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July 27, 2015
How Haggai Shakes the Ho Hum from Our Hearts
Finding balance between building for here and for Heaven.
It always seems easier to find time for home improvements than to make time for buildingGod’s kingdom. Of course, these needn’t be mutually exclusive. The challenge, of course, is balance.
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The Jewish exiles who returned to the Promised Land began rebuilding the fallen temple of the Lord. But harassment from the locals and the Persians produced apathy toward the project—and the work stopped. After sixteen years with...
July 26, 2015
Dottin’ The i Radio Program [Mediaappearance]
In this episode of Dottin’ the i, Ivy Donovan interviews me on the topic of my new book, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing.
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July 24, 2015
What’s Your Motive? There’s One Way to Tell
How Tisha B'Av & the Burnt House Examine Us
I find it fascinating that when the New Testament talks about God judging our motives, it uses the metaphor of a burnt house. In Jerusalem, one site I passalways begs thequestion: “What’s your motive?”
(Photo: The Burnt House in Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Some call it coincidence. Some call it Providence. But according to tradition, both the First and Second Temples (in 586 BC and AD 70) were destroyed on the same d...
July 20, 2015
Join My Waiting on God Launch Team and Get 5 Exclusive Benefits
My new book releases next month!
Okay, I’m asking for your help. My new book, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing, releases next month —and I’m inviting you to join my exclusive “Waiting on God Launch Team.”
This team will include 70 people willing to help me get the word outabout my new book.If you’re interested, let me tell you how you can help.
But first, I’ll tell you what I’ll give you if you do.
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July 17, 2015
Why Facing the Facts Begins with Faith
Your Faith Has More Facts Behind it Than You Think
Today you will be told to face the facts. Usually, that means bad news. You don’t have the money. The doctor’s report looks grim. Time is running out on your biological clock. Facing the facts is hard.
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But think about it: facing the facts isn’t our problem. It’s that we fail to face all of the facts.
God has facts to factor into our thinking as well.
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July 15, 2015
Jerusalem’s Water Gate—Where the Source of Truth Gushed
Why You Need to Wall Off Your Time with the Bible
The best way to make sure we respond positively to the opportunities God provides us is to prepare ahead of time for them. But how do we anticipate those moments? The Lord has shown us how.
(Photo: Scribe copying the Scriptures. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
At the end of the exile, God moved the heart of the pagan King Artaxerxes to allow Ezra—a scribe and priest—to return to Jerusalem in 458 BC. Fourteen years before Nehe...
July 14, 2015
Quote by Seth Godin on why giving people choose to give. [Quote]
The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy. Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
Seth GodinLinchpin: Are You Indispensable? (Portfolio, 2011)
July 13, 2015
Try Rubbernecking to God’s Perspective for a Change
Why Your Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Bad Day Doesn’t Define Your Life
How often do you come to the end of congestion on the freeway only to discover the whole jam was merely onlooker traffic? I’m always amazed. Why do we do that? It’s more than morbid curiosity.
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here.I’ve concluded we rubberneck because we enjoy gawking at someone else’s bad day. But why? Because, honestly, it helps us feel better about our own lousy day.
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July 12, 2015
Your Blueprint for Life: How to Align Your Passion, Gifts, and Calling with Eternity in Mind [Book]
Your Blueprint for Life: How to Align Your Passion, Gifts, and Calling with Eternity in Mind by Michael Kendrick (Thomas Nelson, 2015) It’s tough to synthesize God’s priorities for a balanced life. Trying to include every aspect of our primacies from every perspective is tough sledding. Any book that attempts it must, by necessity, skim the surface in survey rather than offer deep, abiding truths. Your Blueprint for Life quotes liberally from God’s Word, sources, quotes,...
The Printer and the Preacher: Ben Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Surprising Friendship that Invented America [Book]
The Printer and the Preacher: Ben Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Surprising Friendship that Invented America by Randy Petersen (Thomas Nelson, 2015) For years I loved the story of how Ben Franklin refused to take money when he listened toGeorge Whitefield preach. So compelling was Whitefield’s appeal, Franklin would give. One day after hearing Whitefield preach, an empty-pocketed Franklin asked a bystander for a small loan so Franklin could donate. Outside of this...
