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• 02:36, 16 July 2025 (hist) (diff) m Rise, Christian, and Conquer ‎ (Protected "Rise, Christian, and Conquer" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:35, 16 July 2025 (hist) (diff) N Rise, Christian, and Conquer ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}When we pass through the gates of glory, how many of us will wish we had faced more trials? Like soldiers returning home, will we secretly regret not having more stories ...')
• 15:19, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m A Secret to Fearless Living ‎ (Protected "A Secret to Fearless Living" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:19, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N A Secret to Fearless Living ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Brothers, the love of comfort is killing our courage. Prosperity tells us we can have character without conflict, scars of honor without suffering, medals without warfare...')
• 15:14, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m Sermons Change Lives ‎ (Protected "Sermons Change Lives" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:14, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N Sermons Change Lives ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Pastor, I know this can be easy to forget in the press and stress of ministry. I know that, on any given Sunday, a dozen thoughts can dominate your head before this one. ...')
• 15:04, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m Wise Leaders Start Well ‎ (Protected "Wise Leaders Start Well" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:03, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N Wise Leaders Start Well ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Finishing well is crucial in life and ministry, but it also matters how you start. Of course, the Scriptures include many cautionary tales of good starts and disastrous e...')
• 14:48, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m Rejoice Up, Out, and In ‎ (Protected "Rejoice Up, Out, and In" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:47, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N Rejoice Up, Out, and In ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Pattern for Everyday Praise''' <blockquote>I will bless the Lord at all times;<br> his praise shall continually be in my mouth.<br> My soul makes its boast in the L...')
• 14:38, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m Evangelism for Introverts ‎ (Protected "Evangelism for Introverts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:38, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N Evangelism for Introverts ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Street vendors fascinate me. I’ve refused them time without number — but it hasn’t been personal. Deep down, I admire them. I wish I were more like them. They seem...')
• 14:33, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) m A Father’s Guide to Family Vacations ‎ (Protected "A Father’s Guide to Family Vacations" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:33, 30 June 2025 (hist) (diff) N A Father’s Guide to Family Vacations ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}As vacation season approaches for many families, godly fathers aim to plan time off with holy intentionality. They look to lead their family so that vacation serves God...')
• 02:25, 29 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m What Was Before the Beginning? ‎ (Protected "What Was Before the Beginning?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:25, 29 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N What Was Before the Beginning? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Ways to View God (and Life)''' “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” So said A.W. Tozer in ''Knowledge of...')
• 02:19, 29 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m Do You See God? ‎ (Protected "Do You See God?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:19, 29 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N Do You See God? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Do you see God? Few questions are more important in the life of the Christian, both now and for the satisfaction of our souls forever. Just as one must ask (and answer),...')
• 14:43, 27 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m Do You See Eternity? ‎ (Protected "Do You See Eternity?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:43, 27 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N Do You See Eternity? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}When I was a brand-new believer in the 1970s, many Christians eagerly listened to Bible teachers “proving” from Scripture that Christ would return in the 1980s. ''The...')
• 18:41, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m Do You See Your Soul? ‎ (Protected "Do You See Your Soul?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:41, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N Do You See Your Soul? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Picture yourself facing one of your typical temptations. A neighbor opens a door for you to say something about Jesus, and the fearful part of you begs silence. A brother...')
• 01:45, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m God of Saving Song ‎ (Protected "God of Saving Song" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:45, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) God of Saving Song ‎
• 01:45, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N God of Saving Song ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Music is all around us. Song echoes through creation, resounds in the heavens, and springs from the hearts of those who delight in God. From where does this symphony of s...')
• 01:40, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m God of All Goodness ‎ (Protected "God of All Goodness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:40, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N God of All Goodness ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>You are good and do good. (Psalm 119:68)</blockquote> The living God, the only God, the God who always was and always will be, the God in whose presence we...')
• 01:31, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) m Why Does God Seem Silent? ‎ (Protected "Why Does God Seem Silent?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:31, 5 May 2025 (hist) (diff) N Why Does God Seem Silent? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How He Works While We Wait''' Suffering can feel overwhelming. But when suffering stretches on with no answer from God, it can feel unbearable. There have been times...')
• 19:48, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Why Your Life Isn’t Working ‎ (Protected "Why Your Life Isn’t Working" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:47, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Why Your Life Isn’t Working ‎
• 19:45, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Why Your Life Isn’t Working ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Are you happy? Are you satisfied? You tour the zoo with your daughter and peer into the glass with the gorilla. You stare at the gorilla; he stares back. Are your lives ...')
• 19:35, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Partnering to Plant ‎ (Protected "Partnering to Plant" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:35, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Partnering to Plant ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Seven Ways Churches Can Collaborate''' Church planting is one-half asking people for favors and one-half asking for money. I exaggerate, but not by much. Church plant...')
• 14:57, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Desire Without Ceasing ‎ (Protected "Desire Without Ceasing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:57, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Desire Without Ceasing ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Longing Fuels a Life of Prayer''' <blockquote>This very desire is your prayer, and if your desire is continuous, your prayer is continuous too. The apostle meant ...')
• 14:43, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Teach Me, Help Me, Thrill Me ‎ (Protected "Teach Me, Help Me, Thrill Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:43, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Teach Me, Help Me, Thrill Me ‎
• 14:43, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Teach Me, Help Me, Thrill Me ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Guide to the Longest Psalm''' The Grand Canyon is spectacular and vast: 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and over a mile deep. Covering about 1,900 square miles...')
• 14:34, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Do You Fight for Joy? ‎ (Protected "Do You Fight for Joy?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:33, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Do You Fight for Joy? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Almost twenty years after writing what many would call my signature book, ''Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist'', I finally wrote the book I knew I had to ...')
• 14:25, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Laugh Before Devils ‎ (Protected "Laugh Before Devils" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:25, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Laugh Before Devils ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Once I had a friend who dated this woman. She was nice, as I recall her, smart and extremely studious. She had ambitions to be top of her class. Yet her drive to excel w...')
• 14:04, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Wait on God While the Darkness Lasts ‎ (Protected "Wait on God While the Darkness Lasts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 14:04, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Wait on God While the Darkness Lasts ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The landscape of college ministry has shifted dramatically over the past 25 years. But here in 2025, I’m still consistently receiving the same question that I asked as ...')
• 03:14, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Start Asking God for More ‎ (Protected "Start Asking God for More" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:14, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Start Asking God for More ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Reasons We Pray Less''' Praying has always been hard for Christians. I once heard John Stott say that prayer was his greatest struggle in the Christian life, and...')
• 03:06, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Tough and Tender ‎ (Protected "Tough and Tender" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:06, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Tough and Tender ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Pastors Follow the Good Shepherd''' Jesus, our chief Shepherd, is remarkably tough and remarkably tender — and often at times and in ways we don’t expect. We...')
• 03:00, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) m Back When We Had Friends ‎ (Protected "Back When We Had Friends" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:00, 7 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N Back When We Had Friends ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Brothers Still Need Brothers''' Men, do you remember when we had friends? Back when we first asked in our own way, and without shame, ''Will you be my friend?'' ...')
• 01:14, 18 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Go Get Her ‎ (Protected "Go Get Her" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:14, 18 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Go Get Her ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''To Men Delaying Marriage''' On March 27, 1525, Wolfgang Reissenbusch served as a preceptor in the monastery of St. Anthony. This meant Mr. Reissenbusch had vowed to l...')
