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“Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.” – Psalm 119:24
[Here’s a flashback from 2011.] Here at the blog we have been thinking much the past week about forgiveness and the root of bitterness that grows in its absence. Today, let’s think about what may be the two most important
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My week has been pretty crazy as I prepare for a teaching trip to Ukraine. So, I trust you will pardon me for cutting and pasting from my class notes. The following is a bite-sized portion from the lesson entitled
Continue readingHere’s a couple links I found encouraging.. Eye-Rolling Is Not Discipleship – “A good shepherd leads the sheep to good food. He doesn’t drive them there. He doesn’t browbeat them there. He coaxes them forward.” Emotions Are a Language –
Continue readingHere’s a few links I found encouraging: 7 Health Benefits of Walking Just 20-Minutes a Day – “Whether you wake up a bit earlier, fit in a lunch break during work, or go on an evening stroll, taking a brief
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A passport is a powerful document. It certifies a person’s citizenship and carries authority to travel to foreign countries. While visiting other countries as a guest, your citizenship remains, along with a certain amount of protection that your country’s government
Continue readingHere’s a few links that I found helpful… Lion or Lamb: Which Do You Need? – “Have you ever considered reading the book of Revelation when you needed some encouragement?” Pastoral Ministry and the Struggle to Sleep – “We need
Continue reading“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Now, of course, we know that’s not true. The Bible warns us that our words have power. They can either destroy or nourish. There is one whose
Continue readingYesterday, as I was reviewing notes from a workshop I’ve taught on trials and suffering, I was again counseled by these words from Jerry Bridges: “As we watch tragic events unfolding, or more particularly as we experience adversity ourselves, we
Continue readingI’m pleased to let you know of a valuable conference taking place in late-October at the The Biblical Counseling Training Center of Arizona. The theme for their 11th annual conference is “Discerning God’s Will – How to Make Biblically Informed
Continue readingThom Rainer, president of Lifeway Christian Resources, is a servant of the Lord for whom I am thankful. Though I recognize we have some differences in philosophy of ministry and church growth, I have benefited from many of his blog
Continue readingThis past week, as I was preparing my sermon from Philippians 3:12-16, I discovered these beautifully-crafted words from an old Baptist pastor from the early 1900s. Commenting on the apostle’s expressed desire to fully apprehend Christ because it was Christ
Continue readingSince I’ve been preaching through Philippians since February, the themes of joy and rejoicing are reoccurring. Here’s a rerun post from 2012, the fruit of spending time there during my daily devotions. The book of Philippians has been my food
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Is it a sin to talk too much? Well, that depends. Years ago, my men’s small group discussed the discipline of the tongue. After reading a chapter in Disciplines of a Godly Man by Kent Hughes, and verses from Proverbs
Continue readingRecently, a man who had attended a conference in 2010 emailed to request the homework examples I had given in the workshop I taught on the need for personal discipline in sanctification. It took a bit of digging to find
Continue readingIt is no secret to any of us that we live in an age that is increasingly skeptical about the very concept of truth. What was once right or wrong, truth or error, is now simply a matter of one’s
Continue readingHere’s some articles that I found interesting this week. The Pastor’s PTSD – “My wife, Judy, and I know what it is like to live through a season of church conflict and not be OK, even after the trouble subsides.
Continue readingFive years ago, this month, I published this article. Since then 44,000 people have read it. Therefore, I thought it may make a good Flashback Friday post. I trust it will encourage your growth in grace. A local church is
Continue reading[Yesterday morning, we read this in our staff meeting. It is a precious prayer demonstrating dependence upon the all-sufficient God. It is taken from Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions.] O LORD OF GRACE, The world
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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.
