As Christians, should we focus on this world or the world to come? I say we should focus on both!
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Law and Gospel. They are two distinct but essential parts of our faith.
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There is a common saying you may have heard, “Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a relationship.” But you know, I don’t think it needs to be an either/or.
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It’s so tragic: The world today is overflowing with hate. It’s overflowing with hate blogs, hate tweets, hate phone calls, hate voice mails, hate e-mails, and old-fashioned hate letters.
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The world can be a very unpredictable and frightening place. It seems like it is getting more and more violent with each passing day.
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Part of life here on earth is loss. It’s one of the hardest parts of being human. We can lose people, relationships, jobs, homes, and any number of other things.
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Did you ever switch schools when you were young? Remember the first day on the playground, when you didn’t know who to play with or what to do?
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There are some stories that come up in every children’s Sunday school class. One is the story of the Good Samaritan.
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Committing one’s life to Jesus Christ is the most important decision anyone can ever make. Compared to eternal life, all other decisions aren’t that important when you think about it.
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You want to tell your friends and people around you what the good news of God is all about. You have not proclaimed the good news Gospel unless you use words.
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I woke up this morning thinking of an old, old, song - a simple one: "O what a wonderful, wonderful day, day I shall never forget." And it was the day when I met the Lord Jesus Christ.
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“…the beautiful thing about this Psalm, Psalm 77, is the way the writer turns his thoughts and reminds himself of what is true.”
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This is a statement attributed to Rudyard Kipling who said, "Nothing is ever settled, until it’s settled right." And you know, if you want to settle affairs with God Almighty, your Creator, who made you in your mother’s womb, who loves you, who wants you to live a victorious, joyful life on planet Earth and then eternally in Heaven in His presence, you have to settle the problem of sin right.
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I was born in Argentina, South America. When I was 17 or 18 I saw a film of Dr. Billy Graham speaking in India, and he was speaking on the Bible verse that says, "Be filled with the Holy Spirit."
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Do you have a prodigal son or daughter? Someone who has walked away from the faith, or a loved one who is living rebelliously?
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You and I both know that we live in a changing world. Styles change, world leaders rise and fall, pop culture icons come and go.
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There’s a funny story about a little boy named Johnny, who had been sent to his room for misbehaving. After a while, the boy came out, and told his parents that he had thought over his behavior and said a prayer.
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For many years, my wife Pat and I prayed for our son Andrew to come to know the Lord. When he was in college and after, living on the other side of the country, we prayed for him several times a day.
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ABC News reported on a study done by a Duke University doctor on the power of prayer. This was a secular study, but the results showed what we have known as believers for quite some time: prayer works.
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You can walk in confidence to God’s calling on your life. You can do so knowing that what the Lord has in store for you is better than anything you might have been planning for yourself.
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