Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
What causes you to love your spouse? Is it her grace? His kindness? Her strength? His humor? That she’s such a good mom? That he’s an unusually involved father? All of these are inferior …
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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I …
Most of us, whether we realize it or not, evaluate our marriages almost every day. If we’re in a social situation, we tend to wonder, “How does our marriage measure up to theirs?” When we’re by …
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Rain is going to fall on your marriage; it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Which means, you better have a spiritual umbrella nearby. One husband wrote to me, furious that his libido is …
Most of us who have iPhones love them, but after a year, the problem with a smart phone is that the battery gets weaker and weaker. It is glorious in the first six months when you plug your phone in …
It was chilling when I read a book written three decades ago that quoted a (now dead) author who said, “The problem with Christians today is that nobody wants to kill them.” No Christian writer would …
