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Follow your desires; don’t suppress them

Two very athletic nine-year-olds start taking swimming lessons. One begins because he has seen the Olympic Games and wants more than anything in the world to win a gold medal when he grows up. He pictures himself on the podium; he surrounds himself with Olympic pictures; he listens to the national anthem every day. The […]

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Moving on to maturity

Hebrews 5:11 (GW) We have a lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention, explaining it to you is hard. Up to this point, we’ve explored the problem. Many believers today are spiritually stuck. They’ve remained in a state of prolonged infancy—eternally immature, dependent, and undeveloped in their […]

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Get some difficult people to help you grow

Difficult relationships can give the Evil One a foothold, but God has wired us so that in times of intense difficulty we have a kind of built-in moment to turn to the Spirit for help. As we noted in chapter 15, the primary place in the brain that processes strong negative emotions such as rage […]

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You Must Be Born Again

Jesus wasn’t offering advice. He was issuing a warning. It happened at night. A man named Nicodemus came to Jesus under cover of darkness. Maybe it was to avoid being seen. Maybe it was symbolic of where he was spiritually—still in the dark, but inching toward the light. Nicodemus wasn’t your typical seeker. He was […]

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How God Uses Pain to Grow Us Up: A Gospel Perspective on Suffering

In How People Change, Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane present a radical and transformative perspective on pain and suffering. While many of us would like to avoid discomfort and hardship, Tripp argues that God uses pain as a tool for spiritual growth. The gospel provides the lens through which we can view and […]

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Slaying the Giant of Loneliness

There’s a pain that rarely gets talked about in church. It’s not addiction.It’s not anger.It’s not even doubt. It’s loneliness. Some of the loneliest people I know sit in crowded rooms every Sunday morning. They smile. They shake hands. But inside, they feel invisible. The Silent Epidemic Mother Teresa once said, “The greatest disease in […]

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6 ways life is better for disciples

Life is Better for Those Who Pray People who pray regularly are less anxious, more hopeful, and more resilient. A study from the Mayo Clinic found that people who engage in regular spiritual practices—including prayer—have better stress management and lower levels of depression. According to Pew Research, highly religious people are more likely to describe […]

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The joy of confession

One of the most important moments of my spiritual life was when I sat down with a longtime friend and said, “I don’t want to have any secrets anymore.” I told him everything I was most ashamed of. No wax. I told him about my jealousies, my cowardice, how I hurt my wife with my […]

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What Jesus Said About the pseudo church

Jesus warned us about this again and again. “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” (Matthew 15:8) “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven…” (Matthew 7:21) “You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside […]

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What Is a Disciple?

What Is a Disciple? Here is the short answer: someone who lives like Jesus. “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” —Galatians 2:20 What would it look like if Jesus lived your life? Not in some metaphorical, “What Would Jesus Do?” kind of way—but truly took over your thoughts, your […]

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