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Worth Fighting For?

The Bishop of Assisi once said to St. Francis, "I think your life is too hard, too rough. You don't possess anything in this world." And ...


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Hearers Only, Not Doers

Among the plastic saints of our times Jesus has to do all the dying and all we want is to hear another sermon about His dying.


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Life Without Sacrifices

A life without sacrifices is abomination.

Annie Dillard


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No Christian Bill of Rights

You will find nothing more searching than what the New Testament has to say with regard to the miserable, petty line of insisting on my rights. The Holy ...


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The Vanity of Things

I am much less regardfull of the approbation of man, and set much lighter by contempt or applause than I did long ago. I am oft suspicious that this is ...


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Redemption Is a Conscious Choice

Redemption is a conscious choice to serve the Lord, and that act is a denial.


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Necessary Follow-Up

After a Christmas comes a Lent.


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An Abstinence Streak

A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks set a remarkable record last season, playing in his 907th consecutive game, an NBA record.

A.C. is proud of that mark. ...


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God's Common Sense

Unfortunately, man cannot for long endure the common sense of God. Side by side with Christianity, and often mistaken for it, there has always existed ...


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The Meaning of Worship

Worship is pulling our affections off our idols and putting them on God.


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