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03 Sep

Touch

For many men where I live, a handshake is the greeting of choice, sometimes even among close friends. One of my friends rejects this norm openly. If I reach out . . .

02 Aug

How to Keep Relief from Ruining You

We live in a culture addicted to relief. Whether aspirin, TV, workaholism, gossip, food, or porn, we run to relief at every turn. Why not? If we can experience relief now, why . . .

24 Jul

When Experience Isn’t a Good Thing

Nothing on earth has the authority to define you. Your identity—your true identity—is who God created you to be. And yet, what you experience regularly informs your sense of who . . .

11 Jul

Jesus Isn’t Scared

Anxiety is a breeding ground for sin. So when an area of sin in your life or in a loved one’s creates anxiety in you, it doesn’t help. In fact, . . .

04 Jul

Gold for Stones

The good news doesn’t start with people as sinners with whom God is angry. It starts in the beginning. And if we miss this, the good news will fail to . . .

11 Jun

Shhhhhhhame

Shame hurts. And when you’ve done something wrong, that’s a good thing. Like all pain, it’s meant to tell you something’s amiss and needs attention. When a splinter enters a . . .

29 Mar

Trees and Tiny Bits

There’s a powerful message among us that is wreaking havoc everywhere.
It goes something like this: God restricts you to only a little bit, but there is so much more to have!