How to Quit Slapping Your Spiritual Snooze Button

I never trust myself with a snooze button. It's too easy to tell myself, "Just 5 more minutes," about 7

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How to Quit Slapping Your Spiritual Snooze Button

Please Take My 2013 Reader Survey

I want to make my blog more relevant to your needs and interests.

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Please Take My 2013 Reader Survey

Pain in the Body—A Lesson for Your Soul

Not long ago, my body gave me a little gift. I awoke suddenly one night with a smarting pain in

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Pain in the Body—A Lesson for Your Soul

God’s Red Light, Green Light

Not long ago, my jaw dropped as I calculated how much I had spent on tolls that year. This painful

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God’s Red Light, Green Light

Nazareth Village—A Visit to Century-One Galilee

I entered the tourist site with a heavy dose of skepticism. After all, I love to show the inseparable connection

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Nazareth Village—A Visit to Century-One Galilee

Who Is this Jesus: The Hope You Can’t Resist [Book Review]

There is hope in your difficult situation.” That’s how the introduction begins to Max Lucado’s beautifully illustrated hardcover book, Who

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Who Is this Jesus: The Hope You Can’t Resist [Book Review]

Beth Shemesh—The Pentecost at an Unlikely Place

Most people familiar with the Pentecost—or Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks—associate the Jewish holiday with the Book of Ruth. After

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Beth Shemesh—The Pentecost at an Unlikely Place

The City of David—Surprises from Original Jerusalem

When people picture Jerusalem, they usually think of the historic Western Wall, or the Old City, or the Temple Mount

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The City of David—Surprises from Original Jerusalem

LOVE ONE ANOTHER: 20 PRACTICAL LESSONS [BOOK REVIEW]

Our popular tell us: “All we need it love,” and “I will always love you,” and they even point to

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LOVE ONE ANOTHER: 20 PRACTICAL LESSONS [BOOK REVIEW]

Mount Arbel—A Panorama of Jesus’ Ministry

The sheer rock cliffs of Mount Arbel stand like a sentinel over the western side of the Sea of Galilee.

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Mount Arbel—A Panorama of Jesus’ Ministry

Blame Shifting our Blunders

Finger pointing is hard-wired into our hearts. In fact, it started early in human history. Like, really early. (Painting by

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Blame Shifting our Blunders

THIRTY DAYS IN THE LAND WITH JESUS [BOOK REVIEW]

It’s pretty rare to find a devotional book written about the Holy Land. In fact, one of the reasons I

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THIRTY DAYS IN THE LAND WITH JESUS [BOOK REVIEW]