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I’ll make a confession, I like to be liked.  Maybe I’m vain, but I don’t go out of my way to do things that will make people dislike me.  If given the choice, I will act in ways that are acceptable, even commendable to most all people.  And I’ll bet...

Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-15) How do you...

What do you stand for?  What are you willing to die for?  Where is the line in the sand in your life?  In the book of Daniel three men of God were told that when the king’s musicians played a tune all of the people were to bow down to...

The journey from half-way living to the all-in life in Christ requires that we cultivate a holy defiance of the enemy.  Jesus set the example.  When Peter questioned his mission he shot back, ‘get behind me Satan’.  When the Pharisees challenged his authority he shouted, ‘you brood of vipers!’  When...

I am convinced that God is more concerned with who we are than what we do.  He is more concerned with the transformation of our hearts than the transaction of our business.  I have learned the hard way that He loves us enough to let us falter and fail when...

Living ‘all-in’ for Jesus means being set free. The half-way life is the way of bondage. When we lived in Scotland our kids watched a show called ‘Thunderbirds.’ This league of  defenders of the universe were marionettes masterfully guided by professional puppeteers.  Their every move, even facial expressions were controlled...

I am beginning 2012 with one defiant proclamation – I’m done, through and finished with living half-way.  I’ve been trying it for years, and I have come to the conclusion that as a Christian the half-way life sucks! Actually, for anyone, there is nothing satisfying, fulfilling or joyful about half-way....

What’s so Christian about the way we do our fundraising?  Is Christian fundraising nothing more than secular fundraising with some Bible verses strewn throughout our appeal letters?  I have been wrestling with these questions over my career wanting to understand what our Christian theology has to do with our fundraising...