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“I spent ten years addicted to drugs and alcohol.  My life was wasting away.  I had tried to stop many times but the power of the addictions was just too great.  I was desperate, hopeless and in total despair. Then one day I discovered radical atheism.  I learned that there...

The decline of Christian influence in American culture can be traced directly to how we choose to commemorate Good Friday.  Too often we glance at Good Friday just long enough to remember the cross and sigh at the thought of the suffering savior, then move quickly to focus on the...

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2Co 5:17)  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope (1Pe 1:3) There...

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. (Gal 4:4-5) There are a great number of verses in Scripture that speak of ‘patience’, ‘waiting on the Lord’...

“I don’t despise religious people. I despise what they stand for… Mock them, ridicule them in public.” – Richard Dawkins, speaking about people who believe in God (Reason Rally, March 24, 2012) “Love your enemies and pray for them.”  Jesus, speaking about all humanity. (Matthew 5:44)   In a world...

Things have to change.  The world is a mess, people are frustrating, and life in general is not turning out like I planned.   So I knelt down to ask God to start changing things.   I prayed, “God change my job so that I might be more successful”; God answered,...

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Phil 4:4) Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1Th 5:16-18) If there is one command in Scripture that seems significantly challenging at best, and downright...

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matthew 10:45) There is a great Latin phrase that can help us understand the Refreshment of Service.  It is incurvatus en se.  It means ‘to...