As the holiday season is upon us, one of the best things we can do for our families and our own souls is to slow down. Way down. We all know this. We are more attentive lovers to our God, our spouses, …
A Valuable Resource for the Discouraged, and Those Barely Hanging On
As a pastor, I’m always on the lookout for valuable resources to hand off to other people. One I love to give to people facing difficult times is Frank Viola’s Hang On, Let Go: What to Do When …
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The Secret to Spiritual Success
Someone can learn and basically understand the Gospel in about ten minutes’ time. We don’t need to learn more in order to be saved, but we do need to learn more—and to keep on learning—if we want to …
When a Child Goes Astray, Who’s to Blame?
I’m continuing to work on and refine the material in my book-in-progress, When Christian Parents Hurt. What keeps coming up in my study and interviews is the issue of guilt. This is a tricky issue to …
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Are You Running the Wrong Race?
To spiritually prosper, we must value what God values, in the order and priority with which God values it. One of the areas in which our culture disagrees with God as much as anything is the value of …
Faithless Parents and Faithful Kids
In my book in progress, “When Christian Parents Hurt,” I spend considerable time dealing with natural parental guilt. This section adds a twist: if we’re going to blame parents 100% for their adult …
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