This is the fourth installment in our series on spiritual challenges. For your convenience, here are the previous three challenge articles: What is the gospel? What is the difference between sin, sins, and the sin? How should Christians be thinking about this world? Here, you will be challenged to think more broadly about transformation. Transformation […]
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I was watching a YouTube video about the many existential threats facing humanity, when I sensed God saying something. I hesitate to call it “a word,” and I acknowledge He may have intended it solely for me. I find it hard to know except for the continued encouragement to share what I heard. As always,
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Last week, we inadvertently introduced a Christianly thinking challenge: What is the Gospel? In other words, have you thought about the Gospel enough to know what you think? We will call that “Challenge Zero” – perhaps the beginning of a series. In this article, you will be challenged to think about sin, sins, and the
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I have been encouraged to include a “First Things” chapter in our latest writing project: A Christian Response to the Meaning Crisis. Here we offer our first attempt at a concise description of the Gospel, perhaps the first of all first things. Please comment with your opinion, suggestions, questions, etc. The Creators of the Universe
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God has allowed “Christianity” to run itself into chaos. Instead of growing “to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:13)” and all the benefits such unity affords, we have become progressively divided. Still, the Bride is making Herself ready and she will be perfectly joined and
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I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. John 17:15-16 Most Christians have heard the phrase, “Be in the world, but not of the world.” I would
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This article is addressed to Christian leaders in the workplace and in the church. If you are not one, reading it will help you prepare to be one, and to be an encouragement to them. Please forward as the Holy Spirit directs. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of
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Please note: This article is longer than normal, so you may need to read it in parts. However you determine to make it through to the end, I strongly encourage you to do just that. It is one of the most important articles God has used me to write in quite some time. As promised,
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Our intention in this short series of articles is to: (1) prove the proposition of attention as a moral act, (2) present the implications of that proposition, and (3) explore the importance of attention for Christian thinking and life in this chaotic season. If you have not already done so, please read the introductory article
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My daily walk through the Bible recently brought me to the “Faith Hall of Fame,” found in Hebrews 11. But rather than focus on the characters we know so well, here we will instead turn our attention to faith itself – particularly the life of faith enabled and empowered in those who position themselves to