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Things Too Wonderful to Understand
It seems a person of my age should have figured out everything by now. But in some ways the opposite is true—I’m more aware than ever of life’s mysteries. The…
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If the World Didn’t Give It to You…
Several months ago, my friend Ron was ecstatic when he met the woman of his dreams at a Christian leadership event. “Jim,” he told me at lunch one day, “meeting…
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The Parable of the Faulty Showerhead
Regaining Focus in a Distracting World We live in the most distracted and unfocused generation in history. No wonder "engagement" is one of the biggest buzzwords in the corporate…
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Gambling on God
Why Are So Few People 'All In'? I love the old maxim about risk-taking, “Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” Yet, when I…
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God’s Final Answer
When Regis Philbin launched “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in the U.S. in 1999, he popularized a question I’ve always found intriguing. Whenever a contestant gave their response to…
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Getting Beyond a Daisy-Petal Faith
In college I had a friend named Keith who came from a very legalistic church background. He believed you could become so “sanctified” that you’d never sin again—but if you…