God as Heart Surgeon
Grace is God as heart surgeon! Grace is God cracking open your chest, removing your heart, poisoned as it is with pride and pain, and replacing it more
God’s Best Idea
Your dad makes you come to church, but he can’t make you listen. At least that’s what you’ve always muttered to yourself. But this morning more
A Spiritual Heart Transplant
Grace! The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We use the word for hospitals, more
God Answers the Mess of Life
You stare into the darkness. The ceiling fan whirls above you. Your husband slumbers next to you. In minutes the alarm will sound, and the demands of more
Grace Comes After You
God’s grace! It has a wildness about it. A white-water, rip-tide, turn-you-upside-downess about it. Grace comes after you! Some years ago I more
God in a Real World
God calls us in a real world. He doesn’t communicate by performing tricks. He’s not a genie, a magician, a good luck charm, or the man upstairs. more
Life is Not Fair
May I gently but firmly remind you of something you know but may have forgotten? Life is not fair. That’s not pessimism, it’s a fact. It’s more
The Last Supper
For some, the service of communion is a sleepy hour in which wafers are eaten, juice is taken and the soul never stirs. It wasn’t intended to be as more
Simplify Your Faith
How do you simplify your faith? How do you get rid of the clutter? How do you discover a joy worth waking up to? Simple. Get rid of the middleman. more
Like a Child
No child understands the logic of going to bed while there’s energy left in the body! I remember when our daughter, Andrea, was just five. W more
Made Right with God
How would you fill in this blank? A person is made right with God through_____. Don’t let its brevity fool you. How you complete it is critica more
A Holy Incredibility
God did what we wouldn’t dare dream. He did what we could not imagine. He became a man so we could trust him. He became a sacrifice so we could more
Mis-use of the Mouth
There are those in God’s family who find a controversy and stake their claim to it. Every church has at least one stubborn soul who has mastered a more
How Quickly We Forget
Take this quiz. Name the ten wealthiest men in the world. Name the last ten Heisman trophy winners. Name eight people who’ve won the Nobel prize. more
You are Invited
Jesus gives the invitation in Revelation 3:20, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.” To know God is to receive his invitation. Not more
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