• 01:06, 18 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m God Forms Us Through Failure ‎ (Protected "God Forms Us Through Failure" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:06, 18 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N God Forms Us Through Failure ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Most of us love excellence and striving for perfection. We want our surgeon to be the best in the country. We want our professors to be at the top of their field. We want...')
• 02:47, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Shepherding Kids Through the Loss of a Loved One ‎ (Protected "Shepherding Kids Through the Loss of a Loved One" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:47, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Shepherding Kids Through the Loss of a Loved One ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}For weeks, our two kids practiced reciting verses for the National Bible Bee’s Proclaim Day. When they finally took the stage, their hands trembling and the high ceilin...')
• 02:31, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Be Still and Wonder ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Two Habits for Hurried Souls''' Sometimes, the solution to our spiritual struggles is less spiritual than we imagined. Maybe you walk in a spiritual wilderness, affl...') (top)
• 02:21, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Is Your Christianity Too Quiet? ‎ (Protected "Is Your Christianity Too Quiet?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:21, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Is Your Christianity Too Quiet? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Is your Christian life too private, too indoorsy? “You are the light of the world,” our Lord declares. “A city set on a hill cannot be hidden” (Matthew 5:14). So...')
• 22:11, 16 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Grow Deep ‎ (Protected "Grow Deep" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 22:10, 16 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Grow Deep ‎
• 22:10, 16 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Grow Deep ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Word to Young Men''' You want your life to matter. Maybe you look back with regret at years of trifling or lusting or swearing or drinking. You’ve wasted so much ...')
• 21:14, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Worship Where You Are ‎ (Protected "Worship Where You Are" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 21:03, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Worship Where You Are ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Ways We Suffer Well''' Few chapters in Scripture have impacted me as much as 2 Chronicles 20. God has met me, often through tears, in this passage — a passage ...')
• 17:29, 3 March 2025 (hist) (diff) m Life Will Not Get Easier ‎ (Protected "Life Will Not Get Easier" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:29, 3 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N Life Will Not Get Easier ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}There’s a lie we all want to believe — even against all available evidence. It trades on our God-given capacity for hope. It tempts even those with impeccable theolog...')
• 16:03, 9 January 2025 (hist) (diff) m Honor Your (Elderly) Parents ‎ (Protected "Honor Your (Elderly) Parents" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:03, 9 January 2025 (hist) (diff) N Honor Your (Elderly) Parents ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Adult Children ‘Make Some Return’''' Recently, I enjoyed reconnecting with a friend from college who is now sixty-something years old (like me) and who cares ...')
• 15:58, 9 January 2025 (hist) (diff) m Outpray God’s Goodness ‎ (Protected "Outpray God’s Goodness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:57, 9 January 2025 (hist) (diff) N Outpray God’s Goodness ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I wish I could always address God in prayer as Paul did: “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think . . .” (Ephesians 3:20). If ...')
• 20:58, 20 December 2024 (hist) (diff) m The Quiet Strength of Godly Fear ‎ (Protected "The Quiet Strength of Godly Fear" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:58, 20 December 2024 (hist) (diff) N The Quiet Strength of Godly Fear ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Lessons from the Life of Sarah''' History was repeating itself. As the king took Sarah’s trembling hand, leading her away from her husband and into yet another fore...')
• 03:28, 25 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m How to Overlook an Offense ‎ (Protected "How to Overlook an Offense" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:27, 25 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N How to Overlook an Offense ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}“Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense” (Proverbs 19:11). In moments of calm, the wise man’s counsel sounds so right, so sa...')
• 16:07, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m When Offenses Come ‎ (Protected "When Offenses Come" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:06, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N When Offenses Come ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Forgive and Move On''' “Can I get your number?” a woman from church asks you. “It would be great to get together sometime. I’ll reach out!” She doesn...')
• 15:56, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m When Your Heart Condemns You ‎ (Protected "When Your Heart Condemns You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:56, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N When Your Heart Condemns You ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The apostle John gives us a phrase full of angst when he writes, “whenever our heart condemns us . . .” (1 John 3:20). Has your heart ever condemned you; shut up your...')
• 15:45, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m Make the Most of Sunday Mornings ‎ (Protected "Make the Most of Sunday Mornings" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:45, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N Make the Most of Sunday Mornings ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Two Simple Changes''' ''Ah, Sunday.'' That majestic morning when my children awake to the aroma of eggs and bacon and fresh-squeezed orange juice. When they bound dow...')
• 15:34, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m God Calls the Weak to War ‎ (Protected "God Calls the Weak to War" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:33, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N God Calls the Weak to War ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Christian Strength of Disability''' The young man was fully engaged in worship: hands raised, eyes closed, mouth wide open in song, completely lost in the moment....')
• 15:22, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) m Forget About Yourself ‎ (Protected "Forget About Yourself" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:21, 23 November 2024 (hist) (diff) N Forget About Yourself ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Six Paths to Better Thoughts''' C.S. Lewis describes it as the cheerful hallmark of humility. Tim Keller calls it the doorway into freedom. John Piper names it as the...')
• 16:06, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) m Peace Beyond Performance ‎ (Protected "Peace Beyond Performance" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:06, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) N Peace Beyond Performance ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Unshakable Joy for the Ups and Downs''' Which is closer to the center of your life as a Christian: what you’re doing for God, or what God has already done for you t...')
• 15:58, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) m Life Is Too Brief to Waste ‎ (Protected "Life Is Too Brief to Waste" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:58, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) N Life Is Too Brief to Waste ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning to Number Our Days''' As I write, I’m sitting outside my home, basking in a verdant, cloudless midsummer day in Minnesota. The sun-drenched landscape aroun...')
• 15:46, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) m Win Them with Dinner ‎ (Protected "Win Them with Dinner" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:46, 19 September 2024 (hist) (diff) N Win Them with Dinner ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Practicing Hospitality in Post-Christian Places''' In 2015, the Supreme Court (in ''Obergefell v. Hodges'') voted to legalize so-called same-sex marriage in all fifty...')
• 15:12, 9 September 2024 (hist) (diff) N The Marvelous Mundane ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Embracing the Slow Work of God''' The young mom is alone with her infant, covered in sweat, urine, and drool. Life feels unremarkable and repetitive. Another load of ...') (top)
• 20:13, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) m Good Leaders Are Easy to Follow ‎ (Protected "Good Leaders Are Easy to Follow" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:12, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) N Good Leaders Are Easy to Follow ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Shepherds Shape the Sheep''' If I let my 5-year-old have a can of Coke, a bag of Skittles, and half a dozen Oreos right before bed, I shouldn’t be surprised if ...')
• 20:06, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) m Every Marriage Needs a Mission ‎ (Protected "Every Marriage Needs a Mission" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:06, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) N Every Marriage Needs a Mission ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Steps for Husbands''' Our typical images of romantic, married love picture a couple facing each other, eyes locked in mutual affection. And for good reason. Ad...')
• 19:59, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) m Beneath the Mountain of Smoke ‎ (Protected "Beneath the Mountain of Smoke" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:58, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) N Beneath the Mountain of Smoke ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Recovering the Awe of Worship''' What happens every Sunday when the church gathers? We meet with God. Do such words still hold weight for you? Some of us arrive late...')
