Can you remember certain Christmas experiences you had as a child, the ones that gave you the goosebumps and made you feel all warm and snuggly and excited beyond belief? Do you have some special memories or traditions with your family growing up that you try to recreate with your family? Or maybe your Christmases weren’t all that great as…
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Once upon a time in the land of Galilee, in a small town called Nazareth, there lived a young girl named Mary. She was beautiful with long, dark hair pulled back with a simple ribbon. In those days, when a girl reached her age, her father would begin to arrange her marriage to a young man from a good family….
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Jealousy. Envy. Competition. We can sometimes get so caught up in comparing ourselves to others, that we find it difficult to celebrate their successes. If someone else experiences a joy (or even a sorrow) that overshadows ours, we find ourselves upset that their joy (or pain) seems more important than our own. God has given us each other so that…
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About a year ago, I was at a coffee shop being interviewed about one of my books. After the discussion, I sat down and struck up a conversation with a young man. He had heard the interview, and as we talked, he shared that he was an atheist. I really enjoyed my conversation with him. He was intelligent, listened to…
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With the prevalence of social media and meme theology, we have become inundated with every form of philosophy and opinion–so much so, that often contradictory ideas can cause confusion and doubt, even among Christians. Oh, the ideas have always abounded, we just weren’t always so aware of them. And as my own experience testifies, anyone can be a blogger or…
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