Even after forty-five years of being a follower of Christ, God’s faithfulness still astonishes me. In many ways I still hold on to the vestiges of my broken legalistic beginning. That mindset dictates that God’s affection for me is dependent upon …
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Days will come when everyone will let you down. We are far too complex for it to be any other way. We are created in the image of God, immortal souls, and our needs can only be fully met by …
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The world is a paradox. And it’s frightening. In it we find such natural wonder, gorgeous vistas, and stunning beauty that we are rocked to the core. We find the joy of family and the blessing of love. All of …
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At 2:00 a.m., I wake in pain. Terror compresses my chest. The shadow of death feels near. Chronic illness does this. Something is wrong at the cellular level, and my subconscious knows this. Peering at my iPhone, I distract myself, …
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As we remember the fulfillment of the best promise in human history – the birth of Christ, God in human flesh come to redeem us, I have the privilege of reviewing a book that speaks into the darkness of human …
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It’s our brokenness that drives us into Christ’s arms. Without an awareness of how broken we are, we wouldn’t think we needed Him, and we would be lost, without the constant comfort of His friendship and His promise of heaven. …
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I am broken. So are you. The older we grow, the more we realize it. We come into the world reeling from the violence of our births and equipped with a sinful nature, which begins destroying us before we’re even …
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The first thing I saw this morning was a news item detailing how a two-year old had been dragged away by an alligator at a Disney resort. No body has been recovered. Immediately I imagined the grief of the vacationing …
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I was extremely blessed. I spent the first three decades of my life either living in the same small town as one side of my extended family or at least close enough that we drove to be with everyone for …
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Fallen is a story about the incredible mercy and grace of God. In the beginning, we chose to disobey, yet He already had a plan in place to redeem us by sending His Son. He loves us that much! The …
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