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Gracious God, thank you for the gift of
Gracious God, thank you for the gift of work. There are times when we experience work along the lines of your intentions, when work is fulfilling and fruitful. For these moments we thank you. Yet, we... -
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Prayer of Adoration Lord—you’re
Prayer of Adoration Lord—you’re sufficient in everything. You can create without us; save without our assistance; bring good out of evil, hope from despair and restore what we mess up. You’re soverei... -
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Just a stain in the soil
I love a British TV show called Time Team. Hosted by Tony Robinson, a team of archeologists descend on a site in Britain and excavate for three days. Inevitably, the archeologists unearth the dead... -
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Developing Deep Roots
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I made the long drive from San Antonio, Texas, to Pasadena, California, where we now reside. We passed through hundreds of miles of southwestern desert, most of whic... -
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The Gift that Inspired a Lifetime of Giving: Sermon Illustration Tuesday
Tracy Autler’s life changed in a very unexpected way on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Tracy was a single mother, living in an apartment in a rough neighborhood, she was doing her best to raise a three-year ... -
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You know all about us–our weakness, our
You know all about us–our weakness, our failing, our sin; and you still love us enough to give your Son to redeem us. Hear the cries of our hearts today. There’s someone for whom it was hard to get ou... -
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Modern Knowledge
Modern knowledge involves breaking things down into component parts. As philosopher Michel Foucault argues in The Birth of the Clinic, nowhere is this more disturbingly clear than in modern medicine, ... -
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Myths About Meaning
Do you want your life to count? Do you want to look back and say that you made the biggest difference possible? Most Christians want to devote their lives to something significant. Deep inside they wa... -
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The Key Word in a Disagreement
The key word in our definition of a disagreement (an unacceptable difference between two perspectives), isn’t “difference.” It’s “unacceptable.” Once the clash between perspectives becomes unacceptabl... -
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Don’t Forget What Your Body Communicates
Nonverbal communication can make a huge difference in how a question is received. Only 7 percent of what we say is conveyed through words, 38 percent through vocal element (tone), and the remainder th... -
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The Gospel and the Other: Preaching in an Age of "Us vs. Them"
When conflict and division are driving both politics and media (including social media), the contrast between the way of the world and the way of Jesus stands out more than ever. How can pastors, task... -
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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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A Bit-Part in a Story of Redemption
Kevin Blue has spent much of his ministry career serving the poor in inner-city Los Angeles. This reflection show how the investment in the poor can pay big dividends: Loving the poor has cost me so... -
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Confess Your Mixed Motives
In U2’s song “One,” Bono sings, “Have you come here to play Jesus / To the lepers in your head?”2 Yes, if you are involved in justice work, you probably have. So have I. This isn’t bad. Just honest. W... -
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We are Better Together: Moving from Empire to Kingdom
A Multi-faceted Church Who loses by the church and parachurch’s lack of unity and cooperation? Absolutely everyone : congregations, ministry organizations, ministry leaders, individual believers . .... -
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Be a Catalyst for Change
At the 5-mile mark in the Old Kent Riverbank Run a guy passing me said, “Hey buddy, you dropped your key.” There was no getting home without my key. Like a salmon swimming upstream I headed back into ... -
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Our Stories Shape Our Values
A close friend who started a financial loan business took thirty of his executives to the poverty- and violence-filled section of Montreal where he grew up in order to introduce them to the section of... -
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Free Hugs
On a Friday in July of 2007, fourteen-year-old LaSaller David Melia stumbled upon people giving away hugs outside a movie theater. Strange, he thought, and refused to take them up on their offer. Hour... -
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The Gift That Inspired a Lifetime of Giving
Tracy Autler’s life changed in a very unexpected way on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Tracy was a single mother, living in an apartment in a rough neighborhood, she was doing her best to raise a three-year ... -
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You and I were put on this earth to serve something greater than our narrow interests. When our focus becomes self-centered instead of God-centered we lose our greatest source of power. Our God-given ... -
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Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing... -
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If you want to impact someone’s life, love them when they least expect it and least deserve it. -
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How Tithing Could Change the World
In Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away More Money, the authors point out that if Americans who professed to be "strong" or "very strong" Christians tit... -
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Changing Direction
There was a story going around about the Special Olympics. For the hundred-yard dash, there were nine contestants, all of them so-called physically or mentally disabled. All nine of them assembled at ... -
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The Wake-Up Call
In his book, The Joy Model, former management consultant Jeff Spafadora describes the moment that lead him to change careers: One spring break Michelle and I took the kids to Disney World. My mom an... -
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The Importance of Meaningful Work
Have you ever wondered what the number-one thing people are looking for in a job? It’s not salary, it’s not even about getting promoted or working on a dynamic team. The number one thing people want f... -
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What Would You Do Differently?
I preached my first sermon at National Community Church on January 14, 1996. The only thing I remember about that message is my opening illustration. I can’t remember the original source, but I think ... -
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What Do You Do?
