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On a shelf in my home office, there is a brass clock engraved with the words “Volunteer of the Year, 1998.” I received the clock for serving as a hospice chaplain with the Visiting Nurse Association of Wisconsin. I attended
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Name-dropping is a popular way to impress others—even among Christians. To casually mention our association or loose acquaintance with a prominent person may immediately enlarge our perceived worth or influence in the eyes of those whose respect we crave. But
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Last week, I posted a brief review of John Kitchen’s new book, He Is Able. This morning, while in a hospital waiting room, I paged through the book again, rereading my highlighted sentences. Here are five of my favorites. The
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The Attributes of God: Faithful – Lara d’Entremont writes: “Even the most loyal person is still an imperfect human being. But God is perfect in all His ways, including His faithfulness. What can we proclaim, other than God is trustworthy?”
Continue readingYesterday, a faithful servant of God, Warren W. Wiersbe, entered the presence of his precious Savior. In the early 1980s, I was a spiritual infant when I first heard Dr. Wiersbe’s voice on the Back to the Bible radio program
Continue readingThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentation 3:22-23) As a child, I didn’t mind eating leftovers. Mom’s spaghetti or chili tasted even
Continue readingJeremiah prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judah before and as the people were taken away to Babylon by king Nebuchadnezzar. Chapter 32 of this prophetic book, which I preached last Sunday, is the center of a three-chapter section in
Continue readingPicture this. You are among the 40 years old and younger in Israel. You have watched your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all die in the wilderness because of their unbelief. You don’t wish to repeat their lack of faith
Continue readingThis morning, while driving to Chicago, two of my kids and I listened to Matthew Smith’s All I Owe CD several times. Though I’ve listened to it countless times since Indelible Grace was at our church last fall, the lyrics
Continue readingYesterday, I was talking to a pastor who has been fighting discouragement. He wondered if it was worth serving God anymore, if it was worth his continued sacrifice and the sacrifice of his family. He wondered if he should have
Continue reading[The following is adapted from a brief testimony that I shared at my installation service on August 16, 2015 at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. I share it with you with the hope that it will encourage you
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
