Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
This chapter from, The Art of Unlearning, is on something that has been both brutal and beautiful in my life: unlearning the demand to always be comfortable, and learning the absolute necessity of …
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I remember, as a first-time parent, my fervid determination to keep my child alive. I was astonished the hospital was letting me drive off with a living and breathing human being in the back of my …
The premise behind Sacred Marriage is that marriage can be a uniquely transformative experience--God can use the process of relating to each other and the challenges of marriage to grow our …
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Joint spiritual purpose can breathe passion, life and respect into your marriage, enriching it, renewing it and strengthening it. Kevin and Sherry Harney experience this as much as any couple I've …
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Unlearning Isolation, Part 3 We live in a world that is hostile to the love and presence of God. Sin seeks to actively lure us away from him, but even when we don’t give way to sin, daily life …
When I read a book or hear a sermon, nothing moves me as much as something that helps me remember why I am so in love with Jesus, why I worship Jesus, why Jesus is so gloriously perfect to meet my …
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