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I think examining the lives of godly individuals and seeing how God participated in their lives can encourage us … and free us.

I am fairly analytical. Much of the way I’ve experienced God has to do with Christianity making sense to me. I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on the idea of the Christian worldview, first as a student at the Focus Leadership Institute and later with m …

Young adults asking whether or not they are ready to marry is quite common and very important. It is the biggest life-question you will ask, second only to “how shall I respond to the claims of Christ?” I have been married to my wife for 30 years. We m …

Most mornings — OK, pretty much every morning — I start the day with coffee. (And let me say right up front that I realize that Matt Kaufman wrote a thought-provoking blog about Starbucks earlier this week, “To Boycott or Not to Boycott,” one that’s de …

I was recently sent a document titled “Strategies for Advertising to Millennials.” On the cover were three silhouetted Millennials. One was sitting on a bean bag chair on a cell phone, another was lying on the floor on a laptop with headphones, and ano …

Have you ever heard a “perfect” love story and thought, Wow, I want my love story to be that beautiful and look exactly like that! Or maybe, I want to do everything right just like they did. I know I’ve heard several similar love stories that have stir …

I was recently skimming through Exodus as part of my Bible reading plan and wasn’t really feeling the need to focus much on the story of Moses parting the Red Sea. It’s one those I’ve heard plenty of times, but this time I kept reading.  When Moses and …

This morning I was reading Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) and came upon a series of verses that have been messing with me. Perhaps they will mess with you, too. In the middle of His sermon, Jesus brings up prayer and teaches His followers to …