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New Strategy to Destroy the Church (An Intercepted Transmission)
Read more: New Strategy to Destroy the Church (An Intercepted Transmission)The following is an intercepted transmission from the forces of darkness containing their new strategy against the Kingdom. The sender and recipient are unknown, but it appears to be a regional commander’s correspondence to a subordinate. The target area is also unknown, but its directive appears to be far-reaching, and therefore it may be informative…
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Did God Really Say…?: Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers
Read more: Did God Really Say…?: Asking the Right Questions to Get the Right AnswersHow is a Christian to respond to illegal immigration? What is or is not appropriate to watch on TV? Can we let our children go to public school? Can you wear jeans to church? Is it OK for a wife or mother to work? Can a man serve in the military (or hold any other…
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Life in 4D: Four Categories to Help Trace Spiritual Growth
Read more: Life in 4D: Four Categories to Help Trace Spiritual GrowthAs we prepare to switch out our calendars, we can’t help but think back to where we were 365 days ago. How does the person in those pictures compare to the person in the mirror? Surely we have changed, right? Physical change is rather easy to see (sometimes easier than we would like!), but how…
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A Christmas to Love: (Or Insert Favorite Hallmark Movie Title)
Read more: A Christmas to Love: (Or Insert Favorite Hallmark Movie Title)We all remember Christmas mornings. Coffee is brewing and gifts are wrapped and under the tree. Then, gifts are opened and smiles abound. Prayers are said and delicious meals are eaten. These are the memories that remain in our minds and in our photo albums. These happy images adorn Christmas cards, carry the melody of…
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Thanksgiving: A Lesson from Our Grandparents
Read more: Thanksgiving: A Lesson from Our GrandparentsI love grandparents. They are full of wisdom and weird stories of a time when life– for better or worse– was different. We could certainly learn a lot from them about how they were thankful in hard times, but that’s not what I have in view here. Rather, it is how our grandparents always, without…
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Counterfeit Contentment: How to Go from Resignation to Satisfaction in Trials
Read more: Counterfeit Contentment: How to Go from Resignation to Satisfaction in TrialsAs turkeys descend upon our supermarkets and we prepare to descend upon our in-laws, we remember that we are to think of all we are thankful for. And we remind ourselves that we are to give thanks for all things, the good and the bad. But how often does the conduct of our lives match…
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The Modern Evangelical Assault on Sola Scriptura
Read more: The Modern Evangelical Assault on Sola ScripturaNo one ever plans to apostatize. A good, faithful Christian doesn’t go to sleep and then wake up the next day and walk away from the faith. It takes time, and there are a number of contributing factors. But before someone leaves the faith, they must either abandon, pervert, or weaken the Scriptures such that…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray Without Ceasing
Read more: Lord, Teach Us to Pray Without CeasingWhen I read Paul’s command in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to pray without ceasing, I usually read it with a healthy dose of guilt and discouragement. I surely desire to pray without ceasing, but how can that be done? If you are like me (and many others), you have made commitments to do this only to…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Three Suggestions for Vibrant, Consistent Prayer
Read more: Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Three Suggestions for Vibrant, Consistent PrayerIn last weeks article we looked at three attitudes for a vibrant prayer life. Thinking of what God has done, seeing our need for Him, and desiring a deeper relationship with Him should drive us to pray more. But how do we put this into practice? How do we ensure we are praying for everything…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Three Attitudes to Cultivate a Vibrant Prayer Life
Read more: Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Three Attitudes to Cultivate a Vibrant Prayer Life“Do I meet you praying?” This is how 18th Century minister John Fletcher would greet his friends.[1] That is quite the greeting! How would you answer if your friends greeted you that way? I confess, I would often have to say, “No.” As much as we have read about prayer, we still likely do not…
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