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- 03:16, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep (Created page with '{{info}}'''Nighttime Prayer for a Troubled Conscience''' Occasionally, as I lie down to sleep, a restlessness bends over my bed. A vague uneasiness. A nagging sense of some tens...')
- 03:04, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Are You Not Provoked? (Protected "Are You Not Provoked?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:04, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N Are You Not Provoked? (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Jealousy of Godly Men''' I remember a line in the television show that men in the Poldark family were known for being “hasty, sharp-tempered, and ''strong in th...')
- 02:56, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Often Do You Think About Heaven? (Protected "How Often Do You Think About Heaven?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:56, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Often Do You Think About Heaven? (Created page with '{{info}}''Wait a minute. That can’t be right, can it?'' If you’ve taught the Bible a few times, you’ve had one of these moments. The construction of a biblical sentence ju...')
- 02:47, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Lost Awe of Majesty (Protected "The Lost Awe of Majesty" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:46, 15 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Lost Awe of Majesty (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why I Love an Overlooked Attribute''' In 1977, California pastor Jack Hayford and his wife visited England during the Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary) of Queen Eliza...')
- 15:52, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Put Your Anger to Bed (Protected "Put Your Anger to Bed" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:52, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N Put Your Anger to Bed (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Lessons for Young Couples''' “Don’t go to bed angry.” How many times have you heard some version of this marital proverb? Many bright-eyed couples hear it ...')
- 14:03, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Slow to Anger (Protected "Slow to Anger" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:03, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N Slow to Anger (Created page with '{{info}}Many of the most common troubles in the Christian life come from relating to God as if he were like us — as if his kindness were as slight as our kindness, his forgiven...')
- 13:55, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) m Where Will They Learn to Work? (Protected "Where Will They Learn to Work?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 13:55, 10 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N Where Will They Learn to Work? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Teaching Children a Lost Ethic''' Years ago, my husband and I met a retired sociologist in Ontario who had studied groups of immigrants now in Canada. He told us, “...')
- 00:33, 19 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Victory That Lasts (Protected "Victory That Lasts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 00:33, 19 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N Victory That Lasts (Created page with '{{info}}'''Where to Begin Against Lust''' The racing heart, the watering eyes, the abrupt disinterest withering the world outside. The carnivorous appetite, the volatile urge. T...')
- 23:23, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Tenacious Grace (Protected "Tenacious Grace" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 23:23, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N Tenacious Grace (Created page with '{{info}}'''How We Become and Stay One''' When I was a kid in the seventies, we often sang a song at church events and camps with this lyric: <blockquote>We are one in the Spiri...')
- 23:06, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m To Men Who Want to Marry (Protected "To Men Who Want to Marry" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 23:06, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N To Men Who Want to Marry (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Prepare to Lead Well''' A few months into our marriage, it dawned on me: I was unprepared, as though I had studied for the wrong exam. Before our wedding, I ha...')
- 23:01, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Might Jesus Do Counseling? (Protected "How Might Jesus Do Counseling?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 23:00, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Might Jesus Do Counseling? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Roads into the Human Heart''' As one who consistently responds to other peoples’ suffering and sin, sometimes I find myself at a loss for what to say. Other ti...')
- 22:26, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense (Protected "When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 22:26, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense (Created page with '{{info}}Suffering is largely a mystery to me. While God’s grace and presence have been unimaginably rich in my pain, I still don’t understand why particular believers who lo...')
- 22:20, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m If Your Brother Sins Against You (Protected "If Your Brother Sins Against You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 22:20, 18 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N If Your Brother Sins Against You (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Forgive and Let Go''' Have you also found that it can be much easier to pray for your own sins than to deal with others’ sins against you? With the first, w...')
- 03:29, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Jellyfish Christians (Protected "Jellyfish Christians" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:29, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N Jellyfish Christians (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Costs of Thin Christianity''' It was a rousing mid-sermon rebuke — the kind to make you sit up in your pew. “Jesus, being made perfect,” the preacher conti...')
- 03:23, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Why Is Christian Unity So Hard? (Protected "Why Is Christian Unity So Hard?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:23, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N Why Is Christian Unity So Hard? (Created page with '{{info}}Why is unity in the church so hard? If you’re like me, this question can prompt tears. Mentioning tears tells you I’m not talking about disunity in the church ''in g...')
- 03:16, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m When God Took Away (Protected "When God Took Away" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:16, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N When God Took Away (Created page with '{{info}}'''His Goodness in My Grief''' <blockquote>''Ofttimes the primary reason why godly men are called to suffer is for the sake of witness they may give to the sincerity of ...')
