What Happens When We Die?

This week’s Feature Article by Leith Anderson From the series, “Bible Mysteries” I Corinthians 15:51 We are launching a new series of Leith’s extended articles to be posted each weekend.  This week we begin with the first of four installments in the series, “Bible Mysteries.”  Our hope is that it will bless you and those [...]

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Physical vs. Spiritual

We live in a materialistic society and many of us pursue food, clothing and possessions with a passion, thinking they will bring us satisfaction and happiness. The Bible tells us how Satan once tried to tempt Jesus. After Jesus had been out in the wilderness fasting for 40 days, Satan showed up and said, “If [...]

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A Template for Prayer

If you go to a bookstore to learn how to write a resume for your job application, you’ll buy a book with sample resumes. The examples in the book are there to help you create your own resume. It’s obviously not intended that you copy the sample information – you fill in the blanks with [...]

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Getting God’s Attention in Prayer

When applying for a job, you carefully write a cover letter and send your resume to the company. You try to present yourself in as positive a fashion as possible, because there are probably hundreds of other applicants and you want to stand out in the crowd. Many people mistakenly feel the same principles apply [...]

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When the Doctor Becomes the Patient

Are you familiar with the movie, The Doctor? It’s based on the true story of an arrogant surgeon who was insensitive to co-workers, to patients and to family members. He developed a cough that didn’t get better and he discovered that he had cancer. Suddenly the tables were turned and the doctor became the patient. [...]

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Dying with Courage

One of the most surprising lessons I’ve learned as a pastor is the courageous and hopeful way that many Christians die. They’re not frightened by the prospect of death in their final days. Many of us, however, doubt that we can face death well. We dread the prospect of dying. Our tolerance for pain and [...]

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A Mixed Bag of Ancestors

Most of us have someone in our extended family or ancestry that we’d rather not own up to. It’s like the old saying, “You can pick your friends, but not your family.” And Jesus was no exception. His ancestry was quite a mixed bag. For example, David was a brilliant musician and military strategist. He [...]

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Grab My Hand

Imagine what it would be like to fall off a ship and be drowning in the ocean. Someone calls the Coast Guard and they send a rescue helicopter. You can hear the beating sound get closer and closer until the helicopter is directly overhead. As you frantically tread water, you see a line drop and [...]

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Without Sacrifice

Are you familiar with the story of David Livingstone? He was an English physician who chose going to Africa – to explore and open the continent for Christian missionaries – instead of a lucrative career at home. The price was huge. He never became rich. He was mauled by a lion, leaving him with a [...]

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Unanswered Prayer

As part of research for a book, I asked people for their stories of unanswered prayers. The response was startling. I expected much more disappointment and disillusionment with God and with prayer. Certainly there was some of that, but many people reported that their faith had grown and that they trusted in God more as [...]

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The Right Way to Pray

Most people agree that prayer is a good thing. But is there a right and a wrong way to pray? Apparently Jesus thought so. When he observed a religious leader praying with pride about his accomplishments, Jesus said, “Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” When this [...]

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Become Like a Child

There’s a simplicity about childhood that most of us outgrow. I think Jesus was letting us in on one of the great truths of all time when he said that we must become like little children to enter the kingdom of God. His point was that anyone who wants to become a Christian must have [...]

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