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This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. -John 3:16 (MSG)
The Glory of God Changes the Stakes
God’s glory provides an indestructible purpose. It is a powerful resource to help us move forward under the burden of sorrow. Yet even in writing these words, I feel like…
The Story Isn’t Over Yet
The story of the Good News of Jesus Christ was first written down by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and then handed down to each subsequent generation. But why not…
Salvation in the Slush Pile
When I was just starting out, we didn’t have fancy websites and email and stuff like that. We had a post office box to which people would mail the craziest…
Taking the Cross
When Jesus says we must lose our lives if we are to find them, he is teaching, on the negative side, that we must not make ourselves and our “survival”…
What Is Spiritual Formation?
God periodically moves upon his people and in their surrounding culture to achieve his everlasting purposes for that tiny stretch of cosmic time we call “human history.” This usually happens…
Refusing to Let God off the Hook
Job suffered. His name is synonymous with suffering. He asked, “Why?” He asked, “Why me?” And he put his questions to God. He asked his questions persistently, passionately, and eloquently….
A Word That Is Weird, Compelling, and Contagious
I’ve been thinking about disciplemaking a lot lately. That’s probably not too surprising, seeing as how I’m writing this for a blog called “The DiscipleMaker.” Between here, my work on…
Where Have All the Demons Gone?
I’m aware that talk of Satan, demons, fallen angels, and an apocalyptic battle between cosmic forces of light and darkness will sound ridiculous to some and like a plot from…
Where Were You?
What you’re feeling, Mary and Martha felt that too. Their brother had died over the course of days. Jesus loved them, loved their brother. They had no doubt of it….
A Sure Foundation for When the World Falls Apart
For 620 years, since the days of Hannibal and his battle elephants, Rome had not faced an invading army. But in AD 410, Alaric, a Visigoth from northern Europe with…