Knowing God's Will
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| April 21, 2008
I've been thinking lately about how differently I look at God's will now than I did when I came to Christ in high school.
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What Does a Cross Bearer Look Like?
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| April 15, 2008
A friend recently asked me, "What would be some of the characteristics of the life of a person who is bearing their cross? (Matthew 16) What does this cross-bearer look like?"
Do Hard Things: A Book I’m Excited About
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| April 11, 2008
A brand new book has just been released (April 15), one that I highly recommend to all young people. And middle aged people. And old people.
Book Giveaway of the Month: Heaven
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| April 7, 2008
I’ve been looking forward to featuring Heaven as this month’s book giveaway simply because of the many wonderful reader responses to the book we’ve received such as this recent one.
Shut Up and Compete: Putting a Gag on Olympic Athletes
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| April 5, 2008
I'll never forget hearing nearly seven years ago that China had been selected as the host country for the 2008 Olympics. Now the time has come.
Planned Parenthood's Self-Description, and Unwanted Children
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| April 1, 2008
A friend of ours was recently job hunting and came across an advertised opening at Planned Parenthood. Though she wasn't interested in the job there, she was interested in the terminology used in Planned Parenthood's self-description that follows
Videos and Articles: True Beauty, Money, Adoption, Sexual Sin, and Ben Stein
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| March 28, 2008
A number of worthwhile videos and articles have come to my attention lately, so I wanted to pass them on. If one of them connects with you, maybe you could leave a comment recommending it to others.
Four Blessings from Above: The Joy of Grandchildren
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| March 24, 2008
It’s been a while since I showed pics of our grandchildren. Many of you have endured sleepless nights wondering when I was going to get back to them. Now you can relax and breathe again.
Longing for Joy in C. S. Lewis, Part 2
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| March 18, 2008
In Part 1 of Lewis and Longing, a few blogs ago, I quoted from his great sermon, later published as an essay, “The Weight of Glory: And Other Addresses.” There’s more in that essay I want to share.
What Then Is Left of Christianity?
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| March 14, 2008
Last month, on the opening day of the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting in Geneva, someone gave a stirring and controversial speech, with a message that made many squirm. Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, the Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna and Austria, made the following remarkable statements.