I recently had lunch with a former British boarding school chaplain. He remembers being with the boys in his school the morning thirty years ago that the very first pictures of widespread starvation i... -
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Top_level_categories by Reference
Genesis
Exodus
Deuteronomy
1 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Job
Psalm
- Ps 1 (23)
- Ps 2 (4)
- Ps 3 (2)
- Ps 4 (6)
- Ps 5 (8)
- Ps 6 (3)
- Ps 7 (1)
- Ps 8 (28)
- Ps 9 (5)
- Ps 10 (4)
- Ps 11 (3)
- Ps 12 (1)
- Ps 13 (3)
- Ps 14 (3)
- Ps 15 (7)
- Ps 16 (15)
- Ps 18 (11)
- Ps 19 (45)
- Ps 20 (4)
- Ps 22 (13)
- Ps 23 (60)
- Ps 24 (23)
- Ps 25 (22)
- Ps 27 (65)
- Ps 28 (2)
- Ps 29 (5)
- Ps 30 (14)
- Ps 31 (5)
- Ps 32 (33)
- Ps 33 (12)
- Ps 34 (116)
- Ps 35 (1)
- Ps 36 (11)
- Ps 37 (39)
- Ps 38 (3)
- Ps 39 (5)
- Ps 40 (10)
- Ps 41 (2)
- Ps 42 (33)
- Ps 43 (2)
- Ps 44 (1)
- Ps 45 (2)
- Ps 46 (61)
- Ps 47 (1)
- Ps 48 (1)
- Ps 49 (1)
- Ps 50 (2)
- Ps 51 (102)
- Ps 52 (3)
- Ps 55 (9)
- Ps 56 (6)
- Ps 57 (4)
- Ps 60 (1)
- Ps 61 (3)
- Ps 62 (11)
- Ps 63 (9)
- Ps 65 (8)
- Ps 66 (3)
- Ps 67 (1)
- Ps 68 (3)
- Ps 69 (1)
- Ps 71 (2)
- Ps 72 (5)
- Ps 73 (14)
- Ps 74 (1)
- Ps 75 (1)
- Ps 77 (11)
- Ps 78 (5)
- Ps 79 (1)
- Ps 80 (3)
- Ps 82 (13)
- Ps 84 (5)
- Ps 85 (5)
- Ps 86 (5)
- Ps 88 (4)
- Ps 89 (3)
- Ps 90 (25)
- Ps 91 (8)
- Ps 92 (3)
- Ps 94 (6)
- Ps 95 (7)
- Ps 96 (10)
- Ps 98 (5)
- Ps 100 (9)
- Ps 101 (1)
- Ps 102 (1)
- Ps 103 (61)
- Ps 104 (27)
- Ps 105 (1)
- Ps 106 (1)
- Ps 107 (4)
- Ps 109 (1)
- Ps 111 (1)
- Ps 112 (4)
- Ps 113 (4)
- Ps 115 (7)
- Ps 116 (3)
- Ps 117 (4)
- Ps 118 (11)
- Ps 119 (64)
- Ps 121 (16)
- Ps 122 (4)
- Ps 123 (1)
- Ps 126 (12)
- Ps 127 (12)
- Ps 128 (4)
- Ps 130 (15)
- Ps 131 (4)
- Ps 133 (6)
- Ps 135 (2)
- Ps 136 (13)
- Ps 138 (4)
- Ps 139 (72)
- Ps 141 (3)
- Ps 142 (3)
- Ps 143 (5)
- Ps 144 (2)
- Ps 145 (9)
- Ps 146 (13)
- Ps 147 (41)
- Ps 148 (3)
- Ps 150 (3)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (7)
- Prov 2 (6)
- Prov 3 (100)
- Prov 4 (24)
- Prov 5 (5)
- Prov 6 (10)
- Prov 7 (1)
- Prov 8 (6)
- Prov 9 (2)
- Prov 10 (9)
- Prov 11 (18)
- Prov 12 (17)
- Prov 13 (8)
- Prov 14 (36)
- Prov 15 (35)
- Prov 16 (38)
- Prov 17 (25)
- Prov 18 (33)
- Prov 19 (28)
- Prov 20 (14)
- Prov 21 (17)
- Prov 22 (17)
- Prov 23 (8)
- Prov 24 (9)
- Prov 25 (10)
- Prov 26 (12)
- Prov 27 (21)
- Prov 28 (22)
- Prov 29 (14)
- Prov 30 (2)
- Prov 31 (29)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (54)
- Isa 2 (11)
- Isa 5 (12)
- Isa 6 (28)
- Isa 7 (5)
- Isa 8 (1)
- Isa 9 (29)
- Isa 11 (6)
- Isa 12 (1)
- Isa 14 (3)
- Isa 15 (1)
- Isa 25 (8)
- Isa 26 (20)
- Isa 28 (5)
- Isa 30 (23)
- Isa 32 (1)
- Isa 33 (6)
- Isa 35 (5)
- Isa 40 (102)
- Isa 41 (63)
- Isa 42 (16)
- Isa 43 (64)
- Isa 44 (3)
- Isa 45 (15)
- Isa 46 (3)
- Isa 47 (2)
- Isa 48 (3)
- Isa 49 (8)
- Isa 50 (4)
- Isa 51 (3)
- Isa 52 (5)
- Isa 53 (68)
- Isa 54 (6)
- Isa 55 (81)
- Isa 56 (1)
- Isa 57 (12)
- Isa 58 (35)
- Isa 59 (7)
- Isa 60 (22)
- Isa 61 (52)
- Isa 64 (16)
- Isa 65 (6)
- Isa 66 (14)
- Isa 70 (1)
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Joel
Obadiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Haggai
Matthew
- Matt 1 (17)
- Matt 2 (12)
- Matt 3 (9)
- Matt 4 (35)
- Matt 5 (169)
- Matt 6 (145)
- Matt 7 (67)
- Matt 8 (17)
- Matt 9 (18)
- Matt 10 (18)
- Matt 11 (80)
- Matt 12 (17)
- Matt 13 (38)
- Matt 14 (20)
- Matt 15 (14)
- Matt 16 (27)
- Matt 17 (10)
- Matt 18 (41)
- Matt 19 (20)
- Matt 20 (11)
- Matt 21 (15)
- Matt 22 (29)
- Matt 23 (41)
- Matt 24 (8)
- Matt 25 (64)
- Matt 26 (19)
- Matt 27 (10)
- Matt 28 (46)