The Real Thing
In the advertising world, Coca-Cola will always be known as the “real thing.” And I agree. On a hot, blistery afternoon, nothing quenches my...
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Jun
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Jun
Who Are the Elect?
How do you know if you’re saved? I’ve met Christians who, even after years of walking with the Lord, occasionally lack assurance of salvation...
19
Jun
Clean Air
God’s people breathe cleaner air. And they’re healthier because of it. That’s what Nehemiah learned while he and a handful of Israelites...
18
Jun
The Bread of Adversity
God wants to refine you. Your trial is refining. He will be true to Isaiah 48:10, “See, I have refined you, though not as silver...
17
Jun
All is Well
Sometimes a good story says it all, like this one by Robert Louis Stevenson. The scene? A raging storm at sea. The story? The passengers in the ship...
15
Jun
Grace: God’s Initiative
First, the master offered free food and drinks to his invited guests, but everyone RSVP’d with regrets and excuses. That made the master angry...
24
May
Being Clothed
The Apostle Paul wrote wistfully about the resurrection body, and my sentiments are his. I too groan over my earthly tent. Age, disease, or disability...
19
Dec
Be Holy
It was only our high school madrigal choir singing a Gregorian chant. But the beautiful, haunting discords and harmonies in the minor keys swelled my...
18
Dec
A Laughing Lord?
The Son of Man was completely and utterly human, which means of course that he experienced the entire range of human emotions—emotions untainted by sin...
22
Nov
The Hunt
I will never forget Thanksgiving Day 1963. I was fourteen years old, living on a farm in Maryland, and Mr. Cauthorne, the owner of the big estate across the...
