Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
When Pure Pleasure: Why Do Christians Feel So Bad About Feeling Good? came out in its German edition, the German publisher asked me a number of questions behind why I thought the book needed to be …
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Some friends of ours from up north—where there is actually snow in the winter and four distinct seasons throughout the year—visited our home in Houston during the late Spring. They borrowed our car to …
Do you view the world as a prostitute or as a mother? I’m serious. Do you see the world God created as a giant temptress, waiting to lure us away from true faith and devotion, or do you see it …
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The last time Lisa and I bought a house we made a naïve mistake that we won’t make again: we closed on the house with the builder promising to finish several items that weren’t yet completed. He was a …
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Last week we talked about the importance of detachment. This week we’re going to address how we can experience it. It is an impossible task to slowly disengage ourselves from every errant passion. …
In parts ONE and TWO of this series, we looked at how believers can enrich their Christmas celebrations by keeping their preferred sacred pathway(s) in mind. We’re wrapping up the series this week by …
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