01/23/16 With the Help of Others
READING: Exodus 16-18 One of the reasons we often lose spiritual battles is that we fight them alone. Maybe that’s because we’re generally loners, or…
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Saturday Suggestions: January 23, 2016
Here are some suggested readings for believers this week: Why 734 Pastors Quit (and How Their Churches Could Have Kept Them) by Lisa Cannon…
Read More01/22/16 The Lord Will Fight for You
READING: Exodus 13-15 We so urgently need one of the truths of today’s reading that I’m moving right to the point: in all our battles, God…
Read More01/21/16 Against All the Gods
READING: Exodus 10-12 Ten plagues. Blood. Frogs. Gnats. Flies. Livestock. Boils. Hail. Locusts. Darkness. And then death of the firstborn. Time after time, God displayed…
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8 Verses that Drive My Walk with God
I have so much room for growth that it alarms me sometimes. Nevertheless, I’m giving you my life verses in hopes that you, too, will have verses that drive you forward.
Read More01/20/16 Staff vs. Staff
READING: Exodus 7-9 The enemy we face is supernatural, but he’s not God. He is powerful, but he is no match for God. No way. Not a…
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Things I’ve Learned about Corporate Worship
Almost 35 years ago, I began pastoring my first church. I remember planning worship services, typing the order of worship, and praying the worship would go well. Looking back, I’ve realized how little I knew about corporate worship at the time.
Read More01/19/16 Fickle Followers
READING: Exodus 4-6 It’s funny how fickle we are sometimes. We serve God . . . but only until things don’t go our way. Look…
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9 Reflections on Ethnicity, Race Relations, and the Church
On Martin Luther King Day, 2016, here are some of my reflections on ethnicity, racism, and the church.
Read More01/18/16 “Moses, Moses”
READING: Exodus 1-3 Do you remember when God first called you to Him? Perhaps it was through your reading the Bible, and the truths just…
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