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What Is That in Your Hand?
If you had just 20 minutes to prepare a sermon, what would your topic be? That was my uncomfortable predicament while visiting friends in Auckland, New Zealand recently. My friend…
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When You DOUBT What You KNOW
Not long ago, one of my good friends rebuked me. Severely rebuked me. We were having a discussion about some issues in my life, and he asked me if I…
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The Parable of the Too-Short Bed
I once inherited a bed that was too short. Ordinarily, it’s not a big problem if you have a short bed, because you can always dangle your feet over 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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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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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…