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Ambassadorial Wisdom
There has always been (and I suspect there will always be) a considerable amount of friction between people of faith and those who aren’t; between those who believe in Jesus and ...
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Confusing Wisdom
Most of us would like to think that we have a pretty decent head on our shoulders; that we’re able to reason through things; that we’re able to examine the facts and draw the ...
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Wisdom from Above
Most of us, in an honest moment, would admit that we’re not as wise as we’d like to be; that we have more to learn to become the sort of person that intuitively we know God ...
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Devilish “Wisdom”
Rightly or wrongly (mostly wrongly) we have a hierarchy of sin, of bad behaviour, in our heads. Murder, theft, adultery – they’re really bad. Selfishness, jealousy, boasting ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
By and large, we associate growing older with growing wiser. I mean, that’s what’s meant to happen. But actually, a direct correlation between age and wisdom isn’t a given. ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (6)
There are times in our lives when our circumstances are far from ideal; when everything appears to be going against us. And it’s in those times that God means for us to live in ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (5)
The Christian view of the respective roles of men and women these days is often sneered at. It’s often criticised because it seems out of touch with today’s 21st century ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (4)
Monogamy is one of Christianity’s greatest contributions to the society in which we live today. Requiring men to show love, to serve and to exercise self-control in their ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (3)
Okay, today … today we’re going for a super dose of the politically incorrect. And it comes straight out of God’s Word. In fact, it’s something of a flashpoint between a ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (2)
Any psychologist will tell you that, despite the whole gender-fluidity thing that’s being pushed in some quarters, there are some very fundamental and powerful differences ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (1)
Have you ever picked up an old book, read it, and thought to yourself, man, that is so old-fashioned? Those attitudes, the way the world was back then … it’s all so irrelevant ...
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Uncommon Wisdom
Can I ask you, when was the last time that you were involved with a bunch of people who were in open conflict? People who were arguing about this or that, who couldn’t seem to ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
Different people can look at the same thing and see it completely differently. That’s the way it’s always been, and I’m pretty sure that’s the way it always will be. And ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
I don’t know about you, but there are times in my life when I’m faced with a complex issue, or some dilemma and I know I need wisdom to handle it, wisdom that I just don’t ...
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Wisdom and Wealth
Have you ever felt inadequate, incapable of doing what God has called you to do? If so, you’re not alone. Today, I want to introduce you to a young man who found himself in ...
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The Wisdom that Works
At some point we all exhibit that rather ugly quality of stubbornness. We just do. The tragic thing about persistent, continual stubbornness is though, that it keeps us stupid. ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
One of the hardest lessons that any of us ever has to learn is submitting to authority. As kids, we pushed the boundaries with our parents, especially in our teenage years. And it ...
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Wisdom Before Turmoil
How much of each day do you spend, investing in tomorrow? Just as with money, there are two things that we can do with our time. We can spend it or we can invest it. There’s ...
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God’s Wisdom Never Fails
You know it never ceases to amaze me, how when I open the Bible, God has right there, in the next chapter, ready and waiting, exactly the wisdom I need for today. Just yesterday, ...
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The Beauty of Real Wisdom
So, let me ask you, what does real wisdom look like? If you ran into some powerful, godly wisdom, how would you recognise it. People who roll over the top of others, who succeed ...
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False Wisdom is Ugly
Some people pretend to be wise, but then, when you scratch below the surface, you find that they’re anything but. What makes this so dangerous is that often those same people ...
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Discerning Real Wisdom
Most of my life, I’ve believed that wisdom comes with age. And to some extent that’s true. Normally someone who’s been around the block a few times, will have made enough ...
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Wisdom that Penetrates the Heart
When you think about it, the heart is where we live. It’s the seat, the centre, of our emotions. Of course, the heart is a physical organ vital to life. That’s why we use it ...
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God Gives Wisdom Generously
I wonder whether, when you go through difficult trials, through times of testing, whether you’ve ever felt as though God has deserted you. You pray and you pray and you pray, ...
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Are You Lacking in God’s Wisdom?
It’s a humbling thing to come to the realisation that you don’t have the wisdom, the where-with-all, the IQ, the emotional intelligence – call it whatever you want – to ...
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The Reward of Wisdom
Wisdom is something that I think, we all desire. I mean, I don’t know anyone on this planet, who, if asked, wouldn’t want to be wise. But I wonder just how high it is up our ...
