“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3) Several years ago, I listened to an interview with evangelist Michael Youseff. Youseff recounted a conversation with former Attorney General John Ashcroft when he represented the State of Missouri in the United States Senate. Ashcroft is unashamedly Christian. In fact, he held devotions in his Senate office every morning to a growing number of Christians who have been so encouraged by his […]
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“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:25) When I was in my early twenties, my then wife and I would routinely travel to Charlotte to spend the weekend with her sister. She was married to a doctor who saw no earthly reason why he should go to church on Sunday morning. He could get all the church he needed from his living room […]
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“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.” (Psalm 32:6) My wife told me a story several years ago, which took the form of a modern-day parable. Jesus often relied on parables in the Bible to compare something in everyday life to a spiritual truth. However, many of us have trouble applying them in today’s world because we don’t belong to the culture for which they were written. In other words, […]
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“These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Several years ago, I received e-mail from a reader in Colorado who was experiencing health problems. I couldn’t help but think of her in light of recent struggles with my own health. “I am having problems right now… that I have been having for the past two months. It seems like I get over one […]
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