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What Motivated Job’s Friends?
Job’s friends is often a derogatory term for people whose attempts to console make a sufferer feel worse. I’ve been one, I’ve had Job’s friends in my life and I’ve observed them frequently in the...
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Oswald Chambers, Job and Baffled to Fight Better
Baffled to Fight Better, comments on the Book of Job, is one of the few books Oswald Chambers worked on in his lifetime. Even at that, Baffled to Fight Better did not appear in book form until after...
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Giving Up Sin for Lent
Giving up sin for Lent sounds like a great idea, but is it possible? No. Romans 3:23 tells why: “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” All have sinned–or fallen short of the mark...
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The Good Friday Passion of Tenebrae
The Tenebrae service is our favorite service during Lent at our Lutheran church. From the Latin for shadows or darkness, Tenebrae is an ancient service that underscores the solemnity of Jesus’s last...
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What is My Utmost for His Highest?
So, what is My Utmost for His Highest? I laughed out loud and asked the question after glancing through my list of blog posts. If you’re not familiar with the devotional, you might not know why I write...
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Joy in Serving the King
“There’s joy in serving the King. Haven’t you heard that?” Kristin’s eyes met mine in the high school bathroom mirror. I was a new believer. I hadn’t heard that before. Her mother, however, taught my...
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Holy in the Moment and Ginger Harrington
Holy in the Moment: Simple Ways to Love God and Enjoy Your Life is a new book on spiritual development from my friend Ginger Harrington. Written out of her personal experience, Holy in the Moment...
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Point of View: God or You?
Whose point of view are you using as you walk through life? God‘s or your own? My idea for my question comes out of the Bible‘s Judges 17:6: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did...
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Delight Yourself in the Lord–but Why?
“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give to you the desires of your heart,” says Psalm 37:4-6. What does that mean? It starts with the definitions, of course. What is delight? Delight is an...
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Singing about God’s Manna for My Soul
I love the song “Manna for My Soul.” Many of you probably have never heard it because friends wrote the song in 2004. We sing it at our church frequently thanks to Gregg Campbell’s (music) and Craig...
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