I believe in the Holy Spirit

(Part of the Creed series) My friend messed up his marriage. He’s trying to clean things up. He wanted to help at church in a public way. His wife said it made her very uncomfortable. He wanted to know what to do, since helping at church is a good thing, right? I said, “Imagine you […]

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the one who decides.

(We are going back to the creed. Here’s what we’ve written so far.) Most of us think judgment should exist. We want an end to gang violence and justice for families wrecked by meth manufacturers. We want an end to child trafficking and justice for those who buy and sell children like property. We want […]

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24 hours to decide.

That’s the message some friends got. 24 hours to decide whether to try moving ahead with an adoption. And they had no real assurance that moving ahead would ever end up with the child in their arms. “She might not make it through the night.” That’s what another friend heard last week as his wife, […]

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living between ‘I will’ and ‘I have’

We struggle with goals. We read that telling people your goals is dangerous. It can give you the buzz of affirmation without having to do the hard work. Having goals is fine. But keep them to yourself. But this isn’t a story about goals. This is about a walk captured in the Bible, but never […]

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Jesus knew

He knew all about the woman’s life before she told Him anything. It didn’t take long for her to figure this out. She heard His probing description of her personal life and quickly bounced the conversation in a different direction. That’s in verse 20 of John 4 – the story of the Samaritan woman. More […]

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