• 19:48, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) m The Resilient Mother ‎ (Protected "The Resilient Mother" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:48, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) N The Resilient Mother ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How We Bend Without Breaking''' Along the wooded trail behind my home, a birch tree arches in a graceful curve as it stretches across the pathway. It’s a veteran of...')
• 19:44, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) Friends Who Fell Away ‎ (top)
• 19:40, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) m Friends Who Fell Away ‎ (Protected "Friends Who Fell Away" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 19:40, 15 February 2023 (hist) (diff) N Friends Who Fell Away ‎ (Created page with ''''When Apostasy Comes Close to Home''' The memories, on most days, seem better left forgotten. Never has remembering sweet Bible studies tasted so bitter. Flashbacks of late-ni...')
• 19:41, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) m The Starving Eyes of Man ‎ (Protected "The Starving Eyes of Man" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:40, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N The Starving Eyes of Man ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Ache to See Glory''' The eyes of man were made for glory. His soul hungers for something worth seeing. This world is a war of spectacles. Man is a watching cr...')
• 19:25, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) m When Praying Hurts ‎ (Protected "When Praying Hurts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:25, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N When Praying Hurts ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Go to God in Suffering''' My desire to pray when I’m suffering can swing wildly in a single day — and sometimes within the hour. Through the severe trials ...')
• 19:08, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) m Born Between God and Man ‎ (Protected "Born Between God and Man" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:08, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N Born Between God and Man ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Welcoming Our Long-Awaited Priest''' “Noël, Noël, Noël, Noël, born is the King of Israel” is a glorious refrain from a much-beloved Christmas hymn. And of cou...')
• 19:01, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) m The Pleasure of God in Ordinary Work ‎ (Protected "The Pleasure of God in Ordinary Work" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:01, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N The Pleasure of God in Ordinary Work ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I wonder how many people in his day knew the apostle Paul as a guy who made and fixed tents. Surely many did. When he went to Corinth, he went to see Aquila and Priscilla...')
• 17:36, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) m We Call Him ‘Father’ ‎ (Protected "We Call Him ‘Father’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:36, 3 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N We Call Him ‘Father’ ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Privilege of Christian Prayer''' If you primarily think of God as your Father, and if you usually address God as ''Father'' when you pray, you have Jesus to thank...')
• 16:10, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Rest for Any Restlessness ‎ (Protected "A Rest for Any Restlessness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:10, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Rest for Any Restlessness ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}If you could capture in a word what it feels like to live as a fallen human, far from Eden, what might you say? ''Sorrowful,'' perhaps, or ''broken''. ''Frustrating. Dark...')
• 15:58, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) m How to Care for the Brokenhearted at Christmas ‎ (Protected "How to Care for the Brokenhearted at Christmas" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:58, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) N How to Care for the Brokenhearted at Christmas ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The more joys and sorrows I live through personally and see in those around me, the more convinced I am that Christmas — over any other season — tends to make life’...')
• 15:55, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Secret Failure of Many Leaders ‎ (Protected "The Secret Failure of Many Leaders" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:55, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Secret Failure of Many Leaders ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}They bought jeans already torn at the knees. The ambassadors from the great city left in haste to make peace with Joshua and his coming armies. But first, locals reported...')
• 04:35, 9 December 2022 (hist) (diff) m Honor an Old Face ‎ (Protected "Honor an Old Face" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 19:19, 27 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m How to Care for a Pastor ‎ (Protected "How to Care for a Pastor" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:19, 27 November 2022 (hist) (diff) How to Care for a Pastor ‎
• 19:18, 27 November 2022 (hist) (diff) N How to Care for a Pastor ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Ways to Uplift Your Shepherds''' Like a viper from the bushes, the Amalek attacked Israel. The shores had not yet washed clean of Pharoah’s army, nor had the p...')
• 14:55, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m How to Fail a Wife ‎ (Protected "How to Fail a Wife" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 14:35, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Do I Pray from the Misery of My Sin? ‎ (Protected "How Do I Pray from the Misery of My Sin?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 14:25, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Can Christians Date Nonbelievers? ‎ (Protected "Can Christians Date Nonbelievers?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:44, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m God Made the World for Worship ‎ (Protected "God Made the World for Worship" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:24, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Embattled Pastor ‎ (Protected "The Embattled Pastor" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:11, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners? ‎ (Protected "How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:10, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Godward Life Conference''' I want to begin with a story that I hope encourages the younger people among us, putting within you a passion to do something significant w...')
• 01:45, 21 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Lead Me, O Lord ‎ (Protected "Lead Me, O Lord" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:43, 18 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Screen Sabbaths ‎ (Protected "Screen Sabbaths" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 01:37, 14 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Am I Ready for Ministry? ‎ (Protected "Am I Ready for Ministry?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 00:59, 14 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Why Don’t We Have Good Friends? ‎ (Protected "Why Don’t We Have Good Friends?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 00:47, 14 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? ‎ (Protected "Can Cancer Be God’s Servant?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 00:46, 14 November 2022 (hist) (diff) N Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Years''' In March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54 years I’ve known her, Nanci loved Jesu...')
• 22:32, 6 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Indispensable Lives of Ordinary Christians ‎ (Protected "The Indispensable Lives of Ordinary Christians" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 22:26, 6 November 2022 (hist) (diff) m She Needs Truth ‎ (Protected "She Needs Truth" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:11, 28 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Messy, Late, and Happy ‎ (Protected "Messy, Late, and Happy" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 17:24, 26 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Step One in Preparing to Suffer ‎ (Protected "Step One in Preparing to Suffer" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 15:03, 17 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Will My Spouse Be My Best Friend in Heaven? ‎ (Protected "Will My Spouse Be My Best Friend in Heaven?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 14:35, 17 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Do People Shipwreck Their Faith? ‎ (Protected "How Do People Shipwreck Their Faith?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 13:31, 14 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Friend, You Can Be Ready to Die ‎ (Protected "Friend, You Can Be Ready to Die" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 20:46, 6 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Our Children Need to See Weakness ‎ (Protected "Our Children Need to See Weakness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 00:10, 6 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Fathering Future Men ‎ (Protected "Fathering Future Men" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 21:00, 5 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Give Me More of God ‎ (Protected "Give Me More of God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 20:51, 5 October 2022 (hist) (diff) m Before You Begin to Mother ‎ (Protected "Before You Begin to Mother" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:55, 21 September 2022 (hist) (diff) When There's Crisis at Christmas ‎
• 14:12, 20 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Be Comforted in Your Smallness ‎ (Protected "Be Comforted in Your Smallness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:33, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Meal Times Are God Times ‎ (Protected "Meal Times Are God Times" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:33, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N Meal Times Are God Times ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Cultivating Fellowship at the Table''' “Eating out is my love language” — that’s what I’d tell my husband in the early years of our marriage. I was a newbie...')
• 14:24, 9 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Escape from Every Temptation ‎ (Protected "Escape from Every Temptation" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:34, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Let God Decide What Mothering Is Worth ‎ (Protected "Let God Decide What Mothering Is Worth" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:25, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Messy Home of Blessing ‎ (top)
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• 15:16, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Someone Knows Your Pain ‎ (Protected "Someone Knows Your Pain" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 18:31, 2 September 2022 (hist) (diff) m Original Sin Can Make Us Compassionate ‎ (Protected "Original Sin Can Make Us Compassionate" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:31, 2 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N Original Sin Can Make Us Compassionate ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}What’s the most unusual holiday tradition in your family? One of the more unusual ones in mine is to eat haggis for breakfast the day after Christmas. As if the culinar...')
