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Dark Clouds; Deep Mercy. Learning to lament.

Following Sylvia’s death, I poured out my heart to the Lord with desperate candor. I fought the temptation to be angry with God. I wrestled with sadness that bored a hole in my chest. In the midst of my pain, I began to find words and phrases in the Bible that captured the emotions of […]

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Intercessory Prayer

While simple prayer may be the type most commonly practiced in Scripture, intercession is perhaps the kind of prayer most commonly commanded in Scripture. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote that “intercessory prayer is the purifying bath into which the individual and the fellowship must enter every day.” When I intercede for others, the circle of my concern […]

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Pretend spirituality

God designed you to be you. When your life is over, he will not ask you why you weren’t Moses or David or Esther or Henri Nouwen or Trevor. If you don’t pursue that life we are talking about, he will ask you why you weren’t you. God designed us to delight in our actual […]

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You cannot be happy and not be holy

Some of us are introverts, some are extroverts. Some of us like cats, others like dogs. Some of us like to take risks, others play it safe. Each of us is unique. But there is one thing that every one of us has in common: everyone wants to be happy. No one seeks a dull, […]

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Tony Evans: The key to victory

In the last chapter we looked at one way to discover if you are on a God-inspired detour or simply going through the consequences of bad choices. We saw how suffering for doing what is right is often a way God tests us. Joseph wound up in jail because he refused to dishonor God by […]

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How to get the most out of a book study

This book is intended to be used in the context of a community—a small group, a Sunday school class or a few friends gathered in a home or coffee shop. Working through this book with others greatly magnifies the impact. If you go through this on your own, only the first four suggestions below will […]

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Training: the key to discipleship

Imagine a Canadian caterpillar chomping away on a plant in September. You whisper to this caterpillar, “You better get started. Winter is coming.” “Where do I need to go?” responds the caterpillar. Mexico. How far is it? 3000 miles. He doesn’t understand how far Mexico is. He doesn’t understand 3000 miles. But he thinks to […]

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Learning to Be Fully Present

It is time to be honest: Does your mind ever wander when you pray? Mine does. I used to think the day would come when I would be capable of vast stretches of purely focused prayer, but so far it has not happened. Something about praying often seems to push my mind into a kind […]

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What we think determines how we live

We live at the mercy of our ideas and our narratives. What we think determines how we live. If we think God is an angry accountant frowning on us and would love us if only we are good enough, that narrative will be seen in how we live. Or if we think that being an […]

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Who do we MOST need to preach the gospel to?

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