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Advocating our Neighbor’s Well-Being
Whether we’re protecting the unborn, supporting fair prison sentences, or making sure the elderly are taken care of, politics provides a forum for advocating for our neighbor’s well-being and pursuing... -
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Human Nature: Fighting Our Neighbors
In the sixteenth century, there were close to seventy wars involving the nations and states of Europe. The Danes fought the Swedes. The Poles fought the Teutonic Knights. The Ottomans fought the Venet... -
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Becoming Locals
“I got here as fast as I could.” This is my answer when people ask if I’m a Colorado native. This is a state where being born here gives you bragging rights. Drive around and you’ll see bumper sticker... -
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Comparing the Genesis Creation Account with their Neighbors
The Jews were not the only religious people in the ancient world. There were others, such as the Akkadians, Egyptians, and Phoenicians, and they had their own creation stories. When one compares the ... -
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Our Neighbor Hank’s House
As neighbors were texting my turned-off phone about danger at Hank’s house, I was sitting at my desk, praying for Hank. I was praying for Hank’s salvation. And then I noticed it: burly men ducking aro... -
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What I Can Do
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), an American Unitarian minister and writer, who lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts, and inspired many by his story Ten Times One Is Ten : I’m only one, but I ... -
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Rising GNP and Lowering GNH
There has been a paradigm shift going on in neighborhoods in the United States since the end of WWII. For decades before the 1940s, neighborhoods were places where people were known and were active. W... -
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More Isolated than Ever
Whether young or old, Americans are feeling more isolated. According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, about half of Americans have weekly interactions with their neighbors, which means ... -
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Fitting In
Today, the church in America seems to have traded in its mandate to be eccentric and aimed instead at an unconscious conventionality. Rural norms are too quaint, urban norms too dangerous, so the chur... -
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Growing Up in a World that Doesn’t Require Courage
I’d grown up in a Boston suburb where people’s homes were set behind deep hedges or protected by huge yards and neighbors hardly knew each other. And they didn’t need to: nothing ever happened in my t... -
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The Solution to Our Biggest Problems
What if the solution to our society’s biggest issues has been right under our noses for the past two thousand years? When Jesus was asked to reduce everything in the Bible into one command he said: Lo... -
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Where Does My Validation Come From?
As Christians, we do not need to justify who we are; Jesus took care of that. We are loved and forgiven. When I’m tempted to advertise my accomplishments, qualifications, or résumés when talking with ... -
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Nearly Amish
Our family is radical, but we are definitely not Amish—although we love to eat the fruit, vegetables, meat, and cheese produced by our Amish neighbors forty miles away in Lancaster County, Pennsylvani... -
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The Real Scandal of Jesus’s Ministry
In these acts of love Jesus created a scandal for devout, religious Palestinian Jews. The absolutely unpardonable thing was not his concern for the sick, the cripples, the lepers, the possessed . . . ... -
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Is it a Sin to Bore Adults with the Gospel?
Jim Rayburn, the founder of Young Life, a nationwide youth ministry, used to say, “It’s a sin to bore a kid with the gospel.” But what about adults? Is it okay to bore grownups with the gospel? I ask ... -
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Preying on the Poor
One of the most challenging and complex economic realities faced by many of our neighbors who live paycheck to paycheck is finding financial resources to cover immediate and unexpected expenses. To ad... -
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Indian Removal Act's Tragic Consequences
In 1830, the Indian Removal Act led to what’s known as the Trail of Tears, in which almost fifty thousand indigenous people were removed from the southeastern United States and relocated west of the M... -
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The Focusing Illusion
Bestselling business author Simon Sinek gives a motivational speech called “Understand the Game,” where he mentions a study asking people if they would rather have a $400,000 house on a street where a... -
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Peace vs. Ease
Most women feel as though they give, give, give all day long. We give to ministries, the neighbors, our jobs, and the local PTA. We fill the roles of taxi driver, chef, teacher, and lover. We run to t... -
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Pursuing the Common Good Throughout History
Pursuing the common good has been a strong marker of the Christian church from the very beginning. The early church had many habits that they became known for, of course—including meeting frequently, ... -
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The Devastation of Residential Segregation
More people of color than whites live in the city of Dallas and in the city of Fort Worth. But they are more likely to live in poorer inner-city areas while whites live in the more affluent suburbs. D... -
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Ancient Cosmology
The cosmology of the ancient world was dramatically different from the way that we think of ours. Scholar John Walton writes in The Lost World of Genesis One , “Old world cosmic geography is based on... -
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Israel Was Part of The Ancient World
The [Mesopotamian ancient texts] serve as sources of information for us to formulate the shape of each culture’s ways of thinking. In most areas there is more similarity between Israel and its neighbo... -
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The Origin of the Sabbath
Where did the observation of a Sabbath come from? Nahum Sarna points out that it is never instituted within Scripture. Instead, it is taken for granted that the people already observe it: “There can... -
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Biblical Economics
In his extremely helpful book, The Economics of Neighborly Love , Tom Nelson argues that the church has an important part to play in helping Christians understand the value and place of economics i... -
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From Heaven to Earth
I am watching a family of black-tailed squirrels. I should be working on a Christmas message but can’t focus. They seem set on entertaining me. They scamper amid the roots of the tree north of my offi... -
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Homemaker vs. Breadwinner
Contemporary society assumes that we make a choice: one member of a household will be the “homemaker” and the other the “breadwinner” (i.e., in the marketplace generating income to sustain the home). ... -
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Walking Towards Unity
Some marches are not against anyone or anything. They are marches for something or someone. Jesus. Peace. Hope. Unity. In a town where I lived for many years, a few of us organized an annual Walk of t... -
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The Broad Reality of Vocation
The word vocation is a rich one, having to address the wholeness of life, the range of relationships and responsibilities. Work, yes, but also families, and neighbors, and citizenship, locally and glo... -
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The Non-Religion
When Christianity first arose in the world it was not called a religion. It was the non-religion. Imagine the neighbors of early Christians asking them about their faith. “Where’s your temple?” they’d...
