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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 7:13,14) A characteristic of...
ALONENESS
"The ever-disquieting realization that we just might be alone is the singly most avoided thought studiously escaped whenever possible. It is the proverbial elephant in the living room. When we hear songs about it, read books about it, see movies that haunt us with...
THE GOSPEL FOR TODAY
"Our struggle today, is how to be faithful to this apostolic gospel, while at the same time presenting it in a way which resonates with modern men and women. What is immediately clear, is that, like the apostles, we must focus on Jesus Christ. Peter's beginning...
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character apart...
DISAGREEING WITH CLOSE FRIENDS
I lost a childhood friend this week. We met in high school at a Christian summer camp, were in the same class at university and after graduate school we met up again in London, where we shared lodgings, worshiped together and continued to correspond when we married...
SLAPPING JESUS
Jesus is arrested, handcuffed and dragged before Annas, the retired high priest who interrogated him about his disciples and his teaching. He replied, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, publicly. I said nothing in...
COUNTER-CULTURAL
Popularity depends on the group you belong to. What makes you popular in one group may make you unpopular in another. A drunk is not popular in a prayer meeting. A teetotaler is not popular at a fraternity party. Our belief in freedom of speech guarantees our right to...
THE COURAGE OF TRUTH
Jesus said, “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom. Not only that – count yourself blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies against you to discredit me....
PRAYER AS DESIRE
“When I think of the wisdom and scope of your plan, I fall down on my knees and pray to you, the Father of all the great family of God – some of them already in heaven and some down here on earth – that out of your glorious unlimited resources you will give us the...
A PRAYER FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened…” (Eph.1:18 NIV) “I pray that your hearts will be...
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