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Our Trip to Cuba and Bermuda

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Lord willing, this Thursday, September 15, Nanci and I leave for a two-week trip to Cuba and Bermuda. We would appreciate your prayers for smooth flights and customs, as well as for avoiding hurricanes (it’s hurricane season both in Cuba and Bermuda). I’d also appreciate prayer for health and stamina, and for divine appointments for Nanci and me both as we minister to those we meet.

Endorsements and Book Reviews of The Law of Rewards

article - Multiple Authors

Rich Stearns says, "This book will shatter the way you understand the faith/works debate. It should be required reading for every serious Christian and will change your life -- if you let it." —Randall Murphree

Are You Looking for Satisfaction in All the Wrong Places?

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My son-in-law Dan Stump, married to my youngest daughter Angela, recently preached a great sermon on this passage in Jeremiah 2. I was there when he preached it and went back to listen to it again because it really spoke to me.

Jon Bloom on How Humility Isn’t Always Nice

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In this post by my friend Jon Bloom, board chair and co-founder of Desiring God, he shares some helpful reflections on what humility looks like, and explains that we might sometimes be surprised by how it looks.

Passing the Joy of Giving on to Your Children

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The holy habit of giving is like the holy habits of Bible study and prayer and witnessing and hospitality. These things need to be integrated into our lifestyle.

Lutzer and Challies on Modern Catholicism and Whether the Reformation Is Over

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I realize this is a sensitive topic for Catholics who love Jesus and believe in salvation by grace through faith, and also for those who don’t. It’s sensitive as well to evangelical Christians who know and love sincere Catholics, as many of us do.

A.W. Tozer on God’s Wisdom and Our Broken, Waiting-for-Redemption World

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Tozer, one of my all-time favorite authors, makes a great analogy in this sermon, shared in the book The Attributes of God Volume 2: Deeper into the Father's Heart.

Encouragement When We Need Comfort, Grace, and Hope

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Lately I’ve been meditating on the familiar (and therefore neglected) words of Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30. Though I memorized the words as a new Christian 45 years ago, I have never pondered them as much as recently.

The Elements of a Patient Prayer Life

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Tim Keller in his great book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God uses an illustration from O. Hallesby. In God’s providence, I was recently reading this passage from the book, and found it very helpful.

Why Does Everyone Want to Be Happy?

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God has written his law on our hearts (see Romans 2:15). There’s compelling evidence he’s also written on our hearts a powerful desire for happiness. In fact, this has been the consensus of theologians throughout church history.

The Purity Principle, Reader Responses, and the Joyful Rewards of Sexual Purity

article - Eternal Perspective Ministries Randy's blog

Our failure to follow the teachings of Scripture in the area of sexual purity undermines our ability to accomplish what God has called us to. Why? Because if we’re just like the world, we have nothing to offer it. An unholy world will never be won to Christ by an unholy church.

Grateful for the Wait

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God “has set a day when he will judge the world with justice” (Acts 17:31). But why a future day of judgment?

Ray Ortlund, Sr.’s Example of All-Out, Risk-Taking, Happy Enthusiasm for Christ

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When I was a young believer I was significantly influenced by Ray and Anne Ortlund.

Is Spending Money on Entertainment and Leisure OK with God?

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Scripture says that God provides us with material things “for our enjoyment” (1 Timothy 6:17, NLT). When I speak on the subject of money and giving, I try to always emphasize that phrase from Scripture and express how thankful I am for it, because it allows me to enjoy God’s creation without guilt.

Keeping an Eternal Perspective When You Need to Move

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When you’ve been present where you invested in your church, neighborhood, community, schools, vocation, team, and all your working relationships, leaving that behind and starting in a new place is hard. (Something would be wrong if it weren’t.)