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Category Archives: Gospel
The Five Love Languages: Receiving Gifts, Part 2
The Bible tells us that God is the best gift-giver. James 1:17, Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. God’s gifts are good … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Christmas, COVID-19, Culture, Devotional, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Kingdom Values, Love Others, Scripture
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The Five Love Languages: Learning to Love Like Jesus, Part 2
In my previous post, I introduced the five love languages popularized by Dr. Gary Chapman in his best-selling book. With this post, I want to take a look at the example of Jesus in the New Testament. In the Gospels, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Church, Devotional, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Kingdom Values, Love First, Love of Christ, Love Others, Scripture
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Kingdom Paradigm
I’ve been using this tool recently in my teaching. It’s actually something I developed a few years ago and I keep a handwritten version of this taped inside my Bible. I think visuals like this help us make sense of … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Imago Dei, Kingdom Values, Missiology, Scripture, Theology
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Holy Confrontation: Guilt
When God called Moses out of the burning bush, He told him to go back to Egypt, to confront Pharaoh and to demand that he set the Israelites free from slavery. Exodus 3:10, “Come, I will send you to Pharaoh … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Devotional, Discipleship, Faith, God, Gospel, Jesus, Kingdom Values, Repentance, Scripture
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All Things New
I wrote this in the sand at the beach 10 years ago after we lost Sunny’s Dad. This line has become especially meaningful to me over the years. For my money, there is no better succinct summary of the Gospel.
Posted in Eschatology, Faith, Family, Gospel, Sunny, Theology
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Preaching Together
Last week I had the chance to do something I’ll never forget. Each year, our church honors our high school graduates with “Senior Sunday.” The young men in each year’s graduating class help lead our Sunday morning worship service. This … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Church, Discipleship, Faith, Family, God, Gospel, Jesus, Kids, Kingdom Values, Preaching
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This is What It’s All About
A great week was made even better today. What a cool moment!
Posted in Blessings, Discipleship, Faith, Gospel, Hope, Kingdom Values, Repentance
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Neil Shenvi Compares World Religions
This helpful chart is from Neil Shenvi’s excellent book Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity. This one will definitely be making my end-of-the-year list.
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Honduras Mission Trip
Last month, our baseball team took a quick trip to Santa Rosa, Honduras to work with our dear friends Jon and Stacy Stacy. We hosted a free baseball clinic to teach skills to local children in the community. It was … Continue reading
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