• 13:55, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Our Gentle and Terrifying God ‎ (Protected "Our Gentle and Terrifying God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:25, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Take Time to Be Unproductive ‎ (Protected "Take Time to Be Unproductive" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:22, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m You Still Need Good Friends ‎ (Protected "You Still Need Good Friends" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 03:17, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep ‎ (Protected "A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:04, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Are You Not Provoked? ‎ (Protected "Are You Not Provoked?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:56, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Often Do You Think About Heaven? ‎ (Protected "How Often Do You Think About Heaven?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:56, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Often Do You Think About Heaven? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}''Wait a minute. That can’t be right, can it?'' If you’ve taught the Bible a few times, you’ve had one of these moments. The construction of a biblical sentence ju...')
• 02:47, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Lost Awe of Majesty ‎ (Protected "The Lost Awe of Majesty" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:52, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Put Your Anger to Bed ‎ (Protected "Put Your Anger to Bed" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 14:03, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Slow to Anger ‎ (Protected "Slow to Anger" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 13:55, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Where Will They Learn to Work? ‎ (Protected "Where Will They Learn to Work?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 00:33, 19 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Victory That Lasts ‎ (Protected "Victory That Lasts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 23:23, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Tenacious Grace ‎ (Protected "Tenacious Grace" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 23:06, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m To Men Who Want to Marry ‎ (Protected "To Men Who Want to Marry" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 23:01, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Might Jesus Do Counseling? ‎ (Protected "How Might Jesus Do Counseling?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 22:26, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense ‎ (Protected "When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 22:20, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m If Your Brother Sins Against You ‎ (Protected "If Your Brother Sins Against You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:29, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Jellyfish Christians ‎ (Protected "Jellyfish Christians" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:23, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Why Is Christian Unity So Hard? ‎ (Protected "Why Is Christian Unity So Hard?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:16, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m When God Took Away ‎ (Protected "When God Took Away" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:07, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Conceited Motherhood ‎ (Protected "Conceited Motherhood" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:39, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m ‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’ ‎ (Protected "‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 03:22, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Find a Storm to Stir You ‎ (Protected "Find a Storm to Stir You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 03:01, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Some Answered Prayers Hurt ‎ (Protected "Some Answered Prayers Hurt" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 17:37, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home ‎ (Protected "Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:36, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Imagine you’re part of a NASA team preparing for a five-year mission to Mars. After a period of extensive training, the launch date finally arrives. As the rocket lifts...')
• 17:32, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Good Marriage Requires Work ‎ (Protected "A Good Marriage Requires Work" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:31, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Good Marriage Requires Work ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I keep thanking God for Nanci’s partnership and companionship in the gospel. I first heard the gospel from Nanci, and we discussed messages I was hearing at church and ...')
• 17:27, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring ‎ (Protected "For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:27, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Well, some Christians are dramatically saved out of a life of scandalous sin and have an amazing testimony of deliverance to share. Many other C...')
• 17:20, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Submit Your Felt Reality to God ‎ (Protected "Submit Your Felt Reality to God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:19, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Submit Your Felt Reality to God ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}A number of years ago, a counselor friend of mine introduced a simple and accessible concept that he regularly uses in his practice. He calls it “felt reality.” ''Re...')
• 17:10, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Do I Not Provoke My Children? ‎ (Protected "How Do I Not Provoke My Children?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:09, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Do I Not Provoke My Children? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today we have a question all parents must answer for themselves. How do I not exasperate my children? It’s today’s question from a young dad...')
• 16:59, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Psalms Know What You Feel ‎ (Protected "The Psalms Know What You Feel" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:59, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Psalms Know What You Feel ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!'' (Psalm 150:6)</blockquote> The first and last psalms tell us a great deal about what G...')
• 16:53, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Other Great Parenting Books ‎ (Protected "The Other Great Parenting Books" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:53, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Other Great Parenting Books ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Best Stories Point Kids to Christ''' For the past two years, the realities of life in a pandemic have posed enormous challenges for parents. In the best cases...')
• 16:43, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail ‎ (Protected "My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:43, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning from a Health Scare''' Two weeks before Christmas, my heart stopped. Seated next to me in a congregational meeting, my wife sees me close my eyes and slump....')
• 15:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Seeing Is Not Believing ‎ (Protected "Seeing Is Not Believing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Seeing Is Not Believing ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Miss God in Daily Life''' Perhaps you’ve had unbelieving friends or neighbors tell you they will believe when they see God writing his message in the clouds....')
• 15:33, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How to Watch for Wolves ‎ (Protected "How to Watch for Wolves" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 15:33, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How to Watch for Wolves ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Signs of False Teachers''' When a wolf looks at sheep, what does he see? Food. His motivation for getting close to sheep is not to care for their needs or prote...')
• 14:01, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’? ‎ (Protected "How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:01, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}First, they worshiped him. Before Jesus gave them any tasks to be done, any commission to fulfill, any directions as to how they might, in some sense, carry on his work ...')
• 13:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m God Gives Our Waiting Purpose ‎ (Protected "God Gives Our Waiting Purpose" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 13:45, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N God Gives Our Waiting Purpose ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Waiting for the Lord''.<br> ''Hoping in his word''.<br> ''Watching for the morning''.</blockquote> Those phrases from Psalm 130 still bring me to tears. ...')
• 16:52, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m Stuck Between the World and God ‎ (Protected "Stuck Between the World and God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:52, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N Stuck Between the World and God ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How I Almost Died in Indecision''' Some texts mark you for life. As Jacob, you grapple with them, and though you come away with a blessing, you leave with a limp. You...')
• 16:43, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom ‎ (Protected "When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:42, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Tribute to a Woman’s Great Love''' It’s one of my favorite memories of my mother, Marilyn. She’s standing on the platform in the sanctuary of Wayzata Evangeli...')
• 16:29, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind ‎ (Protected "The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:28, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Much ink has been spilled over the mundane days of motherhood — days, many seem to assume, full of mindless tasks and repetitive duties. While the job of mothering cer...')
• 16:22, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Beast I Become ‎ (Protected "The Beast I Become" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:22, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Beast I Become ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Bring Bitterness to God''' Sometimes, as you watch the hand of God’s providence draw some picture in your life, the pencil suddenly turns, and what you thoug...')
• 12:34, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m No One Knows My Pain ‎ (Protected "No One Knows My Pain" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 12:34, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N No One Knows My Pain ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Pride Hides in Suffering''' One of my dearest friends lost both parents to suicide. Her father died when she was a teenager, and her mother passed away more recen...')
• 12:27, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m You Have Put More Joy in My Heart ‎ (Protected "You Have Put More Joy in My Heart" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 12:27, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N You Have Put More Joy in My Heart ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Some of the most life-changing verses in the Bible are those that come alive years after we first read them. We read them and pass over them, read them and pass over them...')
• 02:31, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Lord, Let Me Die ‎ (Protected "Lord, Let Me Die" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:31, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Lord, Let Me Die ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Mercy for Those Tired of Living''' Over the years, I have talked with several Christians who have told me they wanted to die. They were of different ages and differen...')
