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The Promise of Heaven

Only one person in the Bible receives a direct promise of heaven--a thief.


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Playing the Endgame

The church speaks the language of the End, so that we will know just how high the stakes are in the present.


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Thank You for Tomorrow

He was just a little fellow. His mother died when he was just a child. His father, in trying to be both mommy and daddy, had planned a picnic. The little ...


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Dreams Are Our Birthright

God "dreamed us into existence" and God, in turn, implants dreams within us. To pursue our hopes and dreams requires courage, which is the basic orientation ...


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Eeyores in the Congregation

Many of us think fondly of that dismal, old grey donkey Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's books by A.A. Milne. While lovable and secretly goodhearted, ...


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Home Before Dark

When I started out as a boy preaching, Father went along. Then when I got old enough to go by myself, he'd meet me at the little railroad station in ...


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Reaching for the Moon

High expectations are easily stated, may be rationalized as evidence of superior spirituality, and drive most leaders nuts. It takes genuine skill and ...


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Readjusting Our Expectations

We ask less of this life because we know full well that more is coming in the next. The art of living with suffering is just the art of readjusting our ...


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The Reason for God's Gift

God gave us his Son not that we might become better people but that we might become the New Humanity.


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The Trouble with Conflicting Expectations

Conflicting expectations are like a tight shoe. They begin with a pinch, but if left unattended, they soon become painfully tender to the slightest touch. ...


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