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It’s the Resurrection or Nothing

During Easter Sunday services, I heard one of my favorite passages, 1 Corinthians 15:13-20 (ESV): But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.  And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and y …

The Kindness of Christ

  The last four Sunday nights, my family has been watching History Channel’s presentation of The Bible. As I wrote about for Plugged In a couple of weeks ago, that’s involved covering our kids’ eyes quite a bit, as many of the stories presented in …

Everybody Loves an Upset

What’s the best part of March Madness? There’s so much to choose from. There’s the sheer volume of basketball, especially the first few days. There’s the high stakes: Every game means a lot. There’s the fun of picking brackets, trying to figure out whi …

The Meaning of Godliness

Godliness. The word itself has so many connotations that we could probably spend quite a while unpacking what that word means to each of us. One of the first connotations that comes to my mind is a “holier than thou” attitude that makes me feel like so …

God Is Not a Tease

At times it seemed like God was playing a cruel joke on me. Like He was holding out His hand, holding the thing I really wanted, only to snatch it away.

A Reminder of Death

I was recently reading through the memoirs of a 19th century Scottish pastor, Robert Murray M’Cheyne. Several friends had highly recommended them and rightly so. In life, M’Cheyne demonstrated a deep knowledge of the Scriptures, a remarkable prayer lif …

March 11, 2013

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