• 02:21, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Pastor Your Own Heart First ‎ (Protected "Pastor Your Own Heart First" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:21, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Pastor Your Own Heart First ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Sentence That Saved My Ministry''' <blockquote>''Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others''.</blockquote> I ...')
• 02:04, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Some Kindness Stings ‎ (Protected "Some Kindness Stings" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:04, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Some Kindness Stings ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Love Uses Hard Words''' A few months back, considering the heightened level of contention among some American Christians in recent years, I stumbled upon this gol...')
• 01:51, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The First Call to Worship ‎ (Protected "The First Call to Worship" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:51, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The First Call to Worship ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Twelve Attributes of God in One Verse''' In December 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the moon, the voice of Bill Anders sounded back to earth with some of the most familiar...')
• 01:43, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer ‎ (Protected "My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:43, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Healed Our Little Girl''' Death is our mortal enemy — an enemy that Jesus defanged (Hebrews 2:14–15), and one day will utterly destroy (Revelation 21:4). ...')
• 01:36, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Sympathy Without Distress ‎ (Protected "Sympathy Without Distress" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 01:36, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Sympathy Without Distress ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Exalted Compassion of Christ''' “Only remember me,” Joseph requested, “when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and...')
• 01:22, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Mother Yourself Out of a Job ‎ (Protected "Mother Yourself Out of a Job" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:22, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Mother Yourself Out of a Job ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Nurturing Children Toward Independence''' Armed with passwords and last year’s tax forms, we gathered at the dining room table with my youngest son and his new wife...')
• 01:06, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Love in His Grief ‎ (Protected "The Love in His Grief" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:06, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Love in His Grief ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin''' You’ve done it again. Your conscience begins to stain. Here it is: that sin you vowed — ''you prayed'' — never to repeat. ...')
• 17:20, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Prayer to End All Prayers ‎ (Protected "The Prayer to End All Prayers" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:19, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Prayer to End All Prayers ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!'' (Revelation 22:20)</blockquote> The last prayer in the Bible is also one of its shortest — and yet it’s layered with hearta...')
• 17:04, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m I Have No Good Apart from You ‎ (Protected "I Have No Good Apart from You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:04, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N I Have No Good Apart from You ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Prayer of the Satisfied Heart''' <blockquote>''I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you''.” (Psalm 16:2)</blockquote> In Psalm 16, Davi...')
• 16:54, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m When the Dawn Seems to Die ‎ (Protected "When the Dawn Seems to Die" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:54, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N When the Dawn Seems to Die ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away''' Have you ever found yourself in a night so black that you nearly stopped hoping for morning? Some guilt feels so deep that yo...')
• 16:43, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Behold the Man Upon the Cross ‎ (Protected "Behold the Man Upon the Cross" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:43, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Behold the Man Upon the Cross ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}A man is hanging on a wooden cross from stakes driven through his hands and feet. This is the most widely recognized and revered image in human history. Billions of peop...')
• 03:36, 11 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m What God Can Do in One Conversation ‎ (Protected "What God Can Do in One Conversation" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:36, 11 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N What God Can Do in One Conversation ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism''' <blockquote>''Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?''” (Acts 26:28)</bloc...')
• 00:34, 7 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Why You Have That Thorn ‎ (Protected "Why You Have That Thorn" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 00:34, 7 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Why You Have That Thorn ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I have a “thorn in the flesh.” I don’t like it. I often wish I didn’t have it. At times I am exasperated by it. It makes almost everything harder, daily dogging m...')
• 00:10, 7 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Should We Live Today in Light of Heaven? ‎ (Protected "How Should We Live Today in Light of Heaven?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 00:10, 7 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Should We Live Today in Light of Heaven? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}We’re told that we are aliens and strangers in this world, and should be longing for a better country (Hebrews 11:13-16). However, that better country isn’t up in the...')
• 23:40, 6 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Bible Reading Has Been My Life ‎ (Protected "Bible Reading Has Been My Life" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 23:40, 6 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Bible Reading Has Been My Life ‎
• 23:39, 6 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Bible Reading Has Been My Life ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers''' ''The following is a lightly edited transcript.'' <blockquote>We, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually...')
• 23:11, 6 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Joy of God in Us ‎ (Protected "The Joy of God in Us" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 23:11, 6 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Joy of God in Us ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why the Spirit Produces Happiness''' As we read through the New Testament, we encounter a unique connection between the Holy Spirit and joy. I’ll give you a few exa...')
• 19:34, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m He Is, He Was, He Will Be ‎ (Protected "He Is, He Was, He Will Be" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:33, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N He Is, He Was, He Will Be ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Adoring the Alpha and Omega''' “Who is this Son of Man?” From the moment he first appeared in the world, on a desperate night in a crowded town, Jesus has provoke...')
• 19:10, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Most Stubborn Day of the Year ‎ (Protected "The Most Stubborn Day of the Year" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:10, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Most Stubborn Day of the Year ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}''Closed for Christmas''. No birth in history has changed the world like that quiet, unsuspecting night in Bethlehem. Two thousand years later, no day marks as many calen...')
• 18:51, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Hardest Season of All ‎ (Protected "The Hardest Season of All" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:51, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Hardest Season of All ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Fight for Joy in Winter''' As I walked briskly through downtown on a cold January morning, I asked my friend, a family lawyer, a typical small-talk question: ...')
• 18:33, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Caring for the Chronically Ill ‎ (Protected "Caring for the Chronically Ill" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:33, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Caring for the Chronically Ill ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}When you live in constant pain, or struggle with chronic illness, discouragement is just part of daily life. The simplest tasks can be exhausting. You consistently worry...')
• 18:21, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life ‎ (Protected "The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:21, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth''' If you were told you had five years to live, would you live more in those five years than in the decades you might have had le...')
• 16:59, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ ‎ (Protected "Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:59, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Today I want to try to help us experience prayer as the vocalization of abiding in Christ. When I speak of prayer vocalizing the experience of abiding in Christ, I have i...')
• 01:23, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood ‎ (Protected "Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:23, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Motherhood’s rescue mission outside the gates of hell was supposed to look tidier. But here we are. One child has just yanked another’s hair. Sticky hands and messy...')
• 01:14, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Difficult Habit of Quiet ‎ (Protected "The Difficult Habit of Quiet" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:14, 24 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Difficult Habit of Quiet ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The habit of quiet may be harder today than ever before. Don’t get me wrong: it’s always been hard. The rise and spread of technology, however, tends to crowd out qui...')
• 21:54, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m What Does a Faith Crisis Feel Like? ‎ (Protected "What Does a Faith Crisis Feel Like?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 21:54, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N What Does a Faith Crisis Feel Like? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}At some point, many Christians experience unsettling doubts regarding their professed beliefs. Some Christians experience this more than others. The areas of our individ...')
• 15:50, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Live Closer to Home ‎ (Protected "Live Closer to Home" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:50, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Live Closer to Home ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Proximity Shapes Responsibility''' For most of human history, deciding where to devote your day’s attention was relatively simple. Imagine that you are Adam, w...')
• 15:16, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Does God Lead Us in Daily Decisions? ‎ (Protected "How Does God Lead Us in Daily Decisions?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:15, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Does God Lead Us in Daily Decisions? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''How do I follow God’s lead in my daily decisions? I know he’s my shepherd. He’s leading me. I think so. But how do I know if I am followin...')
