The Wake-Up Call

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Be Careful . . . Write Down These Words: It's All About Worship Nov 27, 2024

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The question is not whether we worship; it’s who or what we worship. Whatever or whoever it is that we order our lives around in order to make them work—that is our God.

Moses Bowed to the Ground at Once and Worshiped: How Might God Experience Your Worship? Nov 26, 2024

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God is as real to you as your worship is real to him.

The Lord, the Lord, the Compassionate and Gracious God: On the True Nature of the God of Heaven and Earth Nov 25, 2024

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This is not a God to hide from but to be hidden in. His presence is healing because his nature is love.

God’s Triumph over Death (Psalm 30) Nov 24, 2024

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One of the defining identity markers for Christians is that we are resurrection people. This means that we understand that God always has the last word.

Now Show Me Your Glory: The Journey from Hiding to Hiddenness Nov 23, 2024

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Hiddenness is the gift of God to the humble ones, who have traded in their own quest for glory for the pursuit of beholding the glory of Another.

Because I Am Pleased with You and I Know You by Name: Moving from Resignation to Surrender Nov 22, 2024

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We are conditioned to disbelieve anything that seems too good to be true. And the truth is, there is only one thing in life too good to be true that is actually true: the Word of God.

Now Moses Used to Take a Tent: On Becoming a Tent of Meeting Nov 21, 2024

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Our prayers tend toward asking God for many things, but how often are we specifically “inquiring of the Lord” about the matters of our times, the curiosities of our circumstances, and the puzzling dilemmas of our days?

But I Will Not Go with You: The Seven Worst Words in the Bible Nov 20, 2024

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The grace of God is not that he pardons our sin and keeps us out of hell-jail. The grace of God is that he loves us so much he desires us in his presence all the time, constantly, now and forever, world without end, amen.

Perhaps I Can Make Atonement for Your Sin: What Sin Really Is Nov 19, 2024

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Becoming Other-centered is the secret to becoming others-centered, which is the outcome of being delivered from self-centeredness.

And They Are a Stiff-Necked People: On Loving People Anyway Nov 18, 2024

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Here's the most amazing thing about God in the face of controlling idolaters and stiff-necked people. He loves us anyway.