By Jason Thacker Technology is a tool that helps us live out our God-given callings. This is one of the most important things for us to learn as we engage the topic of technology and artificial intelligence. Because we often see the tremendous power that technology has over our lives, we are tempted to treat […]
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By O.S. Hawkins An unusual event transpires on Ash Wednesday each year. We often see men and women with ashes in the form of a cross on their foreheads. It is a visible reminder that “dust [we] are, and to dust [we] shall return” (Genesis 3:19). It begins for many a period of fasting and […]
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By Ryan Romeo I was attending a church of about 200 people when I had my first big dream—a vision for my future that I knew didn’t originate with me. It was a calling, one much greater than anything I could accomplish on my own. I was involved with the worship team and was a […]
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By John F. MacArthur All the apostles had important roles to play in the founding and spread of the early church. John was the only one who lived to old age. The rest became martyrs, starting with James, whom Herod “killed . . . with the sword” (Acts 12:2). Some of them took the gospel […]
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By Melanie Shankle Here’s the thing about me—and I tell you this because you’re my friend and I’m comfortable with this personal character assassination of myself. I say a lot of dumb stuff. I’d like to pretend that my impulse to lie to a cashier at Target® about what kind of dogs I own is […]
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By Robert Morgan I now make it my earnest prayer that God . . . would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion […]
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By Robert Morgan And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. —Genesis 5:24 Do you know this man? He drafted New York’s first constitution in 1777. He served in the Second Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777, and as its president from 1778 to 1779. During the War’s dark days […]
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By Katherine Wolf Editor’s Note: In 2007, at the age of 26, Katherine Wolf suffered a near-fatal brainstem stroke that robbed her of her ability to walk, talk, and even eat. Her recovery has been long and hard, but with the love and support of her husband Jay, she has recovered to some extent many […]
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By Cynthia Heald My young friend Amy came to my home to share with me a deep hurt that she had been struggling with for years. The burden she carried had come from her father’s abuse. She had read several books, sought good counsel, and when she came to talk with me, I think she […]
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By Craig Groeschel Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. —John 12:24 At the ripe old age of 27, I felt called by God to start a new church. My wife, Amy, […]
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