Let’s ask a simple question: “Does your team need CPR?” There’s a simple model for diagnosing an organization’s missional health. I say missional, indicating a task that’s been discerned and understood, but will anything be accomplished? Will the task be finished? In the church, great teams envision an assignment meted by God, and move to […]
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But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15, NIV). I read a magazine called The Atlantic. It’s well written, and though I disagree with the
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Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us (Romans 5:5, NASB). Recently, I spoke at the graveside service of an infant whose heart stopped beating in her mother’s womb. The obituary read, “(name withheld) was born silent.” A child conceived,
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I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet (Revelation 1:10, ESV). Let’s discuss the key to understanding the Book of Revelation — the Holy Spirit. I believe that we depend too much upon intellect, study, and opinions, all of which cause endless debates about the
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A faithful person will be richly blessed (Proverbs 28:20a, NIV). Today is my wife’s birthday. She is 36 years old, at least she is to me! I remember the first time that I saw her (fireworks with me); our first date after she was baptized (I had made a promise to date only a believer,
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I have a predilection in my daydreaming for imagining differing Biblical and theological scenarios. I’ve spent time considering my first audience with the Trinity, discussing the proverbial how a mighty and loving God could allow evil, and I also want to know how I could have improved my prayer life. I want to discuss predestination
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Then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober (1 Thessalonians 5:6, NASB1995). The Biblical word for “alert” means to watch, be vigilant, and stay awake. Have you ever said, “I didn’t notice,” or “Why didn’t I see that coming,” or “I wish that I had known this earlier.” Being “alert” is a
Fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs 1:7b, ESV). After church, you follow the time-honored American tradition of going to lunch. And this Sunday, you eat with two friends. Bringing up a controversial topic, one of your friends listens, and the other reacts, one asks questions, and the other pontificates, saying, “You can’t be a Christian and believe
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But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead (Matthew 28:5-7a, ESV). I
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Recently, I read the following analogy of the need to understand both the cross and the resurrection. When I eat a ham and cheese sandwich, you don’t discuss whether the ham or the cheese as most important. It’s a ham and cheese sandwich. It’s the same with the cross and the resurrection; both determine the
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