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The Ultimate Smuggler

The Greeks built a large wooden horse and abandoned it with a lone soldier who explained to the Trojans that it was an offering for Athena to atone for previous desecrations of her temple by the Greeks. Several people warned the Trojans, but in the end they pulled the...

People & Projects

In the previous post we saw that every believer has a bullseye in terms of people to reach with the gospel (Acts 17:27) and projects you are uniquely equipped to perform (Eph. 2:10). At the center of your bullseye are your family relationships. If you are married,...

What’s Your Bullseye?

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 God has created each of us with a unique calling. If you think of God’s will for your life as a bullseye,...

From Now On

As we gratefully process the mercy and grace of God (and see how they are perfectly united in Christ) it invites us to think about repentance. God’s “kindness leads us to repentance” (Rom. 2:4). We come humbly to the foot of the cross because Jesus...

Guilt & Shame

Guilt is knowing you have done something wrong. Shame is feeling that you are something wrong. A detailed and insightful article on this is available here. Shame can haunt you long after you’ve experienced forgiveness for a past mistake. And unlike guilt, shame...