Category: following jesus

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The older you get, the more often you’ll be asked for “life wisdom” advice. Here are five “waypoints” I’ve collected that stand the test of time: 1. It’s better to be than to seem Be honest with yourself and don’t pose for others. Authenticity brings strength and clarity to life and relationships. 2. Love is […]

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God is bringing history to an end — no surprise to Bible readers. Though good and evil now coexist, all things will crescendo with Jesus Christ crowned King of kings and Lord of lords. It’s already in the works. Meanwhile, there is tension. Tension will be with us until Christ is fully formed within us […]

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light […]

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I know a college student who went extreme. After countless lessons on faith in action he left the country. First to South Africa and Mozambique, where he spent his summer playing soccer and sharing Christ. Several young men came to faith during his visit, but after he left (to attend Moody Bible Institute in the […]

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For one full year I rode a Honda ST1100 to work. All year. Six sweaters in winter and a yellow slicker for rain. One day, friends invited us for dinner. Though it was pouring, I rode there straight from work, dry as a dustball in my bright yellow rain suit. The problem was, these friends […]