In John 17, Jesus said, “I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that…
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Allow me to address post-abortive men. I am convinced the power to end abortion rests with you. Your stories, your pain, and your perspective are what is missing from the abortion dialogue in America. Your story, though painful, is also redemptive. If you have not yet come to grips with…
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For 32 years, my dad was principal at Harrison Street School, the only elementary school on the east side of Geneva, Illinois. Growing up, his children -- Mary Kay, Mark, Jay, and Sue -- often heard some version of this statement, "Oh, you must be related to Ken Payleitner, the…
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I recently spoke to a group of young college women, some married, some single. During the breakout session we conducted an anonymous question-and-answer time where students submitted index cards with whatever questions they would like to ask. After almost twenty years of speaking on the topic of healthy sexuality, nothing…
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God’s Word – His truth and unshakable principles – can be denied and defied but never destroyed. His truth is as eternal as He is. They are never actually broken because they stand firm. If we set aside the commands of God, we suffer the consequences. Our defiance doesn’t negate…
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I hate flying. The physics of flight are both amazing and terrifying. But if you ask me, it defies logic. The Boeing 777-300, like the one I recently took from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, can carry over 500 passengers. It’s over 200 feet long and weighs in the range…
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As I embrace this life of meaning, living fully with the remaining days I am given, my laundry and dishes pile high. My in-box sits unattended. Dinner ranges from toaster waffles to pot roast. But no matter the cleanliness or the menu, my greatest joys are laughter and conversation, whether…
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Happy Mother’s Day to the greatest source of inspiration on earth! Our youngest child, Robin Rochelle Robison Turner, wrote the following devotional for the book Women at the Well. Our beautiful daughter has joined the great host of witnesses in Heaven in the glorious presence of the Lord Jesus. Everywhere she…
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I got mild whiplash that day on the playground when my best friend Barbara looked me square in the eye and said, "I wish I was you!" We were both five years old; I did not know her comment was grammatically incorrect (my mother would have said Barbara was using…
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Throughout Western history, Christianity has endured seasons when our faith should have been forever defeated, if not obliterated. The Church of Jesus Christ should have had a funeral with the fall of the Roman Empire, the spread of Islamic armies, the Enlightenment, political upheaval in Europe, or the philosophical attacks…
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