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After careful study over the last two years, I've just written a book about heaven which challenges many of our traditional concepts about eternal life.

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Some liberal scholars argue that it doesn’t really matter whether the resurrection happened or not. They claim that the resurrection is a metaphor but not a historical fact. The idea goes like this: even if Christ didn’t...

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Not long ago, I walked into the men’s room at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Meeting a man coming in my direction, the two of us couldn’t get out of each other’s way. We did that little dance where you both try to sidest...

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If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? There’s an online magazine called 6 Word Memoirs. The idea is to capture the essence of your life in six words. The magazine was inspired by a challenge...

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Some people accuse God of being selfish when he commands us to praise Him. But remember that God is sufficient in Himself. He didn’t need to create us to give Himself fulfillment. He’s not on an ego trip. But He knows th...

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The biggest physical issue in Teresa Tangney’s life was breathing. She was first placed on an oxygen machine in 1989. She was almost always short of breath, gasping to breathe, struggling to breathe. Finally, the only wa...

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The media encourage us to conform to our culture by changing the way we think. There is a much more subtle impact of the media that most of us are not even aware of. The media change the way we view reality, the way we p...

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Most people get married thinking that marriage is going to make life easier. Marriage will be easy street. But it doesn’t take most people very long to discover that marriage can make life a lot harder. Or at least more ...

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Scripture urges us to “…Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth” (Colossians 3:2). But we live in a culture with distractions galore, including our cell phones. A cartoon from the New Yorker features a ...

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A couple of years ago I had to make a visit to the hospital emergency room. I immediately noticed a man sitting near me wearing starched Wrangler jeans, a western shirt, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat. I tried not to sta...

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Have you ever been to a great wedding reception? I was once invited to preside over the wedding of a young couple in Austin, Texas. The reception was held at the Austin Country Club. Huge bouquets of red roses adorned ev...

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The tragedy in south Texas is devastating for so many families. In particular, I think we feel the pain for those parents who have lost children in this nightmare. Our hearts break as we grieve with those who have lost l...

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How’s your hearing? Maybe you’ve heard about the cell phone ringtone that students are using so their teachers won’t know they are using their cell phones in school. The pitch of this ringtone is too high for people over...

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Our society loves to divide people. John Ortberg compares this to what happens when you’re on an airplane. People in first class get served gourmet food on china and crystal by their own flight attendants. People in coac...

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“Everybody’s got a hungry heart”—Bruce Springsteen

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It’s easy to slip into a boundary marker spirituality. To define spiritual maturity as synonymous with a few highly visible practices. All of us know people who have a stellar record of keeping the rules. But there’s som...

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God has unlimited power. There is no power that exists outside of God. There’s nothing He can’t do. He never expends energy that has to be replenished.

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My view of heaven has changed dramatically over the last few years. I no longer see heaven as a kind of wispy existence. I’m confident heaven will be a tangible existence with bodies like the resurrected body of Jesus (P...

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On Sunday night, the Golden Globes honored Hollywood achievements during the past year. Celebrities took the stage to receive awards in various categories. I thought back to a moment a few years ago when Jim Carrey hoste...

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I love Christmas trees. But there’s another tree that has more lasting meaning. God’s Christmas tree, the cross. Because Jesus went from the cradle to the cross. He went from the rough-hewn wood of a feeding trough to th...

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It’s fascinating to study bridges. One of the most interesting bridges I’ve discovered is the Marquam Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The bridge was built to accommodate an east-running freeway known as the Mount Hood Freewa...

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Have you ever thought about what kind of contestant Jesus would have been on Jeopardy? He would know every answer. He would know the questions before they were even formulated. He is the One who created Alex Trebek. He i...

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The resurgence of conflict in the Middle East is painful to watch and read about, no matter one’s political leanings. Since the attack by Hamas last October, the tension has escalated, resulting in horrific loss of life,...

