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Personalizing the Reality of Evil (Actual Facebook Messages from Syria)

We live in a broken world. That was the first point of my message last Sunday morning, from Romans 8. Unfortunately, this was not just a theological, historical or theoretical sermon. Earlier in the week, I had received a distraught Facebook message from a friend and member of my congregation. Much of her family lives […]

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How to Free Yourself and Your Church from Easter Insanity

Our church doesn’t participate in Easter Insanity any more. You know what I mean. Churches spend weeks of time and buckets of money for Easter Sunday services. Flyers go out to the neighborhood, ads runs in the “Easter ghetto” of the local newspaper (ask your parents). We hold extravagant musicals, add extra service times, perform

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Why I Don’t Trust New Year’s Resolutions or 10-Year Plans

God doesn’t work on our calendar. He created days, weeks, months, seasons and years. Those are real things. We designed minutes, hours, decades and New Year’s Day on January 1. Those are made up things. That’s why I don’t trust New Year’s resolutions or decade-long church plans. What are the odds that God’s plans for

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Why I Don’t Trust New Year’s Resolutions or 10-Year Plans

God doesn’t work on our calendar. He created days, weeks, months, seasons and years. Those are real things. We designed minutes, hours, decades and New Year’s Day on January 1. Those are made up things. That’s why I don’t trust New Year’s resolutions or decade-long church plans. What are the odds that God’s plans for

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