The gospel is good news for everyone – individuals, families, businesses, sports teams, cities, and nations. Wherever humans are and whatever we do, the gospel has something to say to us. It speaks to every area of life and every issue we face and struggle with in the twenty-first century:…
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I tried to flip a house once. It was a typical "Anthony impulse move," but I figured if Chip and Joanna Gaines could do it, so could I. All by myself. That little side project ruined an entire year of my life. I worked myself crazy between the plumbing, drywall,…
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Pop psychology is wrong when it tells you to look inside yourself and find your value. The magazines are wrong when they suggest you are only as good as you are thin, muscular, pimple-free, or perfumed. The movies mislead you when they imply that your value increases as your stamina,…
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I don't understand God. I'm not sure that I want to. I think it's awe-inspiring that the wonder of His love for us makes no sense. It leaves me spellbound that the same God who used Rahab in the lineage of Jesus Christ still involves Himself completely in our sexual…
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I woke up and reached over to the bedside table for my phone to see what time it was. It was just three o’clock in the morning. I groaned. I slipped out of bed as quietly as I could. I didn’t want to wake my husband, or our three little…
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Young people today spend way too much time trying to force their way into opportunities. In fact, nobody is really immune to this. Whether we're fresh out of college or twenty years into a profession, when we see even the hint of an opportunity, our initial instinct may be to…
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This week we celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth of freedom. This historical moment occurred as a result of wise, committed leaders and followers pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish the greatest foundation upon which a nation and its people could build their families and future.…
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One year ago today, I began the journey to find my biological father. For years, I thought he had passed away. But on Father’s Day last year, my children bought me a DNA test and the results pointed to another man – and he was still alive. It’s a curious…
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Do you tend to believe that what you do defines who you are? When you fail to accomplish a goal, do you tend to feel that you are a failure? When you do something bad, does it make you feel that you are a bad person? Many people today have…
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I stood in the door frame of the kitchen and faced my parents, who were drinking coffee and sitting in the two overstuffed armchairs in front of the bay window. A fire burned in the big stone fireplace. Through the window I could see the valley, its trees stripped bare,…
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