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April 20, 2022
Success Will Come and Go, but Integrity Is Forever
Nineteen-year-old Joey Prusak was on duty at the Dairy Queen counter in Hopkins, Minnesota, when a blind man placed an order. As the man paid, a twenty-dollar bill slipped from his pocket and fell to the floor. The woman behind him quickly snatched up the bill and stuffed it into her purse. When she stepped […]
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April 19, 2022
Holiness and our wills
In all that has been said so far about our responsibility for holiness—the necessity of conviction and commitment, perseverance and discipline, and of holiness in body and in spirit—the activity of our wills is always implied. It is the will that ultimately makes each individual choice of whether we will sin or obey. It is […]
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April 18, 2022
THE JOY OF ADVERSITY
It was the bottom of the sixth inning. The Montreal Expos’ most feared hitter, Tim Raines, was at the plate. The pitcher glared at the catcher and checked the runner on first base. Then, kicking high, he pushed off the rubber and threw as hard as he could. It was the last pitch he would […]
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April 17, 2022
Evangelize the Same Way You Want to Be Evangelized
Listen The Golden Rule of Evangelism: Evangelize the Same Way You Want to Be Evangelized I’m a classic example of a loud introvert. I do a lot of up front public speaking, and I’m great for funny stories at parties. But I need a lot of quiet time alone to recharge and recover from any face-to-face […]
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April 16, 2022
Holiness in the Spirit
A number of years ago in campus evangelism, we used an illustration calculated to make our collegiate audiences vividly aware that they were personally sinners. We would say, “If I could flash on a screen before us tonight all of your thoughts of this past week, you would have to leave town.” This remark not […]
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April 15, 2022
Don’t Compare Yourself with Others
The second mistake Elijah made is revealed in his prayer: “I have had enough, LORD…. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors” (1 Kings 19:4). A second cause of depression is that we start comparing ourselves with other people. Most of us have fallen into the trap of thinking, “If I could […]
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April 14, 2022
The fastest path to joy
There is no faster path to joy than gratitude. The words thanks and thanksgiving appear nearly 100 times in the Bible. Psalm 100:4 says, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.” (NIV) Paul wrote, “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as […]
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April 13, 2022
THE JOY OF INTEGRITY
Philippians 1:27–30 Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. During the Vietnam War, a GI helicopter pilot was killed. On his tombstone in New Hampshire his parents inscribed these words by John Stuart Mill: War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The […]
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April 12, 2022
The incredible damage of grumpy Christians
One morning, during an eclipse in the Middle Ages, people woke expecting day to dawn. When it didn’t, they were terrified. ‘Oh, no!’ they cried. ‘The sun didn’t rise today.’ When the sun did at last appear, the people cheered, clapped, and blessed God for the sunshine which they had previously taken for granted. How […]
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April 11, 2022
Holiness and the physical body
True holiness includes control over our physical bodies and appetites. If we are to pursue holiness we must recognize that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and that we are to glorify God with them. Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness […]
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