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- Repentance (16)
- Repetition (8)
- Reputation (8)
- Rescue (12)
- Resentment (5)
- Resilience (17)
- Resistance (6)
- Resisting Change (4)
- Resisting Temptation (4)
- Respect (5)
- Responsibility (9)
- Rest (19)
- Restoration (6)
- Resurrection (15)
- Resurrection to New Life (4)
- Retreat (5)
- Returning to God (3)
- Revelation (13)
- Rhythms of Rest (4)
- Right Relationships (4)
- Righteousness (14)
- Risk-Management (3)
- Risks (7)
- Rituals (5)
- Roman World (7)
- Romantic Relationships (12)
- Rootedness (4)
- Routines (4)
- Royalty (3)
- Rules (6)
- The Reliability of Scripture (3)
- The Roman Empire (14)
S
- Sabbath (26)
- Sacrifice (17)
- Sacrificial Giving (4)
- Sacrificial Living (3)
- Safety (6)
- Salt (5)
- Salvation (18)
- Sanctification (18)
- Satan (6)
- Satisfaction (6)
- Savior (3)
- Scars (7)
- Science (18)
- Science and Religion (6)
- Screens (6)
- Scripture (26)
- Seasons (5)
- Secularism (9)
- Seeking God (5)
- Seeking Happiness (5)
- Seeking Power (6)
- Seeking the Truth (9)
- Segregation (11)
- Self-Absorption (6)
- Self-Acceptance (4)
- Self-Achievement (5)
- Self-Awareness (14)
- Self-Centeredness (5)
- Self-Control (7)
- Self-Deception (17)
- Self-Destruction (4)
- Self-Discipline (5)
- Self-Discovery (4)
- Self-Examination (5)
- Self-Glory (4)
- Self-Image (6)
- Self-Improvement (4)
- Self-Justification (5)
- Self-Love (5)
- Self-Reliance (4)
- Self-Righteousness (5)
- Self-Sacrifice (5)
- Self-Sufficiency (4)
- Selfishness (11)
- Selflessness (6)
- Sermon on the Mount (12)
- Servanthood (4)
- Service (15)
- Sex (22)
- Sexual License (4)
- Sexual Temptation (5)
- Shame (14)
- Sheep (8)
- Shepherd (6)
- Shepherds (13)
- Sight (5)
- Silence (13)
- Simplicity (6)
- Sin (27)
- Sinfulness (7)
- Sinners (6)
- Sins (16)
- Sins of the Church (6)
- Skepticism (9)
- Skin (3)
- Slavery (24)
- Sleep (5)
- Slowing Down (6)
- Smart Phones (10)
- Social Class (5)
- Social Justice (9)
- Social Media (23)
- Social Status (4)
- Society (5)
- Soil (5)
- Solitude (12)
- Spectacle (4)
- Spiritual Attacks (4)
- Spiritual Blindness (5)
- Spiritual Direction (5)
- Spiritual Discernment (4)
- Spiritual Disciplines (11)
- Spiritual Formation (11)
- Spiritual Growth (7)
- Spiritual Health (4)
- Spiritual Maturity (5)
- Spiritual Nurture (11)
- Spiritual Practices (4)
- Spiritual Thirst (4)
- Spiritual Transformation (10)
- Sports (11)
- Status (3)
- Status Quo (5)
- Staying Humble (4)
- Stereotypes (3)
- Stewardship (16)
- Stories (23)
- Storms (5)
- Strength (8)
