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Careful what you choose

Christian living is all about our choices. It begins with the choice to follow Christ and is followed throughout our lives by a million other daily choices that align with that first choice. Every day we live out our faith Read more…


Would you die for Christ?

Jesus asked Peter this question in John 13:38. Peter had just boldly declared that he would and Jesus asked, “would you, really?” This is a tough question, the kind that requires serious, deep, and honest reflection. If Christ were to Read more…


Oh, to be loved by God!

“…[nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God…” (Rom 8:38-39) In the middle of a sermon about overcoming rejection, a popular minister stopped, looked at the camera and spoke softly and deliberately, “God loves you and Read more…


The Christian Worker: Yes, it does take all that

“Fight the good fight of faith…” 1 Tim 6:12 On a trip to northern Africa many years ago, I joined a group of eager adventurers for a camel ride into the Sahara Desert. I was struck by how the camels Read more…


(Unsolicited) advice from the first mother: I am Eve

“…in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…” Gen. 2:9 There is some evil God does not want us to know or experience, so when God tells Read more…