn

How’s the gloom factor in your life? Are you gloomy? Is your church gloomy? Is your Sunday school class gloomy? Is your small group under a cloud of gloom? Maybe you should stand up and say, “If there’s a cast of gloom over us, maybe we should find some project for the hungry.” If you [...]

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Children Desiring God

A few weeks ago, I, along with a few gals from my church, attended the Children Desiring God conference in Chattanooga. The main speakers, David and Sally Michael, provided the vision and leadership for a completely re-hauled Children’s Ministry at Bethlehem Baptist in Minnesota. As well as being biblical, experienced, and well-informed, they were extremely [...]

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Speaking Truth in Love

My recent thoughts have been on how to communicate better with people. It is easy to ponder something for a while and then post them here, but quite another when caught off-guard with unexpected statements and responses from others on a daily basis.
When do I keep silent, and when do I speak truth in love? Is it [...]

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Embracing Learning

Futurefaith so eloquently expresses the need for Christians to embrace knowledge with a God-central world-view and not fear that learning is somehow in opposition to godliness. 
In acknowledging that God is preeminent in our lives and is author of this world we should gain a bigger picture of God rather than a smaller one. Self interferes when [...]

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