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What’s your response time? Luke, #6

Back to the light show in the skies above Bethlehem that night, when the shepherds were the first ones to be told that the Savior had been born. Once the men had…

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I hear it all the time. People talking about how bad the world has become--the darkness, corruption, and well----sin. Stop! Here is some good news for you today: into a world that was darker than this, the True Light came.

You do not have to…

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So I saw my gym friend, Val, yesterday morning. 'Hey thanks for your little note,' I remarked as I pedaled quickly on my way to nowhere. Val had responded to my last Morning Briefing, 'Fly on the wall.'1

'Oh sure -…

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When God Breaks His Silence.

The people were used to hearing from God. That was what God had in mind from the start. But hundreds of years had passed--patriarchs, judges, kings and prophets, too. And then, God was silent . . . four hundred…

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Honestly, I think we just need Jesus. I know that's right!…

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A 'wrap' on having a reasonable answer.

This simple body of writing from the last few weeks is cited below.

This weekend I was leading a discussion on a terrific book called Faithfully…

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We must not live our lives by slogans.

Slogans such as this one:

Science disproves the Bible. 'True? No.

“Science and Christianity are incompatible.  Don’t you know that, Son?  Surely you didn’t…

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Poised to move on to 'Silenced by a Slogan,' I had several conversations that prompted me to send this Morning Briefing first.

It is no secret that our faith usually does not grow too much unless…

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Come.

Matthew records our Lord's simple invitation, 

“Come to me, all of you who are

weary and carry heavy burdens, 

and I will give you…

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He was wearing Dodger blue--his shirt and even his L.A. baseball cap--you know that deep, rich royal blue? It was an easy conversation starter to talk about my home state, and exchange some light banter. [Hey, are you friendly? Do you strike up pleasant conversations…

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For decades now, I have taught the Bible—to men, women, and children—young and old, high school athletes and homeless folks…on the beaches of Southern California, along the Sea of Galilee, in Ephesus, on…

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'Don't you know you are just preaching to the choir?' she said across the miles. 'Most of us already believe what you are writing...I don't mean to be hurtful, but don't you think you're wasting your time?'

I knew she meant well. Most of the people…

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People are looking for substance, looking for fulfillment, something to believe in, something that will satisfy. People are looking for what we have: Truth.

Take Jessie on a cross-country…

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Because Someone Asked Me.

Several days ago, I was in Oklahoma and had the privilege of addressing a room full of Christians interested in leading others to know God more.  I opened my session with a…

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Do you think it would have been easier for you to trust in Jesus if you lived in the first century? Would you more readily have believed that Jesus was the Son of God if you saw him do a miracle with your own eyes, instead of reading someone else’s account of…

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People are anxious, casting about - yet so many of us are going it on our own, not turning to God. Why? Conversations are telling -- two in this Morning Briefing, and they provide a framework for us.

Let's go back to my exchange with my gym…

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This Morning Briefing comes on the heels of a casual conversation in which truth was defined by my gym friend as 'whatever I believe to be true.' [What is your Truth?…