Starting with a Clean Slate

Read: Luke 1:1–4 Since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus. Luke 1:3 For the sake of this devotional, allow me a little (or a lot of) liberty: pretend that I wrote

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Introduction

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Christmas, or Christ’s Mass, is the festival celebrating Christ’s birthday. It

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Why There Hasn’t Been Another 9/11

According to the CIA World Factbook, just under one percent of the US population is Muslim, out of a total of 324 million people (July 2016 estimate). For the sake of argument, let’s assume that a mere one percent of these American Muslims either condone or desire

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So Many Ways to Give

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday are now in the rearview mirror. We have finished bountiful meals at Thanksgiving, and our nation has moved full swing into the Christmas season. Since today is Giving Tuesday, we wanted to share with you some time-sensitive opportunities in

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The Other Side of Thanksgiving

I’m grateful for many things as we celebrate Thanksgiving this week: for God’s mercy and His love, for my family, for the chance to work in full-time ministry, and so on. I’m also thankful for another segment of the population that should be appreciated and respected this

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One for the Record Books

  It is always exciting to see a record broken. Watching the Olympics this past summer, we had the chance to see athlete after athlete break the records of those who had gone before them. Those moments are normally filled with smiles, tears, laughter, and disbelief as

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A Trump Presidency: Better or Worse for the Church?

Ever since the early church was scattered due to persecution (recorded in the book of Acts), the Body of Christ has actually grown in the midst of hardship. When our ministry began to partner with Christians in Nepal almost thirty years ago, Christianity had been expanding amidst

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Top 20 Things You Should Do after the Election

There are plenty of blog posts from other Christian writers trying to bring perspective before, during, and after this election (see #11 as the main point), so there’s no need for me to be redundant. Instead, let me offer my own somewhat light-hearted approach, sprinkled with a

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No One Fights Alone

RockPointe Church in Flower Mound, TX has packed more meals with Feed the Hunger than any other church. They have two Packathons each year, because they have found the Packathon to be the leading event both in engaging their church membership in serving and in bringing people

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Is This Election Really about the Supreme Court?

One of the main arguments used by some Christian conservatives today is that this presidential election is about the importance of Supreme Court appointments in the coming years. The thought is that the next president needs to be Republican, because he will appoint judges that stand for

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