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- 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, ...')
- 05:58, 2 March 2022 (hist) (diff) m Paralyzed and Blessed (Protected "Paralyzed and Blessed" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 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...')
- 18:42, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m Patience Will Be Painful (Protected "Patience Will Be Painful" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 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...')
- 17:14, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Light We Need to See (Protected "The Light We Need to See" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:13, 7 February 2022 (hist) (diff) The Light We Need to See
- 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)
- 15:19, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Holy Distractions (Created page with '{{info}}'''When God Interrupts Our Productivity''' The ever-growing body of literature on productivity overwhelmingly agrees with what we all know by experience: interruptions r...')
- 15:08, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) m Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads (Protected "Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:07, 31 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads (Created page with '{{info}}My wife and I raised perfect children. By the time they were ten years old, they had memorized the New Testament. They came each morning to the family breakfast table wi...')
- 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)
- 03:05, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N Worthless Conversation (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Weighs Our Words''' Some people have written bestsellers documenting their entrance into heaven. They claim to have died and returned to tell us what they saw...')
- 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)))
- 02:57, 6 January 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Healer of Bruised Reeds (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Changes the World''' There are two opposite ways to change the world: our way versus the Jesus way. Our way is to get pushy, even violent. The Jesus way is ...')
- 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...')
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