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Warning - Road Hazard Ahead!
Warning – Road Hazard Ahead!
Driving to work can be a life-threatening exercise in multi-tasking. We go speeding along in a musically-enhanced, comfort-controlled environment as we do an assortment of important things, like putting the finishing touches on our oral hygiene and adjusting our hair while belting out a crowd-pleasing karaoke rehearsal of our favorite song and checking our email. And sometimes all that gets…
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For Mom—Another Reflection on the Brightest Morning Ever
For Mom—Another Reflection on the Brightest Morning Ever
As some of you know, last year the Lord escorted my mother out of this world and introduced her to that place He had gone to prepare for her so long ago. Shortly after that, I shared some reflections surrounding that event. As Mother’s Day arrives, I’m especially aware of those whose mother is no longer with them and feel compelled to offer these thoughts again in honor of Mom – and in…
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It's Time to Put the Lid Back on the Sewer!
It’s Time to Put the Lid Back on the Sewer!
It seems like God keeps sending us wake-up calls and we keep hitting the snooze button. It’s understandable, because quieting the irritating reminder that it’s time to get up and get busy is certainly the easier option, and the easy option is always appealing because it’s, well… easier. The problem is that our pattern of hitting the snooze button way too often has gotten us to the point where the…
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Intimacy Unmasked
There was a relatively brief but intense media firestorm recently about the inappropriate, perhaps illegal, ‘unmasking’ of people who had been surreptitiously surveilled by the government. It reminds us that identity protection and the challenge of keeping secrets is a struggle that has played out in all kinds of cultural scenarios and diverse situations throughout history.
A Classic Case ~ The…
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A Brave New Ecclesiastical World
A Brave New Ecclesiastical World
This piece is not what I’d prefer to write today, but I’m hoping you’ll indulge some anger and a little sarcasm. When a term becomes so distorted that it can mean anything, then it really means nothing at all. This week marked the opening of a new ‘church’ in the liberal city of Denver, CO—the city is now host to the ‘International Church of Cannabis’. What this obscene endeavor does to the…
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Calvary's Combatants and Easter's Victory
Calvary’s Combatants and Easter’s Victory
First, a heartfelt disclaimer—I cannot reflect on the events we commemorate this week and find comments worthy of any of them. Human life’s core meaning, purpose, and value to God is encapsulated within these events. Together, they unveil the underlying essence of all that is vital and profound in this life. Among other reactions, Easter proposes questions that we egocentric human beings would…
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Where's the Triumph?
Where’s the Triumph?
The episode we’ve come to call ‘Palm Sunday’ will be celebrated by Christianity around the world this weekend. It’s an event full of profound implications, but with no public exhibition of miraculous supernatural power.
There is no doubt that many of those around Jesus on that day were hoping for some showy demonstration of divine authority. After all, the road they were currently traveling had…
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A Mighty Fortress - Or Just a Blanket and Some Chairs?
A Mighty Fortress – Or Just a Blanket and Some Chairs?
It didn’t look much like a fort. What it did look like was a bedspread, a blanket, and some furniture. The apparatus was secured on one end by a dresser drawer and draped over the backs of two or three chairs to form a kind of crude tent, and a corner was pulled back to act as a door. The boys had their army helmets on, their utility belts fastened around their waists, and their weapons in hand.…
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Such a Powerful Little Preposition
Such a Powerful Little Preposition
It sounded like an ultimatum when he said it, and I never liked ultimatums. Ultimatums never did come equipped with enough options to suit me, and this one had that same deficiency. My friend from Tennessee insisted that we had a decision to make, and that we ought to make it right then. We had capped off a long day of classes at Lynchburg Baptist Bible Institute by attending a lengthy evening…
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'Good News' - A Cure for Malignant Narcissism
‘Good News’ – A Cure for Malignant Narcissism
When I first overheard someone use the term ‘narcissist’, I thought it was probably some kind of religion. During my tenure in that demographic strata we currently refer to as ‘the millennials’, using a word like ‘narcissist’ might have felt natural in some university psych department, but it would never have found its way into a conversation with any of the guys I hung out with. A lot has…
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A Right Side Up Look at 'Fake News'
A Right Side Up Look at ‘Fake News’
We have a newly coined term in America. ‘Fake news’ has achieved iconic status in the wake of our recent Presidential election, and has become a battle cry for some and a call for vengeful retaliation for others. The ‘Media vs. Trump’ war of words rages hot and heavy across the land on several fronts, and we are being exposed to the devastating impact that results when the distinction between…
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Blind Faith -- The Most Tragic Blindness of All
Blind Faith — The Most Tragic Blindness of All
Nothing in the arsenal of human resources has more power to influence every aspect of our lives or more potential to affect the world around us than our capacity to believe. What we believe, and the degree to which that belief is genuine, will have more impact on us—whether for good or evil—than any other ability we possess. Yet in spite of that, the subject rarely gets the direct attention it…
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Blind Allegiance - Trust With a Nasty Twist
Blind Allegiance – Trust With a Nasty Twist
In the Disney movie, ‘Aladdin’, there’s a scene early in the film in which Aladdin and his newfound friend, who’s really a Princess in disguise, are catching their breath and enjoying what was becoming a romantic moment in Aladdin’s quarters. But their intimate moment was rudely interrupted by the approach of a bunch of burly palace guards they had eluded in the marketplace earlier. In the midst…
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Blind Rage and Riots for Rent
Blind Rage and Riots for Rent
The New Testament record makes it clear that Jesus had a problem with the issue of blindness and was never content to leave it unaddressed. His power over blindness in the physical realm was proven repeatedly, but He pointed out that an inability to perceive things that others see clearly is not confined to a failure of one’s optical equipment. Jesus often referred to those who opposed and…
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Diversify--Diversify--Diversify
Diversify–Diversify–Diversify
Financial investment decisions are especially challenging for my wife and me. Years ago we were victimized by some unscrupulous lawyers with a clever Ponzi scheme, and ever since then, we tend to offer about the same level of trust to dispensers of financial advice as we do to fortune tellers, time-share salesmen, ‘mainstream’ media news people, and liberal politicians.
To counteract our…
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It's the Pills in the Bottle--Not the Words on the Label
It’s the Pills in the Bottle–Not the Words on the Label
Sam was one of those guys whose personality was a constant source of temptation for that internal practical joker lurking in some of us on the night crew because Sam was a prolific complainer. He didn’t just complain, he performed. The loading dock was his stage, and his complaints were presented with award-worthy drama and pathos that added some humorous distraction to counteract the drudgery of…
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Fireworks - Inside and Out
Fireworks – Inside and Out
The concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday evening was a spectacular lead-in to Friday’s inauguration and a powerful culmination to an intense and dramatic presidential campaign. The climax of the eventwas the most stirring rendition of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” that I have ever heard. As the chorus became a crescendo, my heart was competing with the fireworks exploding over the…
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