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In today's success-oriented society, it's easy to be swept along in the surge up the corporate ladder. Is it acceptable for Christians to climb? To what extent are ambition ...
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Mercy has been defined as "kindness in excess of what may be expected by fairness." If God had been only fair and just with each of us, where would we be? But ...
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As Christians, we are awed and humbled by God's gracious forgiving of our sin and failure. Yet we seem reluctant and sometimes rebellious when the Lord commands us to ...
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Encounters with angels are relatively common in Scripture. These inhabitants of the heavenly realm do not surprise us when we find them among the men and women we meet in ...
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Before Christians face spiritual battle, they should know something about the Enemy. Who is the Devil, and how should we think about him? Though more power is sometimes attributed ...
The apostle John moved from being known as a “Son of Thunder” to “the disciple Jesus loved.” Something big happened to transform this fiery man from one ...
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Pastor Doug Pagitt writes, "Many of the church's young people are begging for a different relationship with money." Before churches can address the giving ...
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Those of us who have many possessions or few can all be possessed by what we have—or don't have. While Christians should live simply, the focus should not be on ...
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One of the greatest challenges in our age-and in any age-is how to keep money in perspective. Money can be a great opportunity and a wonderful tool, but it also can be a ...
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Committed Christians hold down jobs just like their friends and neighbors—and just like their friends and neighbors, we sometimes have a problem earning enough money ...
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When physical beauty, intelligence, athletic ability, or talent is the basis for self-esteem, the average person can have feelings of inferiority, emptiness, longing, and ...
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Verla Gillmor writes, "If your raw data is flawed, you end up with a faulty conclusion. The same is true with how we see ourselves. If we lack self-confidence, maybe ...
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We have more, but enjoy less. No matter how hard we work or how much money we accumulate, on the whole we are not happier. Why is that? Somewhere along the line we have entertained ...
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Where is it written that friends have to be carbon copies of us? When we were children the predominant factor in choosing friends was geographical location. Whoever lived ...
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Few things can keep us up at night like words that should—or should not—have been said. In "Tell It Like It Is," Annette Smith shares times in her ...
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In a recent CHRISTIANITY TODAY article, Andy Crouch quotes film industry veteran Barbara Nicolosi as saying, "Within five to ten years, we will see Christians in Hollywood ...
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As the popular hymn "Amazing Grace" suggests, we all once were lost, but if we've given our lives to Christ, we've been found and saved from sin. We'd ...
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Pain and sorrow are part of human existence. Each of us has known hurt and sadness, and often our instinct is to search for a reason why. Are we being punished for some ...
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How do Christians reconcile pain and confusion about unanswered prayer with our belief in an all-powerful God of love?
Using the article "The Gift of Unanswered Prayer" ...