At times in the Scriptures when people came to Jesus, he would ask, "What do you want?" He didn't ask because he didn't know. He asked out of his love for each person and his desire for them to really get to the core of what they wanted from him.
Tragedy has twice visited the Woodiwiss family. In 2008, Anna Woodiwiss, then 27, was working for a service organization in Afghanistan.
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". . . a friend of tax collectors and sinners!" Luke 7:34
What does it mean for a church to be gospel-centered? That's a popular concept these days. Good. What if we were scrambling to be law-centered? But the difference is not so easy in real terms.
Years ago, as a young seminarian, I wanted to paint icons. I knew nothing about icons, only that I liked them and that they were holy.
So... here I am finally getting around to adding an entry to this here blog. I've been working and working and working and working... and trying to get the house ready for company... and for Christmas... It's a lot for one little woman to do.
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of my spiritual nourishment.
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O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;…
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I was in a leadership turbogroup during the spring of 2007. At Randy's suggestion, I listened to Walter Wangerin's audio…
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Do I allow myself to be sucker-punched by envy and jealousy? Do I dig deep into an interior whining over…
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I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you
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What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song…
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Memento is about Leonard, a man who claims to be suffering from memory loss—he can only keep a memory for…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, the 2008 remake of a 1959 movie, is not a movie for the…
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Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts
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You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied…
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Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong
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How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us,…
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We have an amazing God.
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Why is fear of the Lord so important as a follower of Jesus?
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott, an Anglican theologian from the 20th century.
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The following is a modified version of a prayer by John Stott,
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