Tag: Bible
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How to Be Rich
Rich is a matter of perspective. There is always someone richer than you and someone poorer than you. My wife, Lindsey, wrote blog post which went off the charts with traffic right around Christmas this past year. The post was entitled, “Kid’s, We’re Rich!” In the post she offers this definition of wealth: “I think God…
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How Much is Too Much
When dealing with the topics of grace and holiness, eventually the question of “how much is too much comes up.” I’ve spoken before about how much grace is too much grace. The flip side is how much sin is too much sin? We are accustomed to hearing preachers rail against certain kinds of sin. We…
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Misunderstood Unity
I work in an organization which sends many short-term teams as well as develops working groups around projects. I hear a repeated statement coming out of their meeting times. “Give us unity….” I prayed this with my teams for many, many years….until I realized what it meant. Now, when I hear teams pray this, I…
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A Cautious Grace
Whenever you tell someone you speak and write about grace, they are quick to offer cautions. Grace must be kept in balance. “You don’t want sloppy agape or cheap grace now do you?” Oh yes, well watch out for so and so, he is dangerous… Grace is treated as though it is radioactive material moments…
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When “No Compromise” Limits our Influence
As you know I live and work in South Africa. We recently said goodbye to an incredible man, Nelson Mandela. There was national mourning for ten days. All television programming was preempted for 24/7 tributes. I’ve never seen anything like it One question that people were asking during that time is whether or not Mandela was…