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The Wisdom of the Ages
God wants to impart to you, His wisdom. The wisdom of the ages. My dad had a lot of wisdom. He wasn’t perfect of course, but he took the time and made the effort to impart much ...
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The Beginning of Wisdom
Let’s be honest. Sometimes we do the dumbest things. We don’t mean to, we just do. And there comes a point where you think to yourself: “Why am I making this same mistake ...
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Whose Fault Is It?
I’ve done some foolish things throughout my life. You too, right? We wish we could undo them … but we can’t. And, quite possibly, you’re still living out the consequences ...
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Don’t Ignore the Red Flags
I think we’d agree that looking for the good in others, seeing their potential, cutting them some slack when they fall short – that’s a good attitude to have, right? The ...
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When You’re In Trouble
There are times in our lives when the ability to stand confidently on the promises of God is truly important. I mean, it’s always important but never more so than in times of ...
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Totally Amazing Grace
Grace is a rare commodity these days. The world’s system expects you to conform and perform. It expects you to play your little part as an insignificant cog in its grinding ...
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Wise Up Early
Do you remember being young and stupid? I certainly do; the things I did back in my earlier years! If only we could turn the clock back and put an old head on those young ...
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Underwrite Your Success
Today we’re going to chat about success: Your success in the kingdom of God. And if you’re a tad sceptical, then good … because whenever someone mixes God’s Word with ...
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When You Just Know
Have you ever wondered why God, in His wisdom, chooses to say the same thing in His Word over and over again? It’s a question I’ve asked myself often. Why would He do that? I ...
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Rejoice and Weep
Here’s a frightening piece of research. On average, we’ll spend almost 17 years of our lives with our faces buried in our mobile phones. That’s 145,800 hours or 33% of our ...
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Where to Find Rest
When I mention the word “rest”, what image springs to mind? Sitting on a tropical beach somewhere with palm trees swaying gently in the breeze? Perhaps being tucked away in ...
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Set Your Mind on the Things of God
There’s a very real tension between the plain and obvious logic of things in this world and the seemingly illogical, other-worldly wisdom of God. I wonder, do you feel that ...
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And So Life Goes On
Pretty soon the whole Christmas thing, that briefest of blips in the calendar, will fade. We’ll all simply get on with life. But then what? Ninety-nine percent of life – yours ...
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The Riches of God
There’s something that happens to you when the glory of God fills your heart. There’s something powerfully life-changing that happens when you’re able to bask in the light ...
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The Hungry Hordes
So you’re getting ready to celebrate Christmas. Of course, there are two reasons to celebrate: the Santa, reindeer, baubles, tinsel and turkey reason, or the original and the ...
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Barking Dogs
The message that Jesus died on a cross so that the sins of the world – yours, mine and anyone else’s who believes in Him – would be forgiven feels so jarring in the context ...
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Those Who Mistreat You
It seems to me that pretty much every da there’s someone out there who wants to insult you, to offend you – either directly, personally, or by insisting that you conform to ...
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The Person God Wants You to Be
Life throws a lot of stuff at you, right? Constantly, day after day … challenges, conflict, uncertainty … you get the drift – so let me ask you, how well equipped are you to ...
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The Power is the Proof
Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to change just a single bad habit? Giving up smoking, quelling your hair-trigger anger, dealing with the negative self-talk rattling ...
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Forget About Everything, Except …
You have a lot going on in your life right now, no doubt. Happy things, sad things; good things, bad things; relaxing things, stressful things … all of which occupy your waking ...
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Where are You At?
Might I ask you quietly, plainly, directly … where are you at in terms of your faith in Jesus? Are you completely anti, lukewarm perhaps, or on fire? Wherever you’re at, would ...
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The Chosen
If only some days we’d lift our gaze to the cosmos and realise how truly small we are; how precariously our planet hurtles through space around a minor star, just one amongst a ...
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God’s Foolishness and Weakness
Personally, it’d suit me just fine if God would fit more with my expectations; do things the way I’d expect Him to. How about you? But, oh no … He absolutely doesn’t. And, ...
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Cling to the Cross
I don’t know if you’ve ever been belittled, rejected, even reviled for believing in Jesus, but let me tell you, it’s not a nice feeling. That being said, when you stand back ...
