Tag: cross

God has a plan for you

Does God have a plan for your life? About 15-20 years ago I became friends with a guy who was a former football player for Alabama. He played under the…



God Hears, God Forgives, and God Heals

If you could ask the God of the universe for something and you knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that he would hear your request and answer, what would…



God’s Love Never Fails

What do you think about God? A.W. Tozer once made this observation. He wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about…



The Promise, The Prophecy, Racism, and God’s Answer

Ta-Nehisi Coates once wrote these words in his book, Between the World and Me, a book that reads as a letter to his son, “Black people love their children with…



All God’s Promises are Yes and Amen

Stones of Remembrance When my wife Alisha and I were in Israel, we quickly realized we needed a way to remember some of the most important moments of that trip….



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Living in the In-Between

Now What? Each year Easter Sunday is a reminder that something happened 2000 years ago that changed everything. The big question following the resurrection of Jesus following Easter Sunday is…



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Hope Will Arise

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C.S. Lewis What…



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Good Friday

It’s Friday It’s Friday. It’s the day hope died on a cross. For the last three years, hope was on the rise. He wasn’t exactly like the Messiah anyone expected,…



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Surprised by Jesus

Some Good News Maybe you saw this past week that John Krasinski started a new YouTube channel dedicated to good news. He’s started a show called Some Good News with…



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There is Good News

And that’s the way it is. Some of you probably know the name, Walter Cronkite. He was an anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981). In the…