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What was important to Jesus-then and now?  

I wonder what Jesus thought about each one of the disciples, because while we think of them as ‘the twelve’, Jesus called them individually – he knew them as distinct…

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It is not flashy or high tech.  It is often difficult to understand.  It requires focus and discipline to avoid being pulled away by distraction.  And yet – one new study shows that consumption four times a…

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The shocking power of Jesus.

Have you ever noticed that Jesus led a very full life?  There was nothing shy or retiring about our Lord.  In Luke 8, the historian captured several scenes and encounters of Jesus in the…

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Imagine you arrive at the dinner party a little late. As you enter the dining area, you see Jesus reclining at table with the others--in the middle-eastern style, legs sort of to the side, feet behind. A woman walks in, approaches Jesus, and kneels near his…

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The looks on their faces, the question they asked still stops me in my tracks,

"Please, could you just tell us about Jesus?"

And then another day I asked a neighbor who had recently started attending our Bible study what she…

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Okay, let's get our bearings.

One month down in 2025. . . how are you doing with your intention to know your Creator more this year? Do you awaken in the morning and think, 'This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be…

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After my first year of college, I decided school wasn’t for me—nope, I was just ‘over it’.  Through an employment agency, I took a job as the secretary of the vice president of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in downtown San Francisco.  Our office was located on the…

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When I closed my eyes last night, my last thoughts and prayers were for those in desperate situations needing a touch from God. As I awakened, I thought ‘perhaps I should write a message of hope and a good God’… hmmm.  And then I learned of the airplane…

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Are you a generous person?

Jesus’ last words, that is, the last few we considered were these: Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.  Hmmm.  Are you merciful?  

As the new…

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There's one thing left to do - [having looked at an overview of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments], dig right in. And so I take you back to Luke's gospel, where we will pick up in chapter…

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The Bible is the only book that understands you so intimately that your whole life will begin to make sense through its lens.1 We looked at the breadth of the Old Testament last […

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Come on, let's be honest about something...    THE BIBLE- 1 of 2, the setup before our return to Dr. Luke.

O, I mean you want to, but let's be honest, it really isn't easy to…

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"Want some good news?"

Don't you love it when that is someone's opening line?

Bible sales are going through the roof.

In the last year, they increased by 22%!

And mostly, by first…

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Beguiling ... enchanting ... rapturous ... attractive.

I could use any or all of those adjectives to describe this thought from the psalmist.

While the New Year is young, let's talk about Contentment . . .

You know when you’re around…

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Sometimes I like to keep it real, and tip my hand on ministry and the various people God puts in my…

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Wise men seek him ... still.

Then why don't people pray?

Hmmm . . . Why don't people pray? 

Atheists don't pray because they say there is no God; agnostics don't pray because, while there might…

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Wise men seek him ... still.

'They find God when they pray,' I claimed in last Morning Briefing.

But does God really answer prayer?

A couple years ago, I was in Salt Lake City, Utah, exhausted from…

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Wise men seek God... still.

Nice little mantra, but how?

It starts with honesty. Beginning right where you find yourself in your journey.

In a recent conversation…