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Scripture … or Not
On the surface of things, there seem many points at which the Word of God and contemporary thought collide. And when that happens, you and I are left with the choice of which one ...
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The Mistakes Women Make (1)
The biggest mistake I see women making in their marriages is, once the children come along, relegating their husbands to third, fourth or fifth place in the family hierarchy. Big ...
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The Mistakes Men Make (2)
Too many men have become emotionally distant from their families, both as husbands and fathers. And that, right there, is one of the biggest mistakes we men can ever make because ...
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Bring Your Habits Before the Lord
Here’s a powerful truth that should never escape us. God wants to help us, you and me, to live our lives in the victory that Jesus died and rose again to give us: victory over ...
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Guilt and Anxiety
Guilt over the mistakes you’ve made in the past and anxiety over what the future holds are two sides of the one coin. And for many, those two enemies rage war deep in their ...
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From Father to Son
One of the more special relationships we can have in this life is as a parent – not everyone of course, but most. And even if you’re not a parent, it’s not difficult to ...
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My Prayer for You
Today I want to share with you something that I’m incredibly passionate about; something that motivates me, drives me to do what I do. It’s this; seeing you grow in maturity ...
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Open My Eyes
Throughout life, we tend to search for wonderful things; good things that’ll bless us, good things that’ll enrich our lives and the lives of those we love. But those wonderful ...
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Emotional Clarity
One of the things that most of us aren’t all that good at is reading other people’s emotions … before we say or do what we were going to say or do. But there’s something ...
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Know Christ, Like Christ
As a father, there have been many times over the years when I’ve wished that I could impart to my children the wisdom of my years and the power of what I’m able to do for ...
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Think Twice
It’s funny how the human psyche works. Sometimes the obvious can be staring you in the face, but somehow your mind can’t grasp it. It’s only when you come back to it a ...
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One Soul at a Time
If you’re someone who joins me daily in this Fresh devotional message – whether by email, or on television, radio, through the many digital channels … wherever – have you ...
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God Will Never Leave You Short
One of the things that we all should be thinking about at this time of year is our household budget, especially as the cost of living goes up putting pressure on our finances. How ...
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Transformative Power
Have you ever felt inadequate to be a follower of Jesus Christ’s? Have you ever felt incapable of sharing your faith with someone who’s hostile to the things of God? Yep, me ...
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Be Prepared to Zip Your Lip
Family gatherings like Christmas can be a great blessing. Catching up with loved ones that we perhaps haven’t seen in a while is awesome … until it’s not: Until old tensions ...
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Bridging the Gap
One day … yep, one day God is going to do a powerful work through me. One day, He’s going to send me here or there to do this or that. Amazing. I can’t wait. One day … ...
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Kindness is a Sign of…
So much of what Jesus taught was deeply rooted in our ordinary, everyday realities. Yes, He did talk about what we believe, but He talked much more about what we do. That’s an ...
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Have a Plan
Trust in God. We all know that we should. If you’ve ever opened a Bible, you’ll hear God say it over and over and over again. Trust in Me. But trusting in Him should never be ...
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Freedom from Sin
There’s a real risk, I think, that we can mistake what God’s grace is all about – that we kind of put a fence around it in our hearts and in our minds … in our lives, to ...
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Seeing Clearly
Insults are a fact of life. And when we’re the one on the receiving end … man, they smart, they hurt, don’t they? And something inside us makes us want to get even. But ...
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Wise Up!
One of the things that I find intensely annoying about my parents is that the things they tried to teach me when I was young and rebellious turned out to be absolutely right! ...
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Receiving the Right Sort of Criticism
As we observed yesterday, there are two equal and opposite forms of criticism that we face in our lives – the sort that seeks to tear us down, and the sort that builds us up. ...
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Looking Forward to “That Day”
Can I ask you … are you looking forward to the end of your time on this earth? Most of us aren’t, and to some extent that’s how it should be. But if you believe in Jesus, ...
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Praying Without Ceasing
So, the question for you today is … in your prayer time, whatever that happens to look like, how much time do you spend praying for others versus praying for yourself – your ...
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Speaking Without Accusing
Sometimes you’ll be having a conversation with someone, and what they’re saying to you, on the surface of it, is good advice. And yet, it’s uncomfortable because it feels as ...
