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Have a Christward Christmas

For us Christians the Christmas season can come and go like the swell of a shallow wave, or perhaps like a brief starburst of light mixed with festive glitter to tide over the darkest days of the winter. We’re reminded... read more

Christmas Contrasts

Christmas is rich and rife with the paradox of Christ… He descended that we might ascend (John 6:38, 14:3).He became poor that we might become rich (2 Cor.8:9, Jas. 2:5).He was born that we might be born again (John 1:14,... read more

Habakkuk Remix

Recently for my Growth Group I down-sized and synopsized Habakkuk. His book is found in the last section of the Old Testament called the Minor Prophets. They are called “minor” because of their comparative brevity not because of their unimportance.... read more

The Bible in Roughly 300 Words

Trying to capture the grand story-line of the Bible in about 300 words is a tall task but worth the try. Here is the attempt by the managing editor of the Gospel Project, Trevin Wax: In the beginning, the all-powerful,... read more

Money Myth-Buster

Sometimes, in a family, hidden assumptions are at work underneath self-oriented feelings of frustration and resentment. Within the evangelical family, one of the unspoken assumptions that deserves exposure and correction is the following money-related myth: If I just trust God,... read more

Back To The Bible

Last Sunday we brought in the New Year by calling ourselves back to the Bible for 2012. This is relevant for every one of us, whether we’re men or women, adults or children, leaders or followers, sick or healthy, more... read more

Twice Born: Ultimately a Mystery

In 1976 the former hatchet man in the Nixon Whitehouse, Charles Colson, wrote a best selling book entitled ‘Born Again,’ where he chronicled his own experience of conversion to Christianity. By his own confession, prior to being born again, Colson... read more

Architectural Christianity

Lately I bumped into these rhetorical words by the great church father, Augustine of Hippo (354-430 B.C.): Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds?Lay first the foundation of humility. This is... read more

Thy Kingdom Come

Last Sunday I tried an experiment that isn’t greatly embedded in our Baptist expression of the Christian faith, but I decided to write out the prayer I would pray during our morning corporate worship so that I could invite arranged,... read more

Tears for Caledon

Moses interceded for the covenant community with such self-identification with them that he could pray, “But now, please, forgive their sin – but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written” (Exodus 32:32). Paul could say,... read more

Let’s Unite in Prayer for the People of Haiti

In light of the devastating earthquake which struck Haiti January 12, pray for the people of Haiti – those recovering from their injuries, those who may be trapped in the ruins, and those who are eagerly awaiting news of their... read more

New Year’s Resolution?

Some of us aren’t all too enamored with New Year’s resolutions, but there’s one that’s always worthy of promotion. Is it time for you to begin reading right through the Bible again? There is any number of excellent Bible reading... read more

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