4 Opportunities for Prayer, Community, Discussion, and Learning in These Days of Social Distancing
Many of us are realizing how much we enjoy relationships now that we’re forced to be separated from most other people. Here are a…
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03/25/20 Gaining the Whole World?
READING: Deuteronomy 15-18, Psalm 115, Luke 9 These words of Jesus are especially potent to me today: “For what does it benefit someone if he…
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10 Characteristics of Healthy Churches
Over more than 20 years, our Lawless Group team has conducted hundreds of church health surveys. Most of the time, the churches with whom…
Read More03/24/20 The Family of God
READING: Deuteronomy 10-14, Psalm 5, Luke 8 I suspect that the words were jarring to Mary and Jesus’ brothers when they heard them. They had…
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9 Evidences that We Preachers Have Made Preaching an Idol
I confess that these thoughts are not original with me. The idea for this post came from Lewis Allen’s book, The Preacher’s Catechism, where…
Read More03/23/20 Interrupting a Funeral
READING: Deuteronomy 6-9, Luke 7 I can just see the scene. An elderly mother—a widow—is in the funeral procession as they prepared to bury her…
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In the COVID-19 Crisis, 10 Prayers I Need to Pray More
This coronavirus crisis has been challenging to everyone. As I think about my community in Wake Forest, NC, I’m reminded that I need to…
Read More03/22/20 Sunday Quote
“We fear many things about the future. We fear loss, loneliness, death–or what’s just around the corner. But in Christ, what we fear will…
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An Encouraging Word for Church Leaders for Today
1 Peter 1:2 “May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” Indeed. In these unprecedented days, may God’s grace and peace overwhelm you and…
Read More03/21/20 Saturday Quote
Note for devotional subscribers: I understand my devotional posts have had some technical issues in the past few days. I think we’ve fixed those issues,…
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