This passage rests in a specific historical and cultural context, but its principles infuse the core of Jesus’s teaching of repentance. What gets in our way of repentance? Are we so wrapped up with personal, ethnic or national pride that we can’t hear the voice of God calling us to humble ourselves? 14 if my people, […]

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Is prayer for us a way of self comfort? A way of trying to have God do what we want him to do?  As long as we say it “in Jesus’ name,” well… The phrase “in Jesus’ name” is not a magical command we can attach to all our prayers to ensure they come about. […]

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The context in which two or three are gathered is to judge a situation, a distressing circumstance of sin. The promise is that the LORD will be there to help sort it out, to provide discernment and wisdom. Conflict within the church is inevitable. It is, after all, made up of people in all their […]

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What does this passage really mean for us? Is it about living our “best life now” or something else? Something more lasting, more eternally meaningful… And really, at the end of the day, in which way do we approach God? Are we focused on what He can do for us, or what we can do […]

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We can take a passage like Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”, and throw it around to celebrate a sports victory, career success, or promote another life milestone. But that’s not what it’s really about. This was Paul speaking from prison saying, essentially, that whether I’m down or up, […]

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As followers of Christ, somehow even the brokenness and damage of our circumstances gets woven together into a beautiful tapestry that only God can conceive. He uses *everything* in the weaving, even the threads that to us seemed wasted or ugly beyond redemption. That weaving takes time, decades, a lifetime…even if we can’t see it […]

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The Scripture tells us that there’s literally nothing new under the sun. Governments rise and fall, societies experience chaos, trends sweep in and out the door just as fast. There have been times in history when spiritual revival has emerged out of the most tense and fraught periods. Could we be poised for that right […]

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This scripture, more than any other, is too often misused to claim that Jesus taught not to judge at all. Ever. But nothing could be further from the truth! What Jesus actually teaches is that we should not judge hypocritically. Instead, we should address the sin in our own lives, and then bring loving correction […]

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How do we correctly handle the Word of God? How do we apply it to our lives with integrity and wisdom? How do we avoid the pitfall of misapplying scripture, picking and choosing verses that amplify our preferences and ignoring those that convict us of our brokenness before the Lord. As followers of Christ, we […]

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What is your allegiance? What do you identify with the most? What shapes you and what do you present to the watching world? What would happen if we set aside all other identities – national, racial, political, even familial – and we nurtured instead a love for Christ and His people that transcends all? If […]

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