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Ready for an Honest New Year’s Assessment?
These 5 components will determine your fulfillment and impact in the coming year!
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My Relentless Search for ‘Good Soil’
I’m frustrated about something, and I wonder if you can help me work through it. It all goes back to two fundamental questions I have about Jesus’ Parable of the…
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Hope Amid Pruning
Lately many of my friends have been "dealing with stuff." Health stuff. Financial stuff. Relationship stuff. Emotional stuff. And amid all the stuff life throws our way, it’s easy for…
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The Megachurch That Got Pruned
Picture a church that had 32,000 members - and lost 22,000 of them in just one day. Even worse, it soon was down to only 300 people. Although this sounds…
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More Than a Once-a-Year Easter
I've always struggled to get excited about special days - even great days of celebration like Easter and Christmas. After all, shouldn't Jesus' reality in our lives be more than…
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The Benefits of Manure
Several weeks ago I was feeling even more arrogant than usual. I had just published two new books - not as a ghostwriter this time, but under my own name.…