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Christian songwriter Tony Wood discusses how the real gifts are deeper than presents under a tree.

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Christmas is often a chaotic season with much that can distract us from celebrating quiet moments and God’s blessings. Award-winning songwriter Tony Wood shares heartwarming reflections on the holiday season, related to our emotions, relationships, and God’s gift of Jesus Christ.

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Crankcase oil coursed my dad’s veins. He repaired engines for a living; Dad loved machines. God gave my dad a mechanical moron, a son who couldn’t differentiate between a differential and a brake disc. Dad tried to teach me. I tried to learn. Honestly, I did. Machines anesthetized me, but books fascinated me.

What does a mechanic do with a son who loves books? He gives him a library card. Buys him a few volumes for Christmas. Places a lamp by his bed so he can read at night. Pays tuition so his son can study college literature in high school. My dad did that. You know what he didn’t do? Never once did he say, “Why can’t you be a mechanic like your dad and granddad?”

Study your children while you can. The greatest gift you can give your children is not your riches, but revealing to them their own.

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Rosie Makinney knows firsthand the devastation pornography can bring to a marriage. She provides startling research about how porn negatively impacts the brain, and the pervasiveness of porn use even in the Christian community. Rosie rescued her own marriage from pornography and wants to help you do the same.

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How would you fill in this blank: a person is made right with God through…what? A person is made right with God through…being good. Pay your taxes. Give sandwiches to the poor. Don’t drink too much, or drink at all. Christian conduct, that’s the secret. Suffering, there’s the answer. Doctrine, that’s how to be made right with God.

No, no, no. All of the above are tried, all are taught, but none are from God. In fact, that’s the problem – none are from God. Who does the saving, you or him?

Romans 3:28 says, “A person is made right with God through faith.” Not through good works, suffering, or doctrine. They may be the result of salvation, but they’re not the cause of it. Faith in God’s sacrifice, in the gift of his Son. It’s not what you do; it’s what he did.

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Rosie Makinney discusses how a wife can motivate her husband to seek help when he’s enslaved by a pornography addiction.

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Rosie Makinney knows firsthand the devastation pornography can bring to a marriage. She provides startling research about how porn negatively impacts the brain, and the pervasiveness of porn use even in the Christian community. Rosie rescued her own marriage from pornography and wants to help you do the same.

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The Bible says in Romans 8:28 that “in everything God works for the good of those who love him.” Do this simple exercise. Remove the word “everything” and replace it with the symbol of your tragedy. How would Romans 8:28 read in your life? In hospital stays God works for the good. In divorce papers God works for the good. As hard as it may be to believe, you could be only a Saturday away from a resurrection. Hours from that precious prayer of a changed heart. “God, you did this for me?”

“Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,” Paul said. “The Scriptures give us patience and encouragement so that we can have hope” (Romans 15:4 NCV). These are not somewhere-over-the-rainbow illusions. They are historic moments in which a real God met real pain so we could answer the question, “where is God when I hurt?”

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Fox News anchor, Emily Compagno, tells the heroic story of a man who served in the US Army.

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Emily Compagno, a FOX News host, comes from a long line of military service men and women. In fact, she wanted to be a fighter pilot. In this Veteran’s Day broadcast, she shares inspiring stories of faith on the front lines as she honors those who make great sacrifices for our country every day.

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