We like things settled. Give us the plan and the outcome, and we’ll sleep fine. Plenty of us call that wisdom, but a good bit of it is fear of being held to something we
Jesus said in John 8:51, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.” The men standing in front of him
Coaches win games on Monday, in the film room. Nobody enjoys watching himself miss a tackle, but that’s where the fixing happens. Most of us never do that with
The Pharisees in John 8 knew their Bible. You could not have asked for better teachers. When Jesus pressed them, they had their answers ready: Abraham is our father, and
Everybody has had a plan fall through. The ministry that drew a handful, the door that shut when you reached for it. The question is how long you sit in
I’ve had people see me standing next to one of my kids and say, “You can’t deny that one.” Nobody asked for a birth certificate because they saw
Every pastor and every parent has wished it. If everybody had the same problem and answered to the same fix, the work would be easier. It would also be a
Today is Election Day. Both sides will tell you God is on theirs. Both will take a verse out of its context to prove it, and wrest the Scriptures unto
We gather to grow, because none of us is finished. Paul was sitting in prison when he wrote, “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but
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