You Win Even When You Lose
Our church is artistic. It comes out in the decor, in the aesthetics, in the choices we make about music and presentation and style. Everyone who walks in the door…
Nobody’s Compatible
Last month I had a couple come to me at the church for marriage counseling. Though I’m not a professional counselor, I do meet with couples from time to time…
God’s Wants
Our culture simply cannot see the sense in following God: Let’s not wait for a solid relationship to grow. Let’s have sex now! Why get married? Let’s just live together….
Kinds of Victory
In the 1997 film Life is Beautiful, we are introduced to Jewish father Guido Orefice and his son Giosue. They have been separated from Dora, Guido’s wife and Giosue’s mother,…
Foothold
Every time evil doesn’t get a foothold in our lives, we win. Sometimes bad things happen to us, and we are hurt or betrayed or savaged by life. But there…
Sympathizer
Because God sympathizes with us and wants us to experience his power and dignity and image alive and at work in us, he becomes one of us and shows us…
Scapegoat
Have you ever heard of a scapegoat? In philosophy, a scapegoat is someone everyone else decides to blame for all their troubles. If you imagine a pre-industrialized village where all…
Mnemonic Victory
Mnemonic devices are little strings of words we use to help us remember big concepts. I often find them very helpful in wading through the vast stores of scriptural knowledge…
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