Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
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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We’re continuing to occasionally offer excerpts from my work in progress, When Christian Parents Hurt. There’s some good news and bad news on this end: so many of you have read excerpts and told me, …
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Walking with my mom through the first anniversary of her husband's death reminded me of many previous conversations I've had with those who have lost a spouse. These widows and widowers tell you …
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Nobody would give up the world for a dollar, but would you give up the world for the universe? Until we understand what Puritan Thomas Brooks called “the naked enjoyments of Christ” we will keep …
One of our greatest failings as believers, and what keeps us stuck in unhealthy patterns of life, is that we’re shopping in the wrong store. God pleads with the Laodiceans, “Buy from Me!” He has so …
