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Should Christians pray to receive the Holy Spirit as if we do not already have the Spirit? Are there times when we...
Around here we talk about God’s gifts and encouraging his children to use them. The High Calling mission is all about encouraging...
Another encouraging message from Howard Butt, Jr. on knowledge, gratitude, and humility.
Recently, we have focused on Paul's expressions of thanksgiving in Ephesians 1:16. I encouraged you to think of the days prior to Thanksgiving Day as a season for gratitude. Our reflections from...
Henry solved the world’s problems every day before lunch. Later he’d tackle the hard stuff. And he was sharp. Just ask him. No, wait: don’t ask him. Either way, he’d tell you. .....
Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday in the Christian Year (or Church Year or Liturgical Year). What began in Advent a year ago is now coming to a conclusion. We...
When I was a boy, my parents taught me that it was wrong to boast. If I got an A on a math test or hit a double for my Little League team...
Howard Butt, Jr. of Laity Lodge shares another message on faith and work, and putting the goal at hand before our egos.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a day set apart by the national government so that Americans might express their thanks. I think it's a fine thing that the United States (among...
Are you overflowing with thankfulness today? If you live in the United States, you might feel that such an abundance of gratitude is appropriate for today, since this is Thanksgiving Day, a...
A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a failure. ...
He woos me from the burned up edges of my faith, and I am grateful to find myself eating from the center of the pie.
During my sixteen years as pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church, one of my favorite events was our annual Thanksgiving Eve worship service.
"Pray for the people with whom you work and ask God to allow you to be one link in the chain of...
If your doctor told you today that you had an enlarged heart, this would not be good news.
Our friend Tony is a Christian who makes pizza. No, he doesn't spell out Jesus with the pepperoni. He says, "We can try too hard to show we're Christians. As if putting Jesus...
One of my all-time favorite movies in Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a self-centered weatherman who ends up trapped in a time warp. He is stuck in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,...
Editor's Note: According to Ecclesiastes 3, "There is a time for everything...." Not everything on that list, however, comes to us easily. Some items confound, others liberate, and none of them...
