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February 21, 2022
Evangelism and the Holy Spirit
SHARING THE GOSPEL REQUIRES spiritual strength you can’t generate by human effort. No matter how committed you are, you can’t manufacture the power needed for evangelistic success. You lack sufficient spirituality to engage unbelievers with the gospel, present the plan of salvation in a way it makes sense, convince lost people of their need for […]
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February 20, 2022
A flourishing life is possible.
After the conversation with my wife about “the list,” I kept thinking about how I don’t want to wait for circumstances to change in order to live the way I was meant to live. I just have to want it more than I want anything else. I usually allow myself to be preoccupied or pulled […]
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February 19, 2022
Solving Southern Baptist’s Baptism Problem
We had another dismal year in baptisms this year—the worst year in my lifetime. This breaks the record for worst year set last year. The previous record was set the year before. Look at the graph and weep. https://www.christianitytoday.com/new... Here are four observations and a specific suggestion. 1. We didn’t get here quickly, and we […]
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February 18, 2022
An amazing life is a choice
PARTNERING WITH GOD As I pondered this, I came across a short essay that made it all as practical as putting on our shoes or rolling up our sleeves. Pat Goggins wrote: I describe Character as the only thing that goes in the casket with you. It’s the only thing you take with you to […]
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February 17, 2022
ABSOLUTE SURRENDER
“And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, Thy […]
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How to talk about Jesus
We want to tell our friends about Jesus. We’re told that we need to tell our friends about Jesus. But we don’t know how to do it. When it comes to evangelism, we are scared and helpless. This is a unique time for the Christian church in the West. At one time, humanity lived in […]
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February 16, 2022
RECREATION: TAKE TIME OFF TO ENJOY LIFE
Once Jesus’ twelve men gathered around him and reported all that they had done and taught. “Because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’ ” (Mark 6:31). Principle […]
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February 15, 2022
What is the gospel?
The gospel, defined by its root word, is “good news.” It’s the good news about salvation in Jesus Christ. Many creeds and confessions, adopted by various Christian churches, councils, or denominations over the centuries have summarized the gospel. One recent example adopted by Southern Baptists is The Baptist Faith and Message 2000, a statement that […]
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February 14, 2022
THREE REASONS WE STRUGGLE
Sometimes it’s because we misunderstand the nature of salvation. Salvation is one of the Bible’s great words, but many don’t understand that the Bible presents salvation in three stages. The moment we truly receive Christ as Savior and Lord, we are instantly and eternally saved from the penalty of sin. During our Christian life spans […]
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February 13, 2022
We do not just drift into becoming the best version of ourselves.
Henri Nouwen, a priest and teacher who moved in the exalted circles of Harvard and Yale and Notre Dame, came to believe that those settings did not — for him — call forth the person God intended him to be. So this famous writer spent the last decade of his life caring for physically and […]
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