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| May 20, 2025
May I remind you of four of the more powerful perils that can level even the mightiest? They are fortune, fame, power, and pleasure.
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| May 19, 2025
Picture for a moment the barrenness and bleakness that happens in a life when compromise occurs. It doesn't come immediately. At first it's fun to run with the wrong crowd.
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| May 18, 2025
I think we need to sign a mental declaration of independence. Let's put our names on the line, pledging ourselves with firm resolve, much like those brave men did on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia when they signed the Declaration of Independence.
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| May 17, 2025
Someone once wrote, "Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap your character. Sow your character, reap your destiny." Standing tall when tested takes courage—constant, relentless, never-give-up courage!
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| May 16, 2025
What do we mean by accountability? In the simplest terms, it is answering the hard questions. Accountability includes opening one's life to a few carefully selected, trusted, loyal confidants who speak the truth.
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| May 15, 2025
God offers instruction, but then it's our move. We must accept His instruction and apply it to our lives. Then, and only then, can we expect to cash in on the benefits of His instruction.
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| May 14, 2025
Almost every week I come into contact with people who have been misled, thinking that success depends solely upon talent or brilliance or education.
But the list doesn't end there.
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| May 13, 2025
Can you remember a recent "gray slush" day? Of course you can. So can I. The laws of fairness and justice were displaced by a couple of Murphy's Laws. Your dream dissolved into a nightmare.
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| May 12, 2025
If we hope to demonstrate the level of excellence modeled by Jesus Christ, then we'll have to come to terms with the kingdom we are going to serve: the eternal kingdom our Lord represented and told us to seek (Matt. 6:23) or the temporal kingdom of today.
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| May 11, 2025
I need to be very candid with you. If you are a "Sunday Christian," you will not stand alone when outnumbered. Apart from a personal and vital faith in Jesus Christ, it is impossible to wage a winning effort against the system called "the world."
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| May 10, 2025
One of the great American myths is that we are all a bunch of rugged individualists. We would like to think that, but it simply is not true. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the majority it is not that way at all.
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| May 09, 2025
The psalmist lists several benefits to prod our thinking. As we reflect on God's gifts to us, it's helpful to be specific.
Do you have eyesight? It's a gift. Do you have a good mind? It's a gift
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| May 08, 2025
I know, I know—"life is serious business." If I hear that one more time, I think I'll gag. I fully realize that too much humor can become offensive. I recognize that it can be taken to such an extreme that it is inappropriate.
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| Aug 08, 2024
THERE IS A STRANGE STATEMENT IN Scripture that flashes like a bright neon sign. Paul made it while he was saying good-bye to a group of friends standing near him. It was a sad moment heavy with emotion.
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| Aug 07, 2024
DISORIENTATION IS THE PITS. When you travel a lot (like airline personnel) you must deal with it.
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| Aug 06, 2024
TUCKED AWAY IN THE FOLDS OF Hebrews 11 is a two-word biography worth a second glance: "He endured" (11:27, NASB).
The Living Bible says, "[he] kept right on going."
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| Aug 05, 2024
WEBSTER DEFINES THE WORD "cordial" as of or relating to the heart: vital, tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate, heartfelt, gracious. That's really a mouthful; in fact, that's worth a few minutes of our time together.
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| Aug 04, 2024
PAUL WANTED TO BE IN HEAVEN but needed to be on earth. In a temporal sort of way, this time of year, I share his frustration.
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| Aug 03, 2024
THERE IS ONLY ONE YOU. In our overly-populated, identity-crisis era it is easy to forget this. Individuality is played down. We are asked to conform to the "system."
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| Aug 02, 2024
YEARS AGO, when I pastored in California, an usher met me as I was leaving the church. He had been involved in counting the morning offering.
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