Remember John

John the Baptizer was a powerful prophet from God who was sort of a “warm up” man for Jesus. John’s message was that Jesus was the Messiah sent by God. If anyone believed in Jesus, it was John. But then John was thrown in prison for publicly criticizing King Herod’s immorality, and he began to [...]

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Doubts are O.K.

Do you ever have doubts about God? About heaven and hell? About the Bible? When Jesus walked this earth, he encouraged people to check out the facts for themselves. He also warned doubters not to avoid believing because of their preconceived notions about God. He wanted them to be open and to seek out the [...]

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God Inside Us

In the Bible it says, “You do not have because you do not ask God.” This is one of those statements that at first glance is easily misunderstood. It does not mean that God will give us anything we ask for. God is not an Aladdin’s lamp to be rubbed in order to make all [...]

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Why Can’t People Get Along?

Pick up any newspaper and you’ll read of war, racial disturbances and violent crime. Why can’t people get along with each other? The Bible asks a similar question, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” How often have people shouted, “You make me so angry!” [...]

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Unrealized Expectations

Millions of Americans spend their lives searching for happiness. Some look for happiness in love and marriage, others say they will be happy when they have a child, achieve a certain weight or make a million dollars. They’re convinced that they deserve this happiness, however they define it, and, if it doesn’t happen, they feel [...]

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Answers to Prayer are Up to God

Sometimes it’s hard to understand how prayer works. We think that if we get our prayer exactly right, God will do as we request. There’s an assumption that if we have enough faith or get enough people praying with us, God will do whatever we ask. But we need to remember that answers to prayer [...]

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Nothing Seems Real

My wife and I are very close and I find myself talking to her about virtually everything that goes on in my life: the big decisions, as well as the daily trivia. It’s part of our daily routine. I often say to her, “Nothing seems real to me until I talk to you about it.” [...]

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Striking Out

I have a little note in my desk drawer that says, “Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times.” It’s a reminder to me that striking out is not a disqualification for coming back to the plate. When the apostle James was writing about teaching, he said, “We all stumble in many ways.” If everyone who made [...]

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Teaching to Please God

In the society of first century Palestine, teachers held a position of great honor. Teachers had followers like the “groupies” who follow rock stars today. With such great honor attached to the profession, you can see why many wanted to become teachers at that time. James, the brother of Jesus, was concerned about Christians who [...]

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Seventy Times Seven

Forgiveness is not something that comes easily to most of us. Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples, asked him one day, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me?” Trying to appear magnanimous he added, “Up to seven times?” Peter seemed to have a gift for saying outlandish things, but [...]

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One More Chance

Jesus told the story of a man who found no fruit on one of his fig trees. He told his gardener, “This tree hasn’t born fruit for three years. It’s useless. Cut it down!”  The gardener replied, “Leave it alone, sir, one more year and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears [...]

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What Do You Think This is Worth?

There’s much debate in America about the value of life. Issues such as capital punishment, abortion and euthanasia arouse great emotion. As the world’s population grows, many consider life to be not very valuable at all. But that’s completely contrary to the way Jesus viewed people. Jesus considered every individual to be valuable. Whenever Jesus [...]

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