**Part of the 10 Hard Truths about Being Born Again series** A funny thing seems to happen on the way to becoming an atheist… You become a better person. At least that’s the perennial refrain I hear from those who’ve made the transition from Christian to atheist. [Of course it’s debatable whether they were even Christians to begin…
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. Which is easier to prove: that some one’s sins have been forgiven or that an ex-cripple can now walk? You can’t say “forgiveness of sins” since it’s invisible. So you must vote for the healed cripple. Or do you? That’s the question Jesus answers when we…
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. Demon possession fascinates me. Perhaps that’s the reason I’m drawn to the story of the . It’s not a healthy fascination. More likely it’s a weakness. A bad sift in the broken human mind. Forever drawn to the smoking wreckage alongside the road. Yet there’s something…
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. What does it mean to follow Christ? Good question. In , Jesus answers that question. But it’s a tough answer. Challenging. Demanding. Unapologetic. Unflinching. It’s NOT user-friendly. Nor seeker sensitive. It won’t make you famous. Rich. Or powerful. In fact, following Christ demands a willingness to make…
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. In a small, isolated village perched on the limestone hills of the southern Lebanon mountain range, . He taught in the synagogue. On a Sabbath day. Everything as it should be. Except for one thing… How Jesus taught. The people of Nazareth knew Jesus as a…
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. Every so often I hear a story about someone drowning in the ocean. A child dragged to her death by the undertow. That’s why my wife and I give ample, rigid warning to our own children when we visit the ocean: “Hold our hands tight.” Our…
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See how Doug Wilson’s story of a teacher explains the difference between good advice and good news. I confess: Navigating through the nature of God at times leaves me feeling detached and remote. Far off from God. Granted, you can’t put your finger on infinity. Eternality. Self-existence. These topics at first blush are unbelievably impractical, impersonal, ineffable and intimidating….
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You can start reading a PDF version of right now. Shortly after Jesus heals a blind man, he walks toward the villages of Caesarea Philippi with his disciples. Along the way about who people think he is. They tell him John the Baptist. Or Elijah. Or one of the prophets. He asks them, “Who do you think…
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How do you think you’ll respond when you realize you’ve made it to heaven? My answer surprised me. Not long ago, on a small hillside east of St. Louis, MO, I was cutting grass. Naturally, my mind was a million miles away from that small hillside… Somewhere between a lump of books in a…
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Want to know the basic point behind the complex message of the Bible… without reading the whole thing? I can tell you what it is in three simple words. But you have to promise me something… You have to promise me you’ll dig deeper beyond this simple cheat sheet. You have to promise me that…
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