Category Archives: Guest Post
By Michelle Singletary Debt is dangerous. You can’t get rid of your debt until you understand how having it and keeping it around can destroy your peace and happiness. In the song “Sixteen Tons,” the lyricist writes, “Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store.” […]
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By Heidi Gaul For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) The Christmas tree is decorated, and stockings are hung. Carols waft through the air, […]
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By Walter Wangerin Jr. Read Luke 1:26–38. The Canaanites tell this disturbing folktale: if a jealous angel should appear to a young woman on the night of her betrothal, beware! It’s a sign that the she-demon will kill the man she’s soon to marry. Could this be one of the reasons why Gabriel’s appearance to […]
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By Mike Donehey Pray continually…this is God’s will for you. —1 Thessalonians 5:17–18 (NIV) I was always terrible at praying. For years, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t do it. I’d lock myself in my closet, but instead of savoring God’s goodness, I would end up reorganizing. I tried waking up with […]
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By Luke Lezon When John and Tara Blocker welcomed their daughter Ashlyn into the world, they thought she may be the most well-behaved baby of all time. She hardly made a peep. Tara recalled a bad diaper rash Ashlyn had that landed them at the pediatrician’s office, but still no tears from Ashlyn. As she […]
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By Michele Cushatt There are times when I read the Old Testament and struggle to make sense of it. The dysfunctional families, murderous agendas, strange dreams and experiences. It seems left field, far-fetched, impossible. When I look at what God does or doesn’t do, I struggle to understand Him. How could a real and loving […]
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By Steve Green The Bible tells a story—a story of a creator God who creates man for relationship with himself, but man’s disobedience breaks that relationship. And God the Redeemer, out of love, provides the way of restoration. It’s a beautiful story. But there’s more to the story. There’s something different about the Bible. The […]
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By Kasey Van Norman God really did command Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and warn them that to do so would bring death. But what Eve seemed to forget in her conversation with the serpent was what else God really said. “You are free. […]
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By Melissa Camara Wilkins Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. — Mark 1:35 Busyness is complicated all on its own. You have to keep one eye on the clock, you have to remember what day […]
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By Bob Goff By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.JOHN 13:35 I’ve heard a lot of people say something like this: “I’m not big on religion, but I could really get into Jesus.” Have you ever heard that? I think it’s because people assume religion is a […]
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