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December 16, 2021
The wicked will not win
A 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone tells the story of a vain, harsh man. He bunkers in his apartment, imprisoned by his belief in a big conspiracy theory. He, and only he, perceives the world for what it is: a planet inhabited by people who deserve to die. The episode begins, as each does, […]
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December 15, 2021
Changed by what we say more than what we hear
Look at this verse and consider carefully what it teaches about how we grow. (You will likely learn more from your reflection on Scripture than your reading of my comments.) Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, […]
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December 13, 2021
When you are feeling anxious
As the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott had a lot going for him heading into the 2020 season. For starters, he signed a contract that would pay him $31.4 million for a single year. In addition, Prescott’s team had a good chance of competing for the playoffs in the NFC East division, […]
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December 11, 2021
The singing church
The best most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music. When we sing together as the Church, we are showing how we are a congregation of living stones. Our singing is an audible expression of the bonds we share, testifying to the life that […]
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December 10, 2021
The Disproportionate Power of the Tongue
In James 3:3–5, James uses two commonplace but very vivid illustrations. The tongue is like the bit in the mouth of a horse. This tiny appliance controls the enormous power and energy of the horse and is used to give it direction. James may well have been familiar with this picture from common experience in […]
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December 9, 2021
God is loudest when he whispers
I find no comfort in the butterfly effect. It offers me no solace to ponder its possibility. Do you know the theory of which I speak? The butterfly effect traces the existence of a hurricane in Florida to a busy insect in West Africa.1 It goes something like this: A butterfly flaps its wings at […]
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December 8, 2021
Risk is right
Jean Hanson and her husband, Steve, were celebrating their anniversary at a beautiful beach resort in St. Lucia. One morning they decided to walk the resort’s Wellness Trail—a one-mile path with stations for exercises like pull-ups, a balance beam, and even an elevated rope bridge. At each station they did the activity. Then they came […]
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December 7, 2021
With you in the fire
Eleven-year-old Hetty was sleeping soundly in her bed when, at 11:30 p.m., she was awakened by something falling on her blanket. It was pieces of the ceiling and the roof above—and they were on fire! Bolting from her bed, Hetty rushed to find her father, Samuel. Unknown to Hetty, her father had already been awakened […]
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December 6, 2021
The Big Power of Little Words
Oh, but how easy it is to forget the inherent power of our words. We gloss over their significance because they are commonplace to us. We take them for granted the way fish take water for granted. We are used to talk; it just is. We are full of, surrounded by, and constantly inundated with […]
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December 5, 2021
The life changing power of family singing
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie […]
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