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Learning Respect
Yesterday, we read about having a teachable heart; about the powerfully positive impact on our lives of letting God’s Word correct and instruct us. But let’s be honest here ...
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Leaving a Lasting Impression
I’ve been in the workforce for close on half a century – forty-six years to be exact. And in all that time, there’s just a small number of people who stand out in my mind ...
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Overcoming the Wicked
There’s no shortage of wicked people in this world – none whatsoever, which is probably why (just in case you were wondering) you end up running into them on a regular ...
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The Art of Listening
One of the worst things we can ever do is to talk over the top of people, or even just hold our tongue – not with the aim of taking in what’s being said, but just so that we ...
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Use Your Head
Propaganda has been a thing since time immemorial. It’s just that these days, with the way that all forms of media wrap their tentacles around every part of our lives, it’s ...
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Reading Your Own Death Warrant
We’ve been reading this week about dealing with the difficult people in our lives with the wisdom and the love of God. It’s not easy, is it? And we can’t talk about ...
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Don’t Lose the Plot
Truth, as things turn out, is a difficult thing to hold on to in these last days. As the time draws nearer to Christ’s return, just as He predicted there are many intent on ...
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What Suzy Says of Sally
We read earlier this week about judgementalism, and I just want to circle back to it again today because that tendency to judge others and then to turn it into gossip or anger is ...
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“Opinion” versus “Truth”
One of the things I’ve noticed – and perhaps you have too – is that it’s very easy in this day and age, given the constant barrage of media messages, for us to drift away ...
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The Rules Don’t Apply
Have you ever come to the conclusion that because God loves you so much, this one little verse in the Bible …. well, it doesn’t really apply to you? If you have, then I’m ...
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Resurrection Power
We’ve been reading over the last few days about overcoming sin – actually living out the victory over sin that Jesus won for us on that cross. We need the power to do that. ...
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Stop Blaming the Devil
Over the years, I’ve had a good many people tell me that they’re under spiritual attack. But sometimes, you look at the way they’re living their lives and you think to ...
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Powerful Kindness
There are few things in this world that are at the same time simpler, easier and cheaper to deliver, than good, old-fashioned kindness. If that’s the case, why are people so ...
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Don’t Tell Secrets
Have you ever noticed how tabloids love leading with headlines that go something like this: Prince’s Secret Love Letters Revealed? And doesn’t that sell newspapers, or these ...
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Speaking up for What’s Right
Like it or not, but when you and I take on the label of Christianity, the brand of Jesus Himself when you think about it, then what we say and do speaks to this world of the ...
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Straightening Out a Twisted Mind
Have you ever made a serious blunder along the way and afterwards, when your emotions had settled down, in the cold, hard light of day, you thought to yourself: Why on earth did I ...
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What Will You Do, To Win?
Can I ask you today, what sort of impact are you having in this world, in the lives of the people around you? A good impact, a moderate impact, or a lousy impact? What sort of ...
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Make Your Life Count
Life is short. When we’re young, we know pretty much, that life on this earth will go on forever. But as we grow older, that truism is one that comes home to roost. Life … is ...
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Working for Peace
Yesterday we chatted about the uncommon wisdom that we need in order to navigate conflict in a godly way. The wisdom of God that’s available to you and me. The problem is though ...
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Listen
If only, in those difficult moments – in those moments where we feel inadequate to deal with what’s in front of us, in those moments where we need God’s wisdom – if only, ...
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Gentleness and Respect
We live in a time of great division, where the toxic cocktail of political tribalism and conspiracy theories bubbling along in the murky soup of social media is affecting our ...
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Speaking Truth, Plain and Simple
Saying things the way they are these days is becoming increasingly difficult. Political correctness is running rampant – masquerading as diversity, truth and tolerance – when ...
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Are You Strapped In?
Like it or not, trouble will hit our lives from time to time. Just when things seem to be going along fine … whammo! Trouble strikes, almost always when we don’t expect it. ...
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The Getting of Peace
So if, as we saw yesterday, peace isn’t something that we can conjure up, that we can fabricate for ourselves … if indeed, true peace only comes from Christ … then the ...
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Do This for the Lord
If there’s one thing a pandemic will do in putting pressure on societies, governments and individuals, it’s creating conflict and dissent. We’ve seen that over and over ...