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Tim Keller on Being "Middle-Class in Spirit"
Tim Keller offers the following definition for what Jesus meant by being "poor in spirit":
It means seeing that you are deeply in debt before God, and ...
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Study Explores How We Deal with Guilt
Research published in the journal Psychological Science found that people's feelings of guilt are lessened after they experience pain.
Some volunteers ...
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Man Risks His Life to Bring Adopted Daughter Home
Eighteen years ago my friend Andy and his wife traveled to a South American country to complete their adoption of a little girl. At the time this country ...
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Unlucky Lost Dog Loved by Its Owner
Philip Griffin, in his sermon "A God Who Redeems," writes:
I saw a sign once that I love—a lost dog sign. There was a big cash reward for ...
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Spiritually Speaking, We Were All Outcasts
When a Christian sees prostitutes, alcoholics, prisoners, drug addicts, unwed mothers, the homeless, refugees, he knows that he is looking in a mirror. ...
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Many Christians Just "Play with the Box" of God's Gift
Pastor Paul Tripp writes:
I gave birth to a son who just doesn't understand gifts. My wife and I would go out when he was a little guy to buy what ...
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Two Phases of Gratitude for Our Salvation
Jared Wilson defines "gospel wakefulness" as treasuring Christ more greatly and savoring his power more sweetly. He illustrates with the following: ...
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Christianity Subverts Every Other Religion
Christianity is the unreligion. It turns all our religious instincts on their heads ….
The ancient Greeks told us to be moderate by knowing our ...
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The Litmus Test for Our Understanding of the Gospel
The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel is what you do when you fail. Do you run from God and go try to clean yourself up a bit before ...
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Parents Pay Their Son's Debts and Credit His Account
Michael Horton uses the following story to illustrate how Christ has paid our debt of sin and credited us with his righteousness:
After my junior year ...
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