Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
If you’ve missed our previous posts on comfort, God’s Comfort for Parents of Prodigals and Praise to the God of All Comfort. This post is mostly Bible verses, but as one reviewer …
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Last week’s two posts focused on Richard Baxter’s insightful thoughts on sloth. It reminded me of a chapter from a book I wrote over a decade ago, and this week, I’d like to share that chapter with …
When I was a young Christian and asked to speak, I ran toward the convicting verses in the Bible. I wanted people to be catapulted into repentance. Tears of regret were my favorite sign of God’s …
Sloth is usually mentioned in ancient lists, but it rarely gets much attention today. Why is that? Puritan Richard Baxter suggests we don't understand how spiritually ruinous sloth can be. On …
There's so much talk about early retirement, or reaching your "retirement number" in your senior years, but how does God view retirement? It's shocking to me that some of Jesus' harshest words seem to …
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This will conclude our excerpt focusing on the need for us to value wisdom as much as Scripture does (“Are You Running the Wrong Race?,” “The Secret to Spiritual Success,” “To Effect Personal and …
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