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Illustrations: March 1997

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Youth Pastor's Vows
Comfort in Small Doses
Millennium Anxiety
Words Worth Remembering?
Not What You Say, but How
Verbal Abuse
Preaching with Fire
Ministry Begins at Home
Sharing the Unique in Ourselves
Tragic Loneliness
Winsome Compassion
Swiss Reformer on Love
An Uneasy Confrontation
Care for the Dying
So Little Time?
Playing with Dynamite
On Holy Ground
Perfectionism Gone Awry
Good Citizenship
No Hidden Sin
Praying the Ten Commandments
Wycliffe on Absolution
Life after Repentance
Turn Around
That Grace May Abound
Apologists' Renewal
A World Without Conscience
Emphasis on the Individual
"Necessary Evil"?
A Job for the Great Physician
The Myth of Greener Grass
Excellent Compared to What?
Happiness Is...
Can't Buy Heaven
Life Is Sweet
Private Prayer, Public Prayer
Hell Is Serious
All or Nothing
Feeling Isn't Everything
Dramatic Conversion
Conversion: Just the Beginning
Statistic: Babes in Christ
Real Commitment
Distractions
Can't You Even Spare a Quarter-Hour?
Prayer and the Dipsy-Dumpster
The "Religious" Bit
Listen to the Deep
Right Start
Doing What God Wants
Needful Things
Trying Too Hard
What You Can and Cannot Do
Prayer Is Not a Substitute
Learning New Tricks
Tending the Divine Fire
The Cause of Disillusionment
Disappointment in America
The Purpose of Discernment
Good Doubt
A Respectful Witness
Our Greatest Calling
Humor: Total Non-Commitment
Resolutions of Jonathon Edwards
To Forsake the World and Follow Christ
Importance of Good Examples
Paul's Passions
Doing Nothing and Doing Everything
I Can't Afford to Tithe
Run with Perseverance
God Sent You to Finish the Race
Discipleship Means Joy
Happiness Is Our Response
Faith Without Passion
To Obey Is Better than Sacrifice
"Christians Aren't Perfect, Just Forgiven"
Living in Freedom
Practice Makes Perfect
The Devil's Favorite Tool
Better to Pray
Filling the Hunger for Significance
When Desire Takes Over
Too Self-Centered to Do Christ's Will?
Bearing the Markings of Christ
Marriage: Worth the Risk
Failing at Divorce
The True Purpose of Marriage
Grounds for Forgiveness
Victories Hard Won
The Right Mix
Making Wounds a Source of Healing
The Advantages of Hardship
The Development of Character
Waiting for Something Better
Pain and Growth Go Together
Misfortune Isn't Always Unfortunate
God Shapes Our Pain
Now What, God?
Adoniram and Ann Judson
A Heavenly Shake-Up
Better for Bending
Times of Improvement
A Prayer for Affliction
Let the Winds Blow
God Gives Real Tests
Novices Need Not Apply
Burned or Purified?
Beware Ambition
Downward Mobility
Search Committees
The Trouble with Trouble
A Christian's Time Off
Holy Humor
True Freedom Needs Limits
Heroes or Saints?
Cowboy Movies and the Bible
Just an Ordinary Night
Buried Anger Will Explode
Temper Tamer
Remember the Feeling
Backwards Creation
Anger Can Be Contagious