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05.09.15

David was a humble, yet powerful leader.

His humility was evident in how he rose from a shepherd boy to become a king. Along the way, he needed great courage because he would fight battles against Goliath, Saul, the Philistines, and... need I mention any more?

The battles, in other words, were constant. And sometimes they were...

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05.07.15

Paul once wrote about the people with whom he was sharing Christ that all they seemed to want was either miracles or worldly wisdom. Jesus alone just wasn't all that satisfying to many of them. It was a mystery to...

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05.07.15

Sometimes it feels like we're in a holding pattern, just waiting for life to get started.

Life will begin when we finally get to high school. Or is it college?

Life will really get started when we graduate and get that first big job. Or maybe it's when we -- at last! -- meet that woman (or man) of our dreams, our soul-mate, our...

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05.05.15
vin·di·cate
ˈvindəˌkāt/ verb
  1. clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.
  2. show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.

David had powerful enemies. Among them was the king...

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05.05.15

Wooden justice gavel and block with brass

05.04.15

How important it is to hear the voice of Jesus, to tune in to the words of the Son of God. We can trust what Jesus says, and stop living in fear. We can know that what he says is true and real, and not worry so much what everyone else has to say.

The beauty is this. Now when we need true wisdom, we can listen to just one voice, and tune...

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05.03.15

Water is the source of life. But as important as water is to us, it's a resource that we need to refresh frequently, if we want to stay alive.

Dehydration is quite dangerous. We can actually survive a long time without food. Dina Spector of Business Insider reports, "A person can last for more than three weeks without food (Mahatma...

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05.02.15

Joshua had lived a long life. He had been with Moses while the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. He had been Moses' successor to lead the children of Israel across the Jordan to occupy the Promised Land.

And in all that time, Joshua learned one thing for sure.

God keeps his promises. When he says something will...

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05.01.15

Do you want reliable information about where you're headed? Most of us do.

I remember when Julie and I were getting ready to move to Africa. We loved visiting with people who had been there, and most of all, with people who had lived there. We hung on every word, because we knew that one day soon, we would be needing the very information...

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04.30.15

Don't you love observing Jesus' mother operate?

In John chapter 1, we watched one disciple after another proclaim Jesus as Messiah and Son of God. In John chapter 2, we get to see Jesus' Mom treat him as one would only treat someone who is her own son, and who is the Son of God as well! She had clearly...

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04.30.15

Sometimes people who don't know the Bible very well will make statements like, "Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah. And he certainly never claimed to be the Son of God!"

I guess for me the question boils down to this. What actually constitutes a claim to divinity? If others who know you repeatedly and consistently make the claim for...

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04.28.15

One of the most powerful -- yet highly unusual -- messages of the Bible is that God became a human. In doing this, Jesus did not leave his divinity behind. In a mysterious and supernatural way, Jesus is truly God and truly man in one person.

There are far, far more religions that actually teach the opposite. That is, they promote the...

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