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A Ray of Hope on a Dark and Cloudy Day
If you’re feeling bummed out about the direction of your nation right now, I can relate. And so can the prophet Jeremiah. Yet as Jeremiah wept during the devastation of…
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Restoring the Wittenberg Door
Tools for a New Reformation? In 1517 a common Catholic monk named Martin Luther started a tidal wave in Christendom by nailing his Ninety-Five Thesis to the door of Wittenberg…
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Esau’s Regret
Jacob, Esau, and the Lost Art of Deferred Gratification I recently preached on “The 3 Success Secrets of a Scoundrel,” and you can hear the entire message at http://bit.ly/QMSzoF. The…
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John Wesley Meets Twitter World
I’ve been haunted lately by an old quote attributed to John Wesley, the famed English preacher and founder of Methodism: “Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin…
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Restoring the Church’s ‘Upper Room’
A friend recently told me a story about renovations being done to the upstairs of an elderly woman’s house. The reconstruction project had proven more costly than expected, resulting in…
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Money Really DOES Grow on Trees
You’ve no doubt heard the old adage, “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” Perhaps this was drilled into you by a parent who wouldn’t spend money to take you to the…