- Stress (9)
- Struggles (10)
- Submission (7)
- Suburbs (4)
- Success (22)
- Suffering (23)
- Surprise (3)
- Surrender (13)
- The Sacraments (5)
- The Saints (8)
- The Soul (12)
- The Spiritual Life (6)
- The Star of Bethlehem (4)
T
- Talking (7)
- Teaching (6)
- Technological Progress (5)
- Technology (37)
- Teenagers (4)
- Temptation (12)
- Ten Commandments (5)
- Thankfulness (7)
- Thanksgiving (General) (8)
- The Temple (6)
- The Trinity (11)
- The Twelve Disciples (5)
- Theology (4)
- Therapy (4)
- Thoughts (13)
- Threats (8)
- Threats to the Church (5)
- Time (12)
- Timekeeping (4)
- Toughness (4)
- Tradition (8)
- Tragedy (12)
- Training (5)
- Transformation (22)
- Trauma (7)
- Travel (4)
- Treasure (4)
- Trees (7)
- Trials (4)
- Trouble (6)
- True Self (5)
- Trust (9)
- Trust in God (11)
- Truth (15)
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V
W
- Waiting (15)
- Waiting on God (6)
- Wants (6)
- War (10)
- Weakness (10)
- Wealth (15)
- Weddings (5)
- Welcome (4)
- Western Culture (26)
- Wilderness (16)
- Willpower (4)
- Wisdom (7)
- Witnesses (7)
- Women (5)
- Wonder (9)
- Words (10)
- Work (30)
- Work and Rest (5)
- Work-Life Balance (9)
- Workaholism (3)
- Works-Righteousness (8)
- World (14)
- Worldliness (4)
- Worldly Power (7)
- Worldview (8)
- Worship (20)
- Wounds (10)
Illustration_categories by Reference
Genesis
- Gen 1 (71)
- Gen 2 (53)
- Gen 3 (21)
- Gen 4 (9)
- Gen 5 (1)
- Gen 6 (3)
- Gen 8 (7)
- Gen 9 (3)
- Gen 11 (9)
- Gen 12 (15)
- Gen 13 (2)
- Gen 15 (3)
- Gen 16 (1)
- Gen 17 (2)
- Gen 18 (7)
- Gen 19 (2)
- Gen 21 (3)
- Gen 22 (9)
- Gen 25 (1)
- Gen 26 (2)
- Gen 27 (6)
- Gen 28 (3)
- Gen 29 (2)
- Gen 32 (7)
- Gen 33 (1)
- Gen 35 (2)
- Gen 36 (1)
- Gen 37 (4)
- Gen 39 (4)
- Gen 41 (4)
- Gen 45 (1)
- Gen 47 (1)
- Gen 50 (14)
Exodus
- Exod 1 (3)
- Exod 2 (4)
- Exod 3 (30)
- Exod 4 (6)
- Exod 5 (4)
- Exod 6 (2)
- Exod 7 (1)
- Exod 10 (1)
- Exod 12 (3)
- Exod 13 (3)
- Exod 14 (12)
- Exod 15 (2)
- Exod 16 (12)
- Exod 17 (1)
- Exod 18 (3)
- Exod 19 (3)
- Exod 20 (23)
- Exod 21 (1)
- Exod 22 (3)
- Exod 23 (4)
- Exod 24 (3)
- Exod 25 (2)
- Exod 26 (1)
- Exod 27 (1)
- Exod 30 (2)
- Exod 31 (4)
- Exod 32 (15)
- Exod 33 (12)
- Exod 34 (8)
- Exod 35 (2)
- Exod 40 (2)
Numbers
Deuteronomy
1 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
Esther
Job
Psalm
- Ps 1 (16)
- Ps 2 (4)
- Ps 3 (4)
- Ps 4 (2)
- Ps 5 (1)
- Ps 7 (1)
- Ps 8 (10)
- Ps 9 (1)
- Ps 10 (2)
- Ps 11 (1)
- Ps 12 (1)
- Ps 13 (5)
- Ps 14 (3)
- Ps 15 (2)
- Ps 16 (8)
- Ps 17 (1)
- Ps 18 (3)
- Ps 19 (24)
- Ps 20 (3)
- Ps 22 (11)
