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The Legacy of Faith, Hope & Love – Faith – Part 1
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” — Hebrews 11:1 Have you ever met someone whose faith left a lasting impression on your life? Maybe they never stood on a large stage or wrote a bestselling book, but there was something unmistakable about the…
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Excellence and Rest: Handling the Tension
One of the most challenging aspects of following Jesus is learning to live within tension. Not every question has an ‘either-or’ answer. In fact, many of the deepest expressions of Christian faith require us to hold together truths that, at first glance, seem to pull in opposite directions. We can welcome the moving of…
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The Slow Drift: Guarding Your Relationship with Jesus
There’s a quiet danger that lurks in the life of every ministry leader. It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It doesn’t arrive with scandal or collapse. It comes slowly, subtly, almost imperceptibly. It is what we might call the slow drift. And by the time you recognize it, something valuable has already been lost. If…
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There Are Always Two Sides
Our Innocent Beginnings When Peter and I first entered ministry, we were a young couple from a small town, raised in loving families. We had experienced kindness, stability, and the blessing of people who generally meant what they said. Looking back, we were wonderfully innocent. We trusted people. If someone told us they had…