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As One Door Closes, Another Opens

When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully at the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.


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Pushed Around by Expectations

Sometimes expectations push us, making us grow in ways we wouldn't otherwise. You can't just automatically say no. Maybe God is opening a door. ...


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Don't Confuse Essentials

We gain a hearing with a secular audience when we don't confuse essentials with non-essentials.


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Failure or Opportunity?

Somebody asked Winston Churchill one time, "What most prepared you to lead Great Britain through World War II?" For a period of time, Great ...


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Our Level Best

We have nothing to do with how much ability we've got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be ...


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Total Commitment

On a recent trip to Haiti, I heard a Haitian pastor illustrate to his congregation the need for total commitment to Christ. His parable:

A certain man ...


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He Walked Away Crushed

Several years ago, my second son, Steve, tried out for the high school football team. One day he walked into my office and proclaimed with great excitement, ...


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Opportunity in Hardship

Jacques Plante was an amazing man. His career as a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, The Toronto Maple Leafs and ...


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Making an Antidote

There's great opportunity for believers to be creators of antidotes for the cultural virus that infects us. Biblical values work!


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Not Every Need Is a Call

Opportunity does not equal a mandate to act. Just because you become aware of a need does not mean God is calling you to meet that need.


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