What motivated you to get out of bed this morning? Was it the feeling of dread in trying to explain to your boss why you are late for work? For me, it was the sound of my children engaging their perpetual drive for anything short of a well-balanced breakfast. Perhaps your motivation was simply to…
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Christianity has come through the fire many times throughout history. Attempts to persecute the church out of existence have repeatedly only refined the church and rendered her stronger. In the first century, the church throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Bithynia came under heavy persecution from the crazed Emperor Nero. He burned huge portions of Rome…
Read MoreZiklag experiences… Everyone has them. We all have days when trouble comes in threes right after amazing victory. We all have days when we are attacked from all sides. This is life! We all have days when the people that we trust fall away from us in the battle. We all experience those moments of…
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George Muller, a giant figure in the history of the church, cared for 10,024 orphans in his lifetime explored with great faith and enthusiasm the inner life, faith and prayer. That’s what we remember about him. But his words surprised me when I read them– “What is the food of the inner man? Not prayer,…
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Early last season, the Indianapolis Colts were being shut out by the New York Jets, but the Colts drove the ball down the field and were one yard away from a touchdown. Then, a bad ball-exchange between Colt, Frank Gore, their Pro Bowl running back and Andrew Luck, their star quarterback, translated into a costly…
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