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Illustrations: December 1997

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The Benefits of a Broken Heart
How to Become Long-Suffering
Free Gift of Love
Gift Exchange
The Pearl of Great Price
Open Hands
Does It Hurt?
Others in Me
Offering-Plate IOUs
Giving in Secret
Giving Is Theological
Holding the Glory of God
A Two-Way Staircase
The God of Enthusiasm
When God Speaks
Seek Him First
Ordinary Miracles
Take Another Look
$3 Worth of God
No Lion Tamers
God and the Media
Loving a Holy God
What We Can Do--With God
If God Be for Us ...
God Intervenes
A Day of Prayer
Help By Teaching
Adhering to God
Seeking God without Distractions
Don't Limit God
Purpose in Chaos
God Alone Is Permanent
God's Interruptions
Humility Before God
Inspiring Obedience
Freedom through Dependence
National Idolatry
Holiness Is Health
The World Holds Us Back
Blessing a Persecutor
At the Heart of Ministry
Transcript of the Heart
Our Love Follows Our Pocketbook
Presenting the Real "I" in Prayer
The Eternality of Hell
Preaching about Hell
Prayer: Giving as Well as Getting
Prayer's Alchemy
God with Us
Thanksgiving Casts Out Pride
Personal Shake-Up
Language as Art
Marriage Isn't a Power Play
Strength in the Midst of Error
Rob Mouw: Redefining Victory
Of Choice and Conscience
Honesty Opens Doors
Truth Will Tell
Acknowledging Sin
Honesty: No Longer the Best Policy?
Hope with a Blueprint
A Fuller Life
The Need to Develop Perseverance
Two Unlikely Success Stories
Clay Shiver: No Thanks, Playmates
The Vanity of Things
The Limitations of Celebrity
The Danger of Popularity
Out of Our Depth
Ministry in Chapters
Kindergarten Blues
Prayer That Is Personal
Lord, Teach Us
The Sands of Time
False Humility
Humility Can Lead to Pride
Christmas Should Never Be Forgotten
Post-Holiday Depression
The Impact of Church on Children
The Right Relationship of Church and State
What the Church Really Needs
Dry Rot and Worms in the Church
Launching Pads for Firecrackers
Whatever Happened to Sacrifice?
Lake City Church Mission Statement
South Coast Community Church Mission Statement
Chapel Hill Bible Church Mission Statement
First Congregational Church Mission Statement
Church Hospitality
The Peril of Lesser Goals
Meeting Needs or Meeting God?
Junk Food Isn't Enough
His Laps Too Short to Work for God
The German Church: Lessons Under Hitler
Trivial Pursuit
Unknowing Idolators
Antique Church
The Best Witness a Church Can Have
Our Real Business
People Who Want Shepherding
The Church as a Museum
A Timely Offering
Why We Need Community
No Hierarchy in Diversity
God's Spirit of Order
The Church and Marriage
Why We Suffer
The Theological Importance of Marriage
No Church Without Christ
Salt or Honey?
The Church's Business
Money a Bad Measure
God Is Neither Psychic nor Policeman
What's Eternal Life Worth?
Redemption Is a Conscious Choice
Can't Choose Your Family
Love Is a Choice
Remaking God in Our Image
Love Came Down at Christmas
The Christmas Story Never Told
Be Born in Us Today
He Must Increase
Branches, Not Vines
Christ Wants You
Bolted to the Foundation
The Wisdom of the Suspension Bridge
Shepherds or Mutton Farmers?
Invictus Revisited
Even Jesus Needed Rest
Pouring a Foundation
The Inexpressible Name
A Psalm for Palm Sunday
From Bethlehem to Eternity
Jesus, Our Stunt Double
God in the Straw
Looking into Our Eyes
Audience of Atheists
More Than an Economic High
The Pattern of Bethlehem
Only through Incarnation
The Weakest Link
Because God So Loved
The Staggering Miracle of Christ
On the Incarnation
A Liturgy on the Incarnation
His Voice and His Touch
Don't Look for Yourself
Confidence Game
You're Forgiven Already!
Failure and Perseverance
God's Perfect Penmanship
Mysteries of the Bible
As Bad as the Boys