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What did you get for Christmas?

I got a restaurant gift card from my boss. I got a Sony Reader from my kids. I got shirts and Bible software from my wife. I got gift cards and ammunition from my step-dad. I got cookies from my grandmother. I got, I got, I got!

Is Christmas about getting or giving?

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Merry Christmas 2009

To my dear readers, (both of you)

I would like to wish you and your family a very happy and memorable Christmas.

The whole reason we celebrate is to commemorate the greatest gift ever given. Christmas is the time to honor Jesus of Nazareth, God the Son, the Son of [...]

Dear Timothy

2 Timothy 2:24-26 – 24 The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and [...]

Discernment Q&A - Part II

We now continue the Q & A on Biblical Discernment. I hope you’ve studied; there is a test at the end. Seriously!

Q. How and when should biblical discernment skills be used?

A. Let’s take the last part of the question first. When should discernment skills be used?

The most important times that they can be used is [...]

Discernment Q&A - Part I

I’ve mentioned before how the attribute of discernment is sorely lacking among many Christians, and that reading the Bible is the best way to develop discernment skills. As is my habit, I’ll start this Q&A with an A.

A. Discernment is the most important skill that a Christian can have. Having it is partially a gift, [...]

Matt Chandler - Man of God

Matt Chandler is the Lead Pastor at The Village Church in Denton County, Texas. On Thanksgiving morning, he had a seizure and collapsed at his home. He woke up in the hospital and it was later found that he had a one inch by two inch mass in his frontal lobe on the right side [...]

(Shawshank) Redemption

There’s a scene early in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption” where a character named Red, played by Morgan Freeman, sits before a parole board that is reviewing his case to consider whether he should be released from prison.

PAROLE BOARD MEMBER: We see by your file you’ve served twenty years of a life sentence. [...]