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Discipleship Means Joy
If we answer the call to discipleship, where will it lead us? What decisions and partings will it demand? To answer this question we shall have to go ...
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Faith Without Passion
Very few of us [Christians] could say with Paul's conviction, "For me to live is Christ." If we experienced this as a transforming joy, ...
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To Obey Is Better than Sacrifice
The utter obedience required in the military is accepted as necessary, even when one's life may be the price of that obedience. Why does the Christian ...
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"Christians Aren't Perfect, Just Forgiven"
Whether seen on bumper stickers, heard during altar calls, developed from a narrow interpretation of Lutheran or fundamentalist theology, or perpetuated ...
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Living in Freedom
The disciplined person is the person who can do what needs to be done when it needs to be done. The disciplined person is the person who can live in the ...
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A Devotional Schedule
I will (1) rise every morning sufficiently early and have a few minutes, not less than five, in private prayer; (2) avoid all the babbling and idle talking ...
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Christian Excellence
At the very heart of the Christian gospel is a cross--the symbol of suffering and sacrifice, of hurt and pain and humiliation and rejection. I want no ...
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Salvation Requires Surrender
Not long ago one of the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, published his correspondence with the great psychiatrist, Carl Jung. He thanks ...
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The Harder Choice
It doesn't take much to say "I quit." It takes a lot more to say "I'll try."
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