• 15:01, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m In Our Racial Differences, How Is Christ ‘All’ and ‘in All’? ‎ (Protected "In Our Racial Differences, How Is Christ ‘All’ and ‘in All’?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 15:00, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N In Our Racial Differences, How Is Christ ‘All’ and ‘in All’? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today we have a pair of solid Bible questions that, at first, don’t seem to be related, but they are. They’re united by Paul in Colossians 3...')
• 14:53, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m God, Make Us Bold About Jesus ‎ (Protected "God, Make Us Bold About Jesus" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:53, 23 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N God, Make Us Bold About Jesus ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}It’s been said that the content of a prayer shapes the one who prays it, because we tend to pray what we love, and what we love makes us who we are. And this is not onl...')
• 03:03, 21 March 2022 (hist) (diff) What happens at death? ‎ (top)
• 02:57, 21 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Kneeling Among Lions ‎ (Protected "Kneeling Among Lions" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:57, 21 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Kneeling Among Lions ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning to Pray Like Daniel''' Tucked away in the book of Daniel, sandwiched between stories about fiery furnaces and lions on the one hand, and visions of statues, ...')
• 14:24, 16 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Strange Sounds of Praise ‎ (Protected "The Strange Sounds of Praise" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:24, 16 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Strange Sounds of Praise ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Sufferer’s Introduction to the Psalms''' The book of Psalms is a collection of 150 ancient Hebrew praise songs that were composed by numerous writers over hundred...')
• 14:18, 16 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Mercy at the Bottom ‎ (Protected "Mercy at the Bottom" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:18, 16 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Mercy at the Bottom ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jonah Leads Us to Our Knees''' Jonah is a fascinating case study in the mercy of God. He is a no-good, rotten man who resents God for his mercy. Jonah would rathe...')
• 02:10, 14 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Power of a Praying Mother ‎ (Protected "The Power of a Praying Mother" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:10, 14 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Power of a Praying Mother ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}If you follow the greatest men of God back to their beginnings, you will often find yourself in a hidden closet or lonely pew, where a mother kneels to pray. Look behind ...')
• 02:03, 14 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone ‎ (Protected "You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:03, 14 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}“You are not alone.” Just hearing those words when we’re in pain can cause a subtle shift within us, moving us toward hope where we had seen only despair. Sufferin...')
• 16:13, 10 March 2022 (hist) (diff) When Every Other Word Fails ‎ (top)
• 16:25, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m As for Me and My House ‎ (Protected "As for Me and My House" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:25, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N As for Me and My House ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Delightful Duty of Family Religion''' If you are a Christian man, I know something about you. I know you want more. You want more thrill in your walk with Jesus....')
• 15:57, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Will I Trust God? ‎ (Protected "Will I Trust God?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:56, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Will I Trust God? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Simple Prayer in a Desperate Moment''' Had you been there that very moment, watching from a distance, you wouldn’t have observed anything dramatic. I’m talking ab...')
• 15:49, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Fruitful Empty Nest ‎ (Protected "The Fruitful Empty Nest" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:49, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Fruitful Empty Nest ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Lessons for When the Kids Leave Home''' We hugged, said our goodbyes and “I love you.” He walked with us to the car, turned, and walked away. And as we sat there ...')
• 15:41, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Your First Years of Marriage ‎ (Protected "Your First Years of Marriage" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:41, 7 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Your First Years of Marriage ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Lessons for Young Couples''' In many ways, we were a natural fit. My would-be husband and I both loved Jesus, studied his word, cherished worship through song, ...')
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• 05:57, 2 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N Paralyzed and Blessed ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''My Unlikely Path to Happiness''' When pain jerks me awake at night, I first glance up. If the digital display on the ceiling says only the second watch of the night, ...')
• 05:49, 2 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m I Trust Them with My Sins ‎ (Protected "I Trust Them with My Sins" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 05:49, 2 March 2022 (hist) (diff) N I Trust Them with My Sins ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Ways to Welcome Confession''' It’s not a long drive — just thirty minutes — but it’s an intense one. I’m always a strange mixture of anxious and excite...')
• 20:22, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Christmas with an Empty Chair ‎ (Protected "Christmas with an Empty Chair" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:22, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Christmas with an Empty Chair ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''When the Holiday Just Isn’t the Same''' My grandfather is no longer here for Christmas. I scarcely remember one without him, and yet now his absence is becoming th...')
• 20:13, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Desperate for Distraction ‎ (Protected "Desperate for Distraction" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:13, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Desperate for Distraction ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We’re Bad at Being Alone''' A slight breeze of discomfort blows a thought through my mind: ''What am I doing here?'' The room I’ve known for years suddenly ta...')
• 20:02, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m When Doubt Eclipses Faith ‎ (Protected "When Doubt Eclipses Faith" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:02, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N When Doubt Eclipses Faith ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning to Fight for Spiritual Sight''' In story after story, book after book, the Bible reminds us that no one is immune from deep, disorienting spiritual wrestling...')
• 19:55, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged ‎ (Protected "When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:55, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I’m feeling my great need for God’s wisdom and guidance keenly these days. This has been a season of life where the Lord, in his wise providence, has been pleased to ...')
• 19:40, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Man Among Men ‎ (Protected "A Man Among Men" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:40, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Man Among Men ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Friendship Is Worth the Fight''' Some 1,600 years ago, Augustine said, “In this world two things are essential: life and friendship. Both should be highly prize...')
• 19:31, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Labor to Give (or Take) No Offense ‎ (Protected "Labor to Give (or Take) No Offense" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:31, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Labor to Give (or Take) No Offense ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Since we live in a complex, highly charged, contentious historical moment, when cultural and political issues stretch and tear not only the social fabric of a nation, but...')
• 19:08, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Parable of an Unhealthy Soul ‎ (Protected "Parable of an Unhealthy Soul" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:07, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Parable of an Unhealthy Soul ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why ‘Faith’ Dies Without Action''' How do ''works of obedience'' relate to the free, unmerited gift of God’s ''grace'' in the life of a Christian? This has been...')
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• 18:41, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Patience Will Be Painful ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Love the Hard-to-Love''' Patience is a virtue we admire, and even aspire to, from afar. The closer it comes to us, however — the more it invades our schedule...')
• 18:20, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m God Chose Your Mother-in-Law ‎ (Protected "God Chose Your Mother-in-Law" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:20, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N God Chose Your Mother-in-Law ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Reasons for Wives to Lean In''' I met my future mother-in-law when I was barely 17 years old. Barb was warm and welcoming, and I instantly liked her. As a brand-...')
• 17:40, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Let Tragedy Find Us Living ‎ (Protected "Let Tragedy Find Us Living" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 17:39, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N Let Tragedy Find Us Living ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}A line in the book of Job detained me: “The thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me” (Job 3:25). The chief fear arrived. The one that kept him up...')
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• 17:13, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Light We Need to See ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Christ Dispels Spiritual Darkness''' One recent early morning, I was reading Psalm 36 and savoring one of the sweetest doxologies in the Bible: <blockquote>How p...')
• 15:37, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Harvest of Homemaking ‎ (Protected "The Harvest of Homemaking" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:37, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Harvest of Homemaking ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I have been a homemaker for over eighteen years now, and I feel confident saying it is a difficult and demanding job. What is more, it is a job with a massive public rela...')