- 03:07, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m Conceited Motherhood (Protected "Conceited Motherhood" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:07, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N Conceited Motherhood (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Temptations Moms Face''' A pyrophobic firefighter. A book-averse librarian. A doctor who is grossed out by germs. We shake our heads at the thought of these liv...')
- 02:39, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) m ‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’ (Protected "‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:39, 4 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N ‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’ (Created page with '{{info}}The Bible’s most well-known and beloved declaration of God’s faithfulness might be Lamentations 3:22–23: <blockquote>The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;<b...')
- 03:22, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Find a Storm to Stir You (Protected "Find a Storm to Stir You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 03:22, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Find a Storm to Stir You (Created page with '{{info}Complacency falls softly, even pleasantly, on a sleeping soul. It’s the secret to its appeal and power over us. The complacent crave comfort, quiet, ease — an inner li...')
- 03:06, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Do Not Fear to Leave This World (Protected "Do Not Fear to Leave This World" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:06, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Fear to Leave This World (Created page with '{{info}}Perhaps you will feel the same discomfort I felt overhearing saints of old speak of death. “He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool. He is a ma...')
- 03:01, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Some Answered Prayers Hurt (Protected "Some Answered Prayers Hurt" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 03:00, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Some Answered Prayers Hurt (Created page with '{{info}}'''Some Answered Prayers Hurt''' Scripture tells us that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). ...')
- 02:52, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Paradox of Christ for a Polarized World (Protected "The Paradox of Christ for a Polarized World" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:51, 27 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Paradox of Christ for a Polarized World (Created page with '{{info}}We live in times of polarization and fragmentation. In many places, the ties that have historically bound societies together are coming apart. Our own society has been b...')
- 17:37, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home (Protected "Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:36, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home (Created page with '{{info}}Imagine you’re part of a NASA team preparing for a five-year mission to Mars. After a period of extensive training, the launch date finally arrives. As the rocket lifts...')
- 17:32, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m A Good Marriage Requires Work (Protected "A Good Marriage Requires Work" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:31, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N A Good Marriage Requires Work (Created page with '{{info}}I keep thanking God for Nanci’s partnership and companionship in the gospel. I first heard the gospel from Nanci, and we discussed messages I was hearing at church and ...')
- 17:27, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring (Protected "For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:27, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Well, some Christians are dramatically saved out of a life of scandalous sin and have an amazing testimony of deliverance to share. Many other C...')
- 17:20, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Submit Your Felt Reality to God (Protected "Submit Your Felt Reality to God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:19, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Submit Your Felt Reality to God (Created page with '{{info}}A number of years ago, a counselor friend of mine introduced a simple and accessible concept that he regularly uses in his practice. He calls it “felt reality.” ''Re...')
- 17:10, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Do I Not Provoke My Children? (Protected "How Do I Not Provoke My Children?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:09, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Do I Not Provoke My Children? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today we have a question all parents must answer for themselves. How do I not exasperate my children? It’s today’s question from a young dad...')
- 16:59, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Psalms Know What You Feel (Protected "The Psalms Know What You Feel" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:59, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Psalms Know What You Feel (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!'' (Psalm 150:6)</blockquote> The first and last psalms tell us a great deal about what G...')
- 16:53, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Other Great Parenting Books (Protected "The Other Great Parenting Books" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:53, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Other Great Parenting Books (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Best Stories Point Kids to Christ''' For the past two years, the realities of life in a pandemic have posed enormous challenges for parents. In the best cases...')
- 16:43, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail (Protected "My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:43, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning from a Health Scare''' Two weeks before Christmas, my heart stopped. Seated next to me in a congregational meeting, my wife sees me close my eyes and slump....')
- 15:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m Seeing Is Not Believing (Protected "Seeing Is Not Believing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N Seeing Is Not Believing (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Miss God in Daily Life''' Perhaps you’ve had unbelieving friends or neighbors tell you they will believe when they see God writing his message in the clouds....')
- 15:33, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How to Watch for Wolves (Protected "How to Watch for Wolves" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 15:33, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How to Watch for Wolves (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Signs of False Teachers''' When a wolf looks at sheep, what does he see? Food. His motivation for getting close to sheep is not to care for their needs or prote...')
- 14:01, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’? (Protected "How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:01, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’? (Created page with '{{info}}First, they worshiped him. Before Jesus gave them any tasks to be done, any commission to fulfill, any directions as to how they might, in some sense, carry on his work ...')
