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Our Lord has given us a model prayer. He said, “After this manner therefore pray ye . . .” This is not necessarily a prayer to be repeated by rote. Our Lord warned about vain repetitions in this same passage. Sometimes we’ll be in a public assembly and someone will...

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A WHILE BACK I MADE A SOLEMN VOW THAT I WOULD STOP obsessing over texts and emails. I decided that anytime I heard the bing indicating I had received a message, I would not feel the urgency to check immediately. And when I did check, I would not reread and reread what...

In Alaska there are only two seasons: winter and July. When the weather gets warm in the summer, the snow melts and the dirt roads become muddy. Cars drive on them, creating long ruts. There is a sign along one Alaskan road that reads, “Choose your rut carefully....

I had never seen a church service start this way before—and haven’t since. The pastor stood before the congregation and announced, “We’re a loving church, and we want you all to feel welcome. But we’re also a biblical church. The Bible says, ‘Greet one another with a...

IF WE ARE GOING TO DEMOLISH OUR STRONGHOLDS, WE have to recognize the power that lies have over us. Think of it this way. There is a large, shaggy-haired, lumbering dog—let’s call him Max—who will not leave the yard. A car drives by. Max loves to chase cars. The...

My wife, Diane, grew up by the ocean. While we were dating, she told me about the dreaded family trips they took each summer to Arizona to visit her grandfather. They navigated the hot desert in an old Chevrolet Cor-vair— without air conditioning. She also told me of...

Those who challenge Christianity often overlook one area of evidence: the transformation of Jesus’ apostles. The radically changed lives of these men give us solid testimony for the validity of Christ’s claims. Since the Christian faith is historical, our knowledge of...

Bill Hybels has a saying that I just love: “We are going to teach our way out of this problem.” Here is what he means. Suppose you have a giving problem in your church. You are not meeting budget. You are not able to meet expenses. You have bills that are unpaid. You...

We Christians are not to be conformed to this world in the way we think. The world by its advertisements, its conversation, and its philosophy is engaged in a gigantic brainwashing. Not always consciously but sometimes unconsciously, the Christian is beset by secular...

1. You haven’t really witnessed to someone until you’ve taken that person through the plan of salvation. I was taught that witnessing wasn’t really legitimate unless you presented the entire plan of salvation, using appropriate verses to support a point-by-point...

MY FRIEND KEVIN SERVED ON OUR CHURCH STAFF AS ONE of our pastors for close to twenty years before retiring. Way back in the early days, our staff used to play a game called capture the flag in our storefront church offices. We occasionally got violent as players tried...

Lawrence worked for a nonprofit on the North Side of Chicago, a couple miles from where Jon lives today. He was excited about the opportunity to reach the people in his neighborhood with the love of Jesus. Lawrence said, “I knew we were called to live in the city. And...

I don’t remember exactly when, but it was a long, long time ago. I can’t put my finger on the exact date, but somewhere along the line, my passion for souls took a detour. It wasn’t always that way. I actually remember a time when I looked for opportunities to...

The New Testament provides the primary historical source for information about Jesus. Because of this, in the past two centuries many critics have attacked the reliability of the biblical documents. There seems to be a constant barrage of charges that have no...

We have spent time discussing what marriage is, but now let’s ask, “What is it for?” What is the purpose of marriage? The Bible’s answer to this question starts with the principle that marriage is a friendship. Loneliness in Paradise In Genesis 1–2, as God was...

That was what the subject line in the email said. I didn’t know who had sent it, but as I read the contents, I could see why he was so excited about his doctoral dissertation. (This might be the first time I’ve ever used the terms “excitement” and “doctoral...

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The introductory statement for Paul’s famous paragraph on marriage in Ephesians is verse 21: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”1 In English, this is usually rendered as a separate sentence, but that hides from readers an important point that Paul is...

If you were to Google the name Jesus today, you’d instantly get about 181 million hits. Search for Jesus at Amazon.com and you’ll find 261,474 books about him. Given the smorgasbord of competing views, can we still have confidence in the historical Jesus? Many people...

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The introductory statement for Paul’s famous paragraph on marriage in Ephesians is verse 21: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”1 In English, this is usually rendered as a separate sentence, but that hides from readers an important point that Paul is...

https://youtu.be/oyGdb3lwHD0

https://youtu.be/eq2doQyWZNc

Do you know what Jesus’s nickname was? It was “Friend” (Matthew 11:16–19 NIV). More specifically, “Friend of Sinners.” Who gave Jesus that nickname? Religious leaders who watched how He lived His life and didn’t like it. But apparently Jesus liked it so much that He...