Posted in Christian advice on Sep 12th, 2013
Many years ago, a Canadian rock singer named Bryan Adams had a hit song called “Everything I Do, I Do It For You.”
I love that song because it speaks to a commitment to love and provide the utmost in effort to provide all that one can.
This is the kind of love that God wants to […]
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Posted in Christian advice on Jun 14th, 2013
There is very little likelihood that you’ll be raised from physical death after an illness.
I’m not God so I cannot guarantee that such will never happen in your life, but statistically, it would be more likely for you to be hit by a bolt of lightning than to be physically resurrected.
Yet, if you’re an obedient, […]
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Posted in Christian advice on May 16th, 2013
I Samuel 18-19 list two occasions that King Saul, gripped by jealousy, tried to kill David.
It’s a pitiful sequence attempted by this image of a large, handsome man beset with insecurity rooted in his own failures of character and faith.
He failed in Spearthrowing 101 and 102, of course, because it wasn’t God’s will for David’s […]
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Posted in Christian advice on Jul 10th, 2012
Acts 27 tells of the terrible ocean storm that threatened the Apostle Paul and 275 other men for many days and nights while they were aboard a ship bound for Italy.
The account makes clear that Paul, a prisoner of faith being taken to appear before Caesar, had warned the Roman soldiers with him that the […]
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Posted in Christian advice on Nov 11th, 2011
Every believer’s spiritual garden should include plenty of “let us.”
I found a patch of body-building “let us” this morning during my Bible reading.
“…let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure […]
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