• 15:32, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Technology Cannot Replace Presence ‎ (Protected "Technology Cannot Replace Presence" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:32, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Technology Cannot Replace Presence ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why the Church Will Always Gather''' Here I sit, gentle reader, on one side of a screen in Sydney, Australia, with you (very likely) looking at another screen in some...')
• 15:20, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Holy Distractions ‎ (Protected "Holy Distractions" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:08, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads ‎ (Protected "Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:02, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m In Love with the Life You Don’t Have ‎ (Protected "In Love with the Life You Don’t Have" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:02, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N In Love with the Life You Don’t Have ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The secret to happiness, some have wisely said, is to want what you already have. How many of us can truly say with C.S. Lewis’s character in ''Shadowlands'', “You k...')
• 03:15, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m When Life Doesn’t Make Sense ‎ (Protected "When Life Doesn’t Make Sense" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 03:15, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N When Life Doesn’t Make Sense ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}What do we do when life just doesn’t make sense? Illness strikes. A job is lost. Friendships fade. Uncertainty looms. Whether the gray-haired saint facing cancer or the...')
• 03:05, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Worthless Conversation ‎ (Protected "Worthless Conversation" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:57, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Healer of Bruised Reeds ‎ (Protected "The Healer of Bruised Reeds" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 02:51, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m The God Who Brings Us into Everlasting Pleasure ‎ (Protected "The God Who Brings Us into Everlasting Pleasure" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:51, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N The God Who Brings Us into Everlasting Pleasure ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Audio Transcript Well, it’s never a bad time to soak in the glorious truths of Psalm 16. And that’s what we are going to do today. This comes from a memorable sermon...')
• 02:36, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire ‎ (Protected "Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:36, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Words Reveal About Us''' In one very tense discussion with the Pharisees, Jesus uttered some of the most important words ever spoken about the importance of the ...')
• 02:25, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m ‘One Another’ Your One and Only ‎ (Protected "‘One Another’ Your One and Only" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:25, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N ‘One Another’ Your One and Only ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Overlooked Verses for Marriage''' What’s your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding message? Any Christian minister who has performed a...')
• 02:09, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Father’s Good Pleasure ‎ (Protected "A Father’s Good Pleasure" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:09, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Father’s Good Pleasure ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}A recent experience stirred in me a desire to share a word for fathers. I have fathers of younger children particularly in mind, those on the front end of their fathering...')
• 16:38, 4 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Ten (More) Questions for a New Year ‎ (Protected "Ten (More) Questions for a New Year" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:38, 4 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Ten (More) Questions for a New Year ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Two years ago, I wrote in “Ten Questions for a New Year” that the close of one year, and the beginning of a new one, is an ideal time to “consider your ways” (Hag...')
• 22:24, 29 December 2021 (hist) (diff) m Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser ‎ (Protected "Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 22:24, 29 December 2021 (hist) (diff) N Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Whoever you are, wherever you live, in whatever age you live, you either live to please man or you live to please God. And if you think it’s possible to serve both, you...')
• 16:25, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m What Love Is Not ‎ (Protected "What Love Is Not" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:25, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N What Love Is Not ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Ways We Avoid the Costs''' Is it strangely possible that love is both pervasive and yet endangered in our day? The label is certainly plastered, like bright yell...')
• 15:53, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Bless Those Who Hate You ‎ (Protected "Bless Those Who Hate You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 15:28, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Food Rules ‎ (Protected "Food Rules" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:28, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N Food Rules ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Reshapes Our Appetites''' A graduate student sits at a booth with friends, his second drink near empty. “Can I refill you?” the waiter asks. A mother see...')
• 15:04, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Take the Hill ‎ (Protected "Take the Hill" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:04, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N Take the Hill ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Mission Brings Men Together''' The plot was, in most respects, suicidal. Jonathan, impatient with his father’s halting, snuck off to the Philistines’ camp, h...')
• 14:54, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Impatience Is a War for Control ‎ (Protected "Impatience Is a War for Control" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:54, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N Impatience Is a War for Control ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Prepares Us to Wait''' Impatience is a dark and prevalent sin that we love to explain away. We were ''worn out''. We were ''busy''. We were ''distracted''. Th...')
• 14:40, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Hardest Word to Obey ‎ (Protected "The Hardest Word to Obey" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:40, 17 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Hardest Word to Obey ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The most morally beautiful, winsomely attractive command Jesus ever uttered also happens to be the most difficult to obey: <blockquote>You shall love the Lord your God w...')
• 16:26, 16 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Are Not Nothing ‎ (Protected "You Are Not Nothing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 05:00, 9 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m For God So Warned the World ‎ (Protected "For God So Warned the World" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 04:59, 9 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N For God So Warned the World ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How He Keeps the Ones He Loves''' If an old-time preacher, one who believed in uncomfortable realities like the wrath of God, human depravity, and divine judgment, ro...')
• 04:39, 9 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Sin Is Not Who You Are ‎ (Protected "Sin Is Not Who You Are" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 04:20, 9 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Laziness Ruins Happiness ‎ (Protected "Laziness Ruins Happiness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 04:20, 9 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N Laziness Ruins Happiness ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Makes Diligence a Virtue''' Most people do not want to be thought of as lazy — as a person averse to hard work. We all know laziness is a vice — a corrupting...')
• 19:42, 1 November 2021 (hist) (diff) m Live Like You’ll Live Forever ‎ (Protected "Live Like You’ll Live Forever" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 19:42, 1 November 2021 (hist) (diff) N Live Like You’ll Live Forever ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}The world makes its quiet but furious war against death, groping to live forever. Plastic surgery, obsessive fitness, compulsive dieting, pouring billions into scientific...')
• 02:27, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) m Every Father’s Calling ‎ (Protected "Every Father’s Calling" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:27, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) N Every Father’s Calling ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Nurture and Admonish''' We live in a perilous age. What Christian parents haven’t worried about the world they are sending their children into? Depravity is...')
• 02:19, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) m Moms Can Make Disciples ‎ (Protected "Moms Can Make Disciples" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 02:10, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) m Every Other Way Leads to Death ‎ (Protected "Every Other Way Leads to Death" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:10, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) N Every Other Way Leads to Death ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Keep Sharing Christ''' A man sat along the road where one path broke into ten. A deep fog rested upon the land so no traveler could perceive each path’s end....')
• 02:00, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) m Beware the Anger of Your Soul ‎ (Protected "Beware the Anger of Your Soul" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 01:51, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Lord Gave and Took Away ‎ (Protected "The Lord Gave and Took Away" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:51, 19 October 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Lord Gave and Took Away ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Lessons on Suffering from Job''' My fourth miscarriage flattened me. I couldn’t believe it. I’d buried an infant son a few years earlier and was unprepared for ye...')
• 02:27, 28 September 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Illusion of Normal Days ‎ (Protected "The Illusion of Normal Days" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 01:53, 28 September 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Rest Beyond Our Reach ‎ (Protected "The Rest Beyond Our Reach" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:53, 28 September 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Rest Beyond Our Reach ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Finding Refreshment in a Burnout Culture''' At the end of his life, my friend David leaned into Christ’s promise of rest. The hope he drew from that promise so comf...')
