In the normal course of providence, God works in and through creation, not despite it. For this reason, some answers to prayer are difficult to prove with certainty. Only faith vouches for the connection, CS Lewis writes. No empirical proof could establish it. We believe a prayer has been answer...
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I watch the fluctuations of the stock market and reflect on the effects of fear and greed. A character in a 1980s movie had this philosophy: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right! Greed works! . . . Greed [will] save . . . the USA! What foolish thinking! I think of that occa...
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If there were a contest for most popular virtue, I suspect that fast would beat best. Many parts of the world seem to be obsessed with speed. The fast craze, however, is getting us nowhere—fast. The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly, says Carl Honoré in ...
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When someone said to my friend, See you in a year, it sounded odd when he replied, Yes, see you on the other side. He meant that hed see him on the other side of a one-year deployment for the US Navy. But because the phrase is often used of heaven, it made me think about the uncertainty of life....
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When I was a boy, my father often traveled to other cities to speak at churches and Bible conferences. Sometimes my mother would accompany him, leaving my brother and me alone for a few days. We enjoyed being independent, but we detested doing the dishes. I remember the time we tried to put off ...
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The documentary In the Shadow of the Moon includes the story of Charlie Duke, one of the Apollo 16 astronauts launched to the moon in 1972. While the command ship orbited the moon, Duke and another astronaut landed the lunar module Orion on the moons surface. After 3 days of running experiments ...
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On a trip through Chicago, I saw a poster advertising a business management seminar. The posters message was intriguing: The Value of a Leader Is Directly Proportional to That Leaders Values. The accuracy of that statement struck me. What we value shapes our character—and will ultimately define ...
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Last January, ESPN television ran a compelling feature about Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, who had just been named the nfls Most Valuable Player. But the feature was not about football. Instead, it explained that for several years, when certain competitors Manning admired were r...
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A man who has been my mentor and friend for many years often says that his goal in studying the Bible is always personal application. I appreciate his emphasis on putting learning into practice, because its too easy for those of us who study, discuss, teach, and write about the Bible to take a m...
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A friend once told me, In my lifetime Ive seen a lot of things change, and Ive been against them all! Perhaps he overstated the point, but many of us would agree that we dont like change—especially if it involves altering our habits and attitudes. Thats one reason Jesus was so unpopular among th...
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