- Ps 23 (33)
- Ps 24 (9)
- Ps 25 (9)
- Ps 27 (15)
- Ps 30 (3)
- Ps 31 (3)
- Ps 32 (5)
- Ps 33 (4)
- Ps 34 (35)
- Ps 36 (1)
- Ps 37 (22)
- Ps 39 (1)
- Ps 40 (2)
- Ps 41 (1)
- Ps 42 (22)
- Ps 43 (2)
- Ps 46 (27)
- Ps 48 (1)
- Ps 49 (2)
- Ps 50 (4)
- Ps 51 (24)
- Ps 54 (1)
- Ps 55 (3)
- Ps 56 (6)
- Ps 57 (1)
- Ps 59 (1)
- Ps 60 (2)
- Ps 62 (4)
- Ps 63 (9)
- Ps 65 (3)
- Ps 68 (2)
- Ps 69 (1)
- Ps 72 (9)
- Ps 73 (6)
- Ps 74 (1)
- Ps 77 (3)
- Ps 78 (4)
- Ps 82 (10)
- Ps 84 (3)
- Ps 85 (1)
- Ps 86 (3)
- Ps 88 (3)
- Ps 90 (15)
- Ps 91 (5)
- Ps 92 (1)
- Ps 94 (2)
- Ps 95 (3)
- Ps 96 (6)
- Ps 100 (6)
- Ps 101 (2)
- Ps 102 (1)
- Ps 103 (19)
- Ps 104 (11)
- Ps 105 (1)
- Ps 106 (1)
- Ps 107 (1)
- Ps 110 (2)
- Ps 111 (1)
- Ps 112 (2)
- Ps 115 (5)
- Ps 116 (2)
- Ps 118 (7)
- Ps 119 (30)
- Ps 121 (3)
- Ps 127 (12)
- Ps 128 (2)
- Ps 130 (6)
- Ps 131 (3)
- Ps 133 (6)
- Ps 135 (1)
- Ps 136 (6)
- Ps 137 (1)
- Ps 139 (41)
- Ps 141 (4)
- Ps 142 (1)
- Ps 143 (3)
- Ps 144 (1)
- Ps 145 (7)
- Ps 146 (9)
- Ps 147 (11)
- Ps 150 (1)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (3)
- Prov 2 (3)
- Prov 3 (41)
- Prov 4 (17)
- Prov 5 (4)
- Prov 6 (2)
- Prov 9 (2)
- Prov 10 (3)
- Prov 11 (7)
- Prov 12 (9)
- Prov 13 (4)
- Prov 14 (14)
- Prov 15 (14)
- Prov 16 (24)
- Prov 17 (6)
- Prov 18 (18)
- Prov 19 (12)
- Prov 20 (5)
- Prov 21 (4)
- Prov 22 (13)
- Prov 23 (2)
- Prov 24 (3)
- Prov 25 (4)
- Prov 26 (4)
- Prov 27 (9)
- Prov 28 (4)
- Prov 29 (6)
- Prov 30 (2)
- Prov 31 (17)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (17)
- Isa 2 (3)
- Isa 5 (4)
- Isa 6 (21)
- Isa 7 (7)
- Isa 9 (19)
- Isa 11 (4)
- Isa 12 (1)
- Isa 14 (2)
- Isa 21 (1)
- Isa 25 (5)
- Isa 26 (10)
- Isa 28 (4)
- Isa 29 (5)
- Isa 30 (24)
- Isa 32 (2)
- Isa 33 (3)
- Isa 35 (2)
- Isa 40 (45)
- Isa 41 (17)
- Isa 42 (11)
- Isa 43 (19)
- Isa 44 (4)
- Isa 45 (9)
- Isa 46 (4)
- Isa 49 (4)
- Isa 50 (1)
- Isa 51 (2)
- Isa 52 (2)
- Isa 53 (28)
- Isa 54 (4)
- Isa 55 (37)
- Isa 56 (3)
- Isa 57 (4)
- Isa 58 (20)
- Isa 59 (3)
- Isa 60 (5)
- Isa 61 (15)
- Isa 62 (1)
- Isa 64 (9)
- Isa 65 (6)
- Isa 66 (1)
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Joel
Amos
Zephaniah
Malachi
Matthew
- Matt 1 (13)
- Matt 2 (20)
- Matt 3 (6)
- Matt 4 (31)
- Matt 5 (69)
- Matt 6 (74)
- Matt 7 (30)
- Matt 8 (7)
- Matt 9 (8)
- Matt 10 (14)
- Matt 11 (27)
- Matt 12 (12)
- Matt 13 (17)
- Matt 14 (9)
- Matt 15 (8)
- Matt 16 (17)
- Matt 17 (3)
- Matt 18 (22)
- Matt 19 (10)
- Matt 20 (10)
- Matt 21 (10)
- Matt 22 (18)
- Matt 23 (34)
- Matt 24 (10)
- Matt 25 (34)
- Matt 26 (18)
- Matt 27 (6)
- Matt 28 (18)