Broken
The Boxer Makes A Comeback
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The boxer was sprawled on the mat, defeated once again. His head was spinning, and his temples ached. Sin had landed another crushing blow. “Why had he let his guard…
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Home Repair Projects
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Summertime is filled with home repair projects. Everything we own eventually wears out. Manufacturers design products with planned obsolescence in mind. The list of things needing repair is long. One…
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The Gift of Humiliation
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Most every human being has likely been humiliated at some point in life. Humiliation comes in the form of exclusion, ostracism, ridicule, betrayal, abandonment, online shaming, and in endless other…
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Ephphatha
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Jesus tells us that healthy people do not need a physician, but sick people do. Spiritually speaking, we are all sick people. Jesus came to heal the sick and call…
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There Is A Longing In Our Hearts
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In the Old Testament, Job asks, “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?” He goes on to say, “So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights…
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Down Before Up
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Recently as I reflected in prayer on the Baptism of our Lord, the Holy Spirit gave me a new insight. As we all know, baptism involves being plunged down before…
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Variations Of Prayer
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The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. What we pray for, how we pray, when we pray, where we pray, and what battles we encounter during prayer, varies widely…
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Glutenous Consumption
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Fresh off the heels of gobbling down Thanksgiving dinner, and only a few weeks away from chowing down on a sumptuous Christmas feast, I choose to address the topic of…
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What Is Your Hotel California?
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Are you familiar with these haunting lyrics from the song Hotel California, “You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave?” These lyrics contain an important spiritual…
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Misplacing Coins and Losing Sheep
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Throughout history, many Christians have temporarily drifted away from the faith, only to return after a time “in the desert.” Times are different now. Research shows that today’s Christians are…
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