- 13:46, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) m God Gives Our Waiting Purpose (Protected "God Gives Our Waiting Purpose" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 13:45, 6 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N God Gives Our Waiting Purpose (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Waiting for the Lord''.<br> ''Hoping in his word''.<br> ''Watching for the morning''.</blockquote> Those phrases from Psalm 130 still bring me to tears. ...')
- 16:52, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m Stuck Between the World and God (Protected "Stuck Between the World and God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:52, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N Stuck Between the World and God (Created page with '{{info}}'''How I Almost Died in Indecision''' Some texts mark you for life. As Jacob, you grapple with them, and though you come away with a blessing, you leave with a limp. You...')
- 16:43, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom (Protected "When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:42, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Tribute to a Woman’s Great Love''' It’s one of my favorite memories of my mother, Marilyn. She’s standing on the platform in the sanctuary of Wayzata Evangeli...')
- 16:29, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind (Protected "The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:28, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind (Created page with '{{info}}Much ink has been spilled over the mundane days of motherhood — days, many seem to assume, full of mindless tasks and repetitive duties. While the job of mothering cer...')
- 16:22, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Beast I Become (Protected "The Beast I Become" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:22, 16 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Beast I Become (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Bring Bitterness to God''' Sometimes, as you watch the hand of God’s providence draw some picture in your life, the pencil suddenly turns, and what you thoug...')
- 12:34, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m No One Knows My Pain (Protected "No One Knows My Pain" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 12:34, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N No One Knows My Pain (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Pride Hides in Suffering''' One of my dearest friends lost both parents to suicide. Her father died when she was a teenager, and her mother passed away more recen...')
- 12:27, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) m You Have Put More Joy in My Heart (Protected "You Have Put More Joy in My Heart" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 12:27, 2 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N You Have Put More Joy in My Heart (Created page with '{{info}}Some of the most life-changing verses in the Bible are those that come alive years after we first read them. We read them and pass over them, read them and pass over them...')
- 02:31, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Lord, Let Me Die (Protected "Lord, Let Me Die" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:31, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Lord, Let Me Die (Created page with '{{info}}'''Mercy for Those Tired of Living''' Over the years, I have talked with several Christians who have told me they wanted to die. They were of different ages and differen...')
- 02:21, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Pastor Your Own Heart First (Protected "Pastor Your Own Heart First" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:21, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Pastor Your Own Heart First (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Sentence That Saved My Ministry''' <blockquote>''Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others''.</blockquote> I ...')
- 02:04, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Some Kindness Stings (Protected "Some Kindness Stings" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 02:04, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Some Kindness Stings (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Love Uses Hard Words''' A few months back, considering the heightened level of contention among some American Christians in recent years, I stumbled upon this gol...')
- 01:51, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The First Call to Worship (Protected "The First Call to Worship" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:51, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The First Call to Worship (Created page with '{{info}}'''Twelve Attributes of God in One Verse''' In December 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the moon, the voice of Bill Anders sounded back to earth with some of the most familiar...')
- 01:43, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer (Protected "My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:43, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Healed Our Little Girl''' Death is our mortal enemy — an enemy that Jesus defanged (Hebrews 2:14–15), and one day will utterly destroy (Revelation 21:4). ...')
- 01:36, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Sympathy Without Distress (Protected "Sympathy Without Distress" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 01:36, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Sympathy Without Distress (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Exalted Compassion of Christ''' “Only remember me,” Joseph requested, “when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and...')
- 01:22, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m Mother Yourself Out of a Job (Protected "Mother Yourself Out of a Job" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:22, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Mother Yourself Out of a Job (Created page with '{{info}}'''Nurturing Children Toward Independence''' Armed with passwords and last year’s tax forms, we gathered at the dining room table with my youngest son and his new wife...')
- 01:06, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Love in His Grief (Protected "The Love in His Grief" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 01:06, 19 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Love in His Grief (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin''' You’ve done it again. Your conscience begins to stain. Here it is: that sin you vowed — ''you prayed'' — never to repeat. ...')
- 17:20, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m The Prayer to End All Prayers (Protected "The Prayer to End All Prayers" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:19, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N The Prayer to End All Prayers (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!'' (Revelation 22:20)</blockquote> The last prayer in the Bible is also one of its shortest — and yet it’s layered with hearta...')
- 17:04, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m I Have No Good Apart from You (Protected "I Have No Good Apart from You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:04, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N I Have No Good Apart from You (Created page with '{{info}}'''Prayer of the Satisfied Heart''' <blockquote>''I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you''.” (Psalm 16:2)</blockquote> In Psalm 16, Davi...')
- 16:54, 18 April 2022 (hist) (diff) m When the Dawn Seems to Die (Protected "When the Dawn Seems to Die" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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