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I once listened to a talk on the foundations of contemporary discipleship given by scholar and apologist Ravi Zacharias. Toward the end of his lecture, Ravi spoke of a conversation he had with a …
More Than a Merry Christmas
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. (Luke 2:19, ESV) On the night that divinity merged with fleshy humanity as Jesus came on the scene in a stable, things …
Even In The Empty
There was a time I would hide in the bathroom for an ounce of quiet and reprieve. An intense time when diapers drooped, binkies bobbled and toddlers toddled all over the busy, boisterous Smith …
Are You Paying Attention to the Warning Signs?
It’s not every day you come close to death. Especially when you’re young. It was a beautiful spring day in Akron, Ohio. I’d just gotten off work and was excited to meet with a …
Lose The Less-Than Love
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOUR FAITH WAS MOST VIBRANT? I watched a movie about the end times that left me longing for a few answers. So I grabbed my Bible and sat to …
No Way! That Makes Me Feel Nervous
Growing up we played silly games. Fun games that connected strands of strangers and tethered them to a specific time and place with a memory. One of those was the cookie jar game. It’s …
What Do Others See In You?
When I was growing up, ours was on the doorframe between the kitchen and the hall with the red carpet. A vertical trail of penciled dashes and dates that marked the growth of my …
Which One Are You?
The words of Jesus pack a punch. His is a powerful and vibrant dialog that brings both tradition and the Law into a new and living light. On a hillside, long ago, Jesus engaged …
Leaving An Imprint, Part Two
In part one of this post we looked at our valuable purpose as image bearers of God to be an imprint of Christ to the world around us. We also examined the Biblical truth that …