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A week of GIVING

ALERT: MORE STORIES NEEDED! Well, we have a start, but we have a lot more stories out there waiting to be told. Your stories will help inspire others. We want to create a giving chain this weekend so keep ’em … Continue reading

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A week of ThanksGIVING

Marti’s at it again. She wants you to do something daring and live to tell us about it. I know. I know how annoying it is to be pulled out of your comfort zone (I’m married to her, for heaven’s … Continue reading

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The American way of death

What happens when you die? It’s the most obvious, avoided question on record. Obvious, because there is a pretty high percentage rate of people who will have to face it. (Last I checked it was 100%.) Avoided, because if you … Continue reading

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How to have a good testimony

Well I’m not quite ready to let this “Always Christian” subject go yet when it still appears I am being misunderstood or probably more like it, I am not being clear enough about what I am saying. I’m thankful to … Continue reading

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Before and after

Some did not catch the hyperbole in my Catch on Tuesday about “Always Christians.” There is no such thing as an “Always Christian” since we are all born into sin (Psalm 51:5). The “Always Christian” I was writing about is … Continue reading

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Keeping it real

There’s something to be said for consistency. Consistency, but not stagnation. Consistency, but not status quo. Everything I said in yesterday’s Catch was, and to an extent is still true about me. That’s how I know all about the pitfalls … Continue reading

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‘Always Christians’

Let’s have just a little bit of sympathy now for “Always Christians.” Now that we have taken a look at the prisoners whose sin is ever before them — who wake up every morning with the grim reminder of what … Continue reading

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Behind bars

Today’s thoughts come by way of one of our readers who spends a good deal of his time working with people in prison. What he finds out is that there is an advantage to being in prison when it comes … Continue reading

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Loving your non-Christian kids

I woke up this morning with a thought I haven’t had before. I woke up thinking how hard it is for Christian parents to think about their kids as non-Christians. I speak at a lot of Christian colleges to Christian … Continue reading

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Lunch with Mike

“John, I have lunch with you daily,” writes Mike, one of our regular readers. “I set my iPad mini on my desk and have a dialog with you as I read ‘The Catch.’  The question of the hidden leader is close … Continue reading

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