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Post-Truth
Oxford Dictionary added a new word this year. They called it the word of the year for 2016. Know what it is? “Post-truth.” Definition: “Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Doesn’t that sum up 2016?
Come and Have Breakfast
There is an ordinariness to the resurrected Jesus. But there is also a glory. He is a man like us yet unlike us. It is the likeness that draws us in, but the unlikeness causes us to bow down in worship.
Sins Like Mist
We have relentless memories. Our failures hang onto us like an evergreen’s leaves. We grow, and they grow with us. How do we deal with this? What does the Bible say?
The Prophetic Husband - Part 3 - How We Say What God Says
Here’s how we nourish. Your wife needs to hear you say, "I love you." Your wife needs to hear you say, "God loves you." Would Eve have taken the fruit if Adam was whispering against Satan's lies?
The Prophetic Husband - Part 2 - What God Says
Your marriage is a metaphor for the gospel. God tells us that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church. We should nourish and cherish her. We do this in many ways but one way is by opening our mouths to speak the word of God to our wives. We are to be like Jesus: bringing the gospel in.
The Prophetic Husband - Part 1 - What We Say
Why do we feel so inadequate communicating to our wife? That feeling of inadequacy is a result of the fall. In Genesis 3, we see that God holds Adam responsible for Eve’s actions. Why? Because Adam was charged with leading his wife. “The husband is the head of the wife, as the head of every man is Christ” (1 Cor. 11:3). We still feel that failure.
How to Grow Next Year
Most of us want to grow. We are dissatisfied with some part of our life. Some of us are dissatisfied with most parts of our life. We can take one of two paths. We can just settle into the "this is as good as it gets" mindset, or we can plan to grow.
When Jesus Draws Near
How do you do the Lord's work in the Lord's way when God feels distant? How do you get back into the presence of a God whom you've talked about but not talked to?
Community Keeps You from Drifting
No Christian can stand alone. The idea of "lone ranger" Christianity is not found in the Bible. It is a human invention. After all, God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone" (Genesis 2:18). God's creative intention requires companionship.