• 01:40, 28 September 2021 (hist) (diff) m God Never Makes a Mistake ‎ (Protected "God Never Makes a Mistake" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 01:39, 28 September 2021 (hist) (diff) N God Never Makes a Mistake ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God never makes a mistake''.</blockquote> I vividly remember those words, a chapter title in Evelyn Christenson’s book ''What Happens When Women Pray''...')
• 14:21, 10 September 2021 (hist) (diff) m Ten Words That Changed Everything About My Suffering ‎ (Protected "Ten Words That Changed Everything About My Suffering" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:21, 10 September 2021 (hist) (diff) N Ten Words That Changed Everything About My Suffering ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God permits what he hates to accomplish what he loves''.</blockquote> I remember it like it were yesterday. I was fresh out of the hospital, barely out o...')
• 18:42, 1 September 2021 (hist) (diff) m Help Someone Home to Heaven ‎ (Protected "Help Someone Home to Heaven" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 20:45, 6 July 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ ‎ (Protected "The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:45, 6 July 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}My toddler has a little stuffed lamb. When you squeeze him, the lamb sings, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” ''Jesus loves me''. Words simpl...')
• 18:31, 6 July 2021 (hist) (diff) m Can I Follow My New Heart? ‎ (Protected "Can I Follow My New Heart?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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• 18:24, 6 July 2021 (hist) (diff) m God, Make Me a Force for Good ‎ (Protected "God, Make Me a Force for Good" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 18:24, 6 July 2021 (hist) (diff) N God, Make Me a Force for Good ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}If you are a follower of Christ, God intends for you to be a force for good in this world. He intends for you not only to rejoice in Jesus’s good work for you, but to b...')
• 15:19, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Hope Makes a Broken Heart Bigger ‎ (Protected "Hope Makes a Broken Heart Bigger" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
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• 15:12, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Devastating Mercy ‎ (Protected "Devastating Mercy" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:12, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Devastating Mercy ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Redeems Our Failures''' As simply worded as the Gospels often seem, the multidimensional Jesus we encounter in them is anything but simple. We can see this ...')
• 15:07, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m We Seek a Better City ‎ (Protected "We Seek a Better City" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:07, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N We Seek a Better City ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Liberating Power of Christian Hope''' Among the many hopes challenged, if not dashed, in the last year have been civic hopes. Perhaps we in Minneapolis have felt ...')
• 15:01, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Assume the Best of Others ‎ (Protected "Assume the Best of Others" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:01, 16 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Assume the Best of Others ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Resilient Love in an Age of Suspicion''' I didn’t see the sin until I saw the effect it began to have on my wife. Once vivacious, childlike, radiant, she began to j...')
• 15:59, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m ‘You Did Not Choose Me’ ‎ (Protected "‘You Did Not Choose Me’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:58, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N ‘You Did Not Choose Me’ ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Awakened Me to His Sovereignty''' We’re told that “the word of God is living and active,” that it can cut through the complexities of our inner being ...')
• 15:48, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Who Might Find God in Your Suffering? ‎ (Protected "Who Might Find God in Your Suffering?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:48, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Who Might Find God in Your Suffering? ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Do you feel prepared today to defend your faith in Jesus? If not, what would it take for you to feel ready? <blockquote>Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in you...')
• 15:25, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m The Only Certain Hope on Earth ‎ (Protected "The Only Certain Hope on Earth" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:25, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Only Certain Hope on Earth ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}“It is the hope that kills you,” as many English football (soccer) fans say. Is it not better to have low expectations instead of hoping your team will do well, only ...')
• 15:15, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m If You Could See the End ‎ (Protected "If You Could See the End" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:15, 9 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N If You Could See the End ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Story God Writes in Suffering''' A strange grief crept upon me as the final ''Lord of the Rings'' movie came to an end. An unliterary man at the time, I watched t...')
• 15:01, 8 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m Waiting to Be Led ‎ (Protected "Waiting to Be Led" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:59, 8 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N Waiting to Be Led ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Steps for Discouraged Wives''' Submitting yourself to the leadership of another sinner is no easy task. As much as we may recognize the necessity of submission ...')
• 16:21, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m When My Quadriplegia Ends ‎ (Protected "When My Quadriplegia Ends" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:21, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N When My Quadriplegia Ends ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Makes Me Long for Heaven''' On the morning of my wedding, my helpers laid me on a couch in the church’s bridal salon to dress me in my gown. They heaved and sh...')
• 15:52, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) m How to Hear a Sermon Well ‎ (Protected "How to Hear a Sermon Well" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:52, 1 June 2021 (hist) (diff) N How to Hear a Sermon Well ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}No preacher, upon looking up from his pulpit, hopes to see what I saw mid-sermon one Sunday morning: a man in the last row, head tilted against the back wall, sleeping li...')
• 14:52, 21 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Sometimes God Just Closes Doors ‎ (Protected "Sometimes God Just Closes Doors" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 14:52, 21 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Sometimes God Just Closes Doors ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}For the last few years, my body has had a strange relationship with food. By strange, I mean terrible. Rather than providing nutrition, many foods provide me with small d...')
• 16:08, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Let the Little Children Come to Me ‎ (Protected "Let the Little Children Come to Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:08, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Let the Little Children Come to Me ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''Invitation to the Weak and Needy''' Leaning against the hood of my car, I didn’t want the date to end. It was late, but the well-lit parking lot outside her apartme...')
• 16:03, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Our God Listens ‎ (Protected "Our God Listens" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 16:03, 20 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Our God Listens ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}You have been invited to speak to the God of the universe, the Almighty. Not just the mightiest, but the ''all-mighty''. All power is his, and under his control. And he i...')
• 15:47, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m You Have Need of Endurance ‎ (Protected "You Have Need of Endurance" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:46, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N You Have Need of Endurance ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}A few months ago, I met a friend for breakfast. When I asked him how he was doing, he answered, “I’m enduring.” If his response doesn’t sound remarkable, it’s ...')
• 15:06, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m When the Ground Gives Way ‎ (Protected "When the Ground Gives Way" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 15:06, 17 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N When the Ground Gives Way ‎ (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into ...')
• 20:07, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Mothering at the End of Me ‎ (Protected "Mothering at the End of Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 20:06, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Mothering at the End of Me ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}I entered motherhood with certain expectations. I thought I would be happier than I was, and I thought mothering would come more naturally and easily. I still loved being...')
• 20:03, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m To All Who Need Rest ‎ (Protected "To All Who Need Rest" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
• 20:02, 13 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N To All Who Need Rest ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Welcomes the Weary''' Life is hard. There is so much that makes us feel weary: our vocational labors, our parenting labors, our ministry labors, our relatio...')
• 22:21, 12 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N The Strange Task of Witnessing About Light ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Witnessing about light is a strange task if your aim is for people to see the light and believe in the light. Light illumines by itself. When you want someone to see a li...')
• 02:24, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction ‎ (Protected "Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:24, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}Try this interpretation of what it means for Christians to be salt. I suggest that being salty as a Christian means at root being so profoundly satisfied by Christ as ou...')
• 02:12, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) m ‘Love What Others Have’ ‎ (Protected "‘Love What Others Have’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
• 02:11, 11 May 2021 (hist) (diff) N ‘Love What Others Have’ ‎ (Created page with '{{info}}One day, as Jesus was teaching, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). Now, if we had been in that...')

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