Living Witnesses
In 2016 I shut my classroom door for the final time, choosing to leave a dream job and face an uncertain financial future because of…
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Shepherd Stories
It was 2:38 a.m. and only eighteen degrees outside. I was soundly sleeping in my warm, comfortable bed when I heard a deep growl and…
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Skin and Bones Discipleship
The story is told of a busy father who wanted to occupy his toddler so the boy wouldn’t distract him. The father tore a world…
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Amazing Grace
Jesus has entrusted us with a critical rescue mission where eternal destinies hang in the balance. Most of us realize we let Jesus down. Our…
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Thy Kingdom Come
The 2000 movie Pay It Forward tells the story of a seventh grader named Trevor, whose new social studies teacher issues an assignment to think…
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The Revelation Challenge
When my youngest son was in fifth grade at a Christian school, he surprised me one day with this request: “Mom, my teacher has started…
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Patience, First and Last
Have you ever noticed that in his famous list of love’s qualities in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, the apostle Paul begins and ends the list with…
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When the Answer is No
I stared at the mortuary pamphlet in my hand. Dates, times, places. Death — the death of my grandfather, Emmett. My eyes scanned the page…
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Like the Master
A mother teaches her toddler to share her toys with her brother, who is one year younger. A father instructs his seven-year-old son about trust…
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What does Paul mean by “mutual submission” in Ephesians 5:21?
How does Paul’s teaching on mutual submission in Ephesians 5:21 relate to his instructions on submission within specific authority structures just afterward (v. 22 —…
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