My phone buzzes at odd, unpredictable hours, especially around the big holidays: amber alerts—child abductions. Often at those times of the year, it seems one parent is taking a child…
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It can feel like there’s so much a Christian has to give up, to be a Christian. If it were just a matter of giving up things like kale, I…
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We want—and, indeed, need—time for ourselves. Self-care is important! And Christ shows us a model of sacrificial living that may well feel exhausting: when do I get time for me,…
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“On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and…
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There had to be a donkey to show the King was entering in. Jesus knew what he was doing. What he was doing wasn’t lost on people: wasn’t lost on…
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Over these Sundays, I’ve been sharing with you what prophets of the Old Testament had to say about the one who was going to come. He would be the fulfillment…
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Jesus came to call people to follow, to believe and follow: only believe, just follow. If they weren’t sure whether they believed, Jesus told them to follow and see. “Trust…
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“It will always help us if we regard this world as organized not for our comfort but for our training.”[1] So says our friend William Barclay. The old saying was…
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Have you ever been put in jail? Wait—don’t answer! Well, if you have, I guess you know the awful feeling that comes with that clank as the barred door locks. …
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I feel a little like Jude. No, not Judas—though I’ve had my moments, God knows! Jude—he wrote a brief letter that comes just before Revelation. Location, location, location. Jude begins…
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