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It is often difficult to confirm the accuracy of a story, including this one printed in the Christian Digest and cited in a collection of stories assembled by Paul Tan. It wouldn’t surprise me to find it is accurate, but in any case the point of the story is a valid one, and I have seen it illustrated in less dramatic ways in my own life and in the speaking ministries of others.

A few days ago a friend asked me to meet with her non-Christian family and share the gospel with them.

Parents have to balance their responsibility to govern their children’s lives with their teenagers’ need to develop independence and freedom. Parents have to maintain that tension. 



When people who are living together visit our churches or small groups or homes, it is not our first job to try to correct their behavior, but instead to demonstrate the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.

There is no implication in scripture that anyone has more access to God. We will all experience his presence because he is omnipresent, unlike man who can be only in one place at a time.

Men, you are the leaders of Men, you are the leaders of your families. You might be reluctant to assume that role. You might even deny that it falls to you. Nonetheless, you are your family’s de facto leader, whether you choose to believe it or not.

In Revelation 22, those who are outside the city mean those who are outside the city in Hell.

The Hubble Deep Field North image, referred to Chapter 43 of Randy Alcorn’s Heaven book.

The city’s exact dimensions are measured by an angel and reported to be 12,000 stadia, the equivalent of 1,400 miles or 2,200 kilometers, in length, width, and height (Revelation 21:15-16).

When logic would tell you the church would not be able to grow under government restrictions, it has grown at a phenomenal rate.

The most striking thing that’s happened,” she said, “is that I find myself totally uninterested in all the conversations about material things.