07/10/26
Understanding Iran therefore requires more than studying military capabilities or diplomatic strategy. It requires taking theology seriously. Christians understand this because the gospel shapes lives, cultures, and civilizations. Our calling is not merely to analyze those competing stories but, more importantly, to proclaim the true King whose kingdom comes not through revolution or coercion, but through His death and resurrection.
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07/14/26
The Christian does not meditate because life is calm. The Christian meditates because life is anything but calm. Trials teach us that we cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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03/02/17
I don't remember the first time I heard the gospel, but I do remember the first time I began to understand it.
03/02/17
In the twinkling of that eye the perishable will become imperishable, and our bodies will be changed and become more glorious than we ever could have imagined.
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02/23/17
He does not offer a linear route or a series of actions. He offers Himself. In very simple straightforward words, He declares, “I am the way.”
02/19/17
She wasn’t so much giving up on her husband as giving up on herself. She was giving up trying to be the person who changes another person. It was going to take more than her to reform the man she loved.
02/15/17
The God who calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves will seem hopelessly out of touch with your insulated life of self-sufficiency.
02/14/17
It's difficult enough for us to bear anothers' burdens, but carry another person's sin for him? Why would we do that?
02/13/17
Their love story was a long time in coming. He was 82 and she 74. And this was the first, and the last, marriage for both.
02/09/17
We have now reached a point where many believe so strongly in individualism that nothing else matters.
02/05/17
Life is too short to dream big dreams. They tend to devour everything that gets in their way, including family.
02/02/17
Then He went to the coffin. He touched it, like a carpenter sizing up the piece of wood He plans to turn into some sort of new creation, running His hand down its side.
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