The prominence of fasting in Scripture should lead every Christian to consider adopting the practice. While fasting is not commanded in the New Testament, Jesus fasted, and in his Sermon on the Mount he assumed that his followers would also fast and gave instructions for it. Yet many Christians h...
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There is an amazing statement in the Bible made by the Shunamite woman to her husband about the prophet Elisha: “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.” (2 Kings 4:9) She didn’t say Elisha was a famous man, successful, or handsome, but holy. I believ...
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C.S. Lewis wrote: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” In an age that mocks anything spiritual, it would be easy to fall i...
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Someone sent me a link to an op-ed in Baptist News Global entitled, 3 words for the church in 2019: ‘we were wrong,’ and suggested I respond. The op-ed should be of deep concern to anyone who believes the Bible is the Word of God and is the final authority on all matters of faith and practice.
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Have you ever noticed the great irony of the Christmas holidays? What should be the most wonderful time of the year is often the most depressing, stressful time of the year. For millions of Americans, the yuletide is more misery than merriment. To help make sure that doesn’t happen to you this Ch...
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To some degree we’ve all faced failure, be it financial, relational, business, or even moral failure. Perhaps you feel like you’ll never reach your goals, your debt is unmanageable, or you can’t make good on your promises. Maybe you had dreams once, but they’ve long since evaporated. Perhaps you’...
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It’s Missions Emphasis month at Faith Family Church; a time when we purposely emphasize our obligation to worldwide evangelization. It’s not just about supporting those who take the gospel to other countries, but also about our responsibility to be witnesses for Christ. The Bible is clear that al...
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“Miserable successes” have become an American proverb. The world proclaims a gospel of success that falsely claims moving up the ladder is the way to be happy in this world. Nevertheless, the wealthy often have more trouble sleeping than the homeless person wrapped in newspaper on skid row. Power...
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I got married on a Friday afternoon and was in church on Sunday morning. In fact, we even went back for the Sunday evening service…on our honeymoon! I’m not sure if that was just old school or stupidity, but I’d like to think it was neither. Rather, we attended church on our honeymoon because we...
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I think life-changing accidents happen for a reason. Last April, I injured my shoulder while lifting and finished it off with a fall that made it much worse. I had no choice—to regain the normal use of my left arm, radical rotator cuff repair surgery was necessary. On the first of May I had the s...
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