Sanctification

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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…

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I love “lost at sea” stories. In each of these stories, it is vitally important that you know which direction you’re heading and that you stay pointed in that direction. You don’t want to drift off course. Why? Because…

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“Exhausted yet pursuing.” Judges 8:4. If anything can sum up the life of ministry so simply, this is it. Exhausted yet pursuing. Following Jesus is tiring. Not in the “I want to give up and take a vacation” way, but in…

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Sometimes we actually empower Satan by the way we speak of Christian conversion. We highlight the testimony of the ex-alcoholic who says, "Since I met Jesus I've never wanted another drink." Now that happens sometimes,…

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My wife and I were married in June 2008. The next summer we got a dog, a border collie, named Glory. We started building our life in our new home in our new marriage with our new dog and our new jobs. Everything was…