Hezekiah: Healed but Boastful

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Today we're going to be looking at Isaiah 38 and 39. I was thinking this week as I pondered these passages that the Bible is a lot like an ...

Why Worry?

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We're probably all familiar with the story of Howard Hughes. Hughes was a big-time businessman who dabbled in oil, entertainment, and ...

Our Hungry Hearts

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Have you ever used an image to help motivate you? To help you clarify what and who you want to become? An image can be an object or can come ...

In God We Trust (Though We'd Rather Pay Cash)

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Have you ever felt really anxious and stressed? If I don't accept this offer, then …. If my child doesn't get into the right ...

Desperate Hearts

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Some years ago I experienced something that just about every stressed-out, 40-something American male experiences - chest pains. You know, ...

The House of Prayer

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"My temple should be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves." That stands as one of the harshest indictments ever uttered ...

You Go Your Way; I'll Go God's Way.

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Many people who study the times say that there isn't much we can trust today. Andy Crouch put it this way in Christianity Today:

The emptiness ...

Taming the Beast

Text: Genesis 4:1–16
Topic: How to battle envy

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A few years ago, two high school girls in California—well liked, talented and ambitious—attended ...

Prepare for God's Visitation

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I have a friend named John who is a medical doctor. He was once making a commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean, when a teenage boy who ...

Lessons from Lepers

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We often look at thanksgiving backwards. We think of thanksgiving as thanking God for something that has happened to us already. The real ...

Public Performance Is Easier than Private Devotion

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If you are just joining us, this is the third week in a six-week series entitled "Adventures in Missing the Point." We have been learning ...

The Often-Overlooked Benefits of Losing

In our society being called a loser is the ultimate indignity. You can almost hear someone say, "Call me a liar or a cheat, but please stop short of ever ...

Prone to Wander

One spring day, two friends set out on a canoe trip in the wilderness of Ontario. After paddling all afternoon the first day, they came to a portage, ...

By Faith, Miracles!

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I sometimes feel when I get to a passage like Hebrews 11 that I'm almost like a little boy walking through the Hall of Fame wearing sneakers ...