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The southeast region of our county continues to deal with the fallout from Hurricane Helene. One of the worst natural disasters in modern history, Helene has taken hundreds of lives, destroyed homes and businesses, and l...

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You may have seen the recent story of a father who trekked through 30 miles of debris from Hurricane Helene to attend his daughter’s wedding. He began the grueling journey by driving seven hours before he was informed by...

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Some of you may know what it’s like to experience shame. To be humiliated. Maybe you have been insulted and scorned. You were verbally abused. You were mocked. Bullied and belittled.

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I find this article from C. Michael Patton really helpful and insightful:

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The return of Christ is often in the news, as stories emerge about people who are predicting the end of the world or claims surface about what will happen when Christ comes again. Theories about what, when and how Christ...

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This week I came across an article that drives home the truth that we can't take it with us. A recent discovery in the ruins of Pompeii revealed a woman who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted. In the moment she died, she w...

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Last week I wrote about the issue of determinism. This week let me address other questions related to God’s control.

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“Everything happens for a reason.” Has anyone ever said that to you? Maybe you were dealing with some kind of heartache or disappointment. We usually say this when we’re trying to explain something or comfort someone. Yo...

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A Few Thoughts on the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Paris in 2024

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Grace teaches us to say no, and grace teaches us to say yes.

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I recently took our special needs daughter Hannah to our local library to find books to read to her. Since she is severely limited in terms of her intellect, we browsed through the children’s section to find simple books...

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A MESSAGE FROM YOUR TOUR HOSTS

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“At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, \"Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: \"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become...

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It’s easy to assume that we are worlds apart from the weak. Todd Lollar was born with cerebral palsy. He reminds us that weakness is universal. That all of us were born into weakness. “You and I are more alike than you ...

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For those of you who read my blog (thank you, by the way!) I wanted to make sure you are aware of my new book, The Power Paradox: Winning through Downward Mobility. It's the story of things I'm learning from Hannah and h...

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Who are the people you love to hate? Who are the people you think God doesn’t have any room for? Maybe it’s people who push drugs. Or Or people with serious addictions. Or people from other countries or backgrounds. Or p...

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Mark 10:42-44, “Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that those who are regarded as rules of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoe...

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Some people avoid reading the Old Testament because they assume that the God of the Old Testament was vindictive and harsh with Israel and its neighbors. They presuppose that God was a cruel dictator without compassion f...

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As I follow the news reports of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, I’ve been struck by the helplessness of the captives. There’s absolutely nothing they can do to save themselves. They are completely dependent...

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THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA fuels remarkable creativity. During a National Signing Day for college football recruits, athletes adopted creative ways to call attention to themselves. One guy jumped out of an airplane with a b...

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Again this year we hear the story of the Grinch. The Grinch is a hairy green beast who looks down on the town of Whoville. But the Grinch despises Christmas. He tries to crush the Christmas spirit by stealing all the pre...

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A popular view among some Christians today is the doctrine of the rapture and the millennium. The timetable for these events is usually something like this:

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The current war in Israel has generated much discussion about a Christian perspective on the conflict. There are gut-wrenching questions: What is to be made of attacks on Jews on college campuses? What is the appropriate...

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On my most recent trip to Greece, I had the opportunity to tour again the ancient site of Corinth, which was first visited by Paul on his second missionary journey. The ruins are amazingly well-preserved. Our group walke...

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Rex Colubra is a Wisconsin diver who has developed a unique relationship with a wild, smallmouth bass he named Elvis. Colubra was exploring a lake in 2021 when “all these fish were coming up to me,” he explains. “I notic...

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Maybe you’re caught up in the grip of perfectionism. You live with the tyranny of the oughts. “I ought to do better. I coulda, shoulda, woulda.” “If only I had done this, if only I had done that.” You live with a debilit...

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Let me conclude this little three-part series on social media with this observation: a biblical view of who we are in Christ gives us a strong sense of personal identity, while the use of social media tends to create con...

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