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When I was a kid, my dad was a certified instructor for Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, primarily in corporate settings. As a result, nearly every car ri...

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Every believer and every church needs a disciple making system that is simple, effective, and reproducible. Those three words are not trendy—they are essenti...

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We live in a time when few people have difficulty believing in a God of love. Some central texts in Scripture emphasize this point. Here are a couple key passages emphasizing God’s...

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We don’t do nuance very well these days…

We tend to take complex realities, find their absolute worst expressions, and then decide the whole thing must be th...

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If you have met me, chances are good that you also have met my ego.

It’s hard to miss. It usually dominates conversations, going on and on about its accomplishments, ...

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Sometimes in life it only takes 20 seconds of insane courage to do something extraordinary. At least that is the way the movie We Bought a Zoo summarizes it. In a tearjerker of a scene...

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In this quick intro to apologetics, T. J. Gentry, PhD, PhD, DMin, gives four characteristics we must have if we are to defend the Christian faith faithfully.

As a father of five, an oft-used li...

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Martha must have been really excited for Jesus to arrive. Luke 10:38 says she welcomed Jesus into her home. This has led some scholars to believe that Martha was the oldest and she man...

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Thinking through the nature of evil, a young Augustine found himself wrestling with the relationship between physics, which...

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In study of the scriptures, even during the time of Jesus, there are some questions that are far more loaded than they need to be. Think back to when the Sadducees asked Jesus in...

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“On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” (John 14:20, NIV)

In reading for biblical literacy, we continually look for what th...

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“Lord Jesus, I take hands off as far as my life is concerned. I put Thee on the throne in my heart. Change, cleanse, use me as Thou shalt choose. I take the full powe...

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Bad news is everywhere. It’s easy to become calloused when you hear so many tragic stories of everything going on in the world. Our hearts can’t handle the c...

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From AD 54-68, the Roman emperor was Nero. Here are some of the hallmarks of his reign: He married five people (three women and two men), having one of his ...

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“You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your ...

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What I am going to try to articulate here is something that has been on my mind for some time. The seeds of these thoughts were not planted by the assassination of Charlie Kirk (and...

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One of the sadder facets of building a personal library is pausing every few years to realize how many of your favorite authors are now dead. I recall the first cold splash when glancing...

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Raising children carries an unavoidable companion: guilt. If you haven’t felt it yet, you will.

I remember the first time I disciplined my daughter. She was five years ol...

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If you are a church leader, you need a clear focus for your ministry. There are so many things to do—sermons, pastoral visits, planning meetings, and more—and, if we’re honest...