Easter / Resurrection Sunday is the time when we celebrate the fact that Jesus didn’t stay dead. This is worthy of celebration because His resurrection is the whole reason that we can walk in newness of life! Yes, His death paid the price for our sin, and that is vitally important, because without that sacrifice …
Ten years ago I shared the lyrics of the song God had given me the year before. I’ve wanted to record it for eleven years now, because this song God wrote is worth sharing. It’s an amazing song full of powerful truth! We sing it in our tiny church, but I’ve always felt that the …
I’m in the middle of a series on praise and worship, and yet I’m waiting for the Holy Spirit’s permission for the next lesson. In the meantime, the Lord just enlightened me to something that I have been asking Him about for years, and I’m eager to share it! First, let’s pray. Holy Spirit, I ask …
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I am going to repost this again, just because it seems like more people than ever are looking for hope this Christmas. Perhaps you, whoever you are, are wondering this: How can we reconcile celebration with everything that is happening? To me, the answer is simply because everything that’s wrong with the world illustrates how …
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I am going to repost what I shared last Christmas, for the world still seems to be falling apart. Most likely it always will. This year, I think that different people would give completely different lists of what that looks like… which parts of things are falling apart and which are falling together. But then …
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It’s late, and I need to go to bed, but I don’t want to. A friend shared this worship video on Facebook… and I’m totally enraptured. Enthralled. “Lost in the art of bringing You praise” to quote a completely different song. Maybe you’ve heard this song before. My daughter says it’s been on the radio, …
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December 2016. The once-great city of Aleppo, jewel of the Ottoman Empire and home to 2 million not all that long ago (think Houston, TX for size), is in its death throws as massive evacuations continue. In South America, Venezuela is in total upheaval after the most-used currency bill has suddenly been declared no longer valid, …
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I read the story of Lazarus again today, and it kind of struck me with more power than I think it ever has before. So John 11 opens as Jesus receives word that Lazarus was sick. The first thing I noticed was how Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus. They sent for Jesus, because …
