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The short, seemingly unassuming phrases found in Scripture fascinate me. Rarely are they the main point in the context of what is being stated, but their inclusion is a nugget that always brings me to the question, “why...
In his book, The Pursuit of Holiness, Jerry Bridges writes, “God wants us to walk in obedience—not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self. This may seem to be merely splitting hairs over...
I read the classic short story Two Old Men by Leo Tolstoy this past week when working through my devotional study from Entrepreneurs of Life. John Bernbaum introduces Tolstoy’s short story this way: The two old...
I have been pondering the following conversation and could use some company. Cineas: “The Romans are reported to be great warriors and conquerors of many nations. If God permits us to overcome them, how shall we use...
In an April 25, 2022, article, PC Magazine reported that Facebook removed 6.5 billion fake user accounts in 2021 compared to 3.5 billion active users in the same year. Entrepreneur shared that in 2019 one in four people...
There are times I succumb to, what I call, the dark side of Solomon. There, Solomon’s darkness replaces hope with pessimism and adverse history eclipses faith’s optimism. It is there, in that place, all becomes vanity. ...