As Christians, we must be guided by political vagaries, but by the sure and certain knowledge that the kingdom of God is revealed to us in the struggles of those on the margins.
04301 – Kingdom of God is Revealed
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04211 – Battles Inside Ourselves
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.
04143 – Progress without Struggle? No.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty...
04080 – Feeling Guilty?
Only good people feel guilty. Evil people rarely feel guilty. Only morally sensitive people struggle with the gap between who they are and who they know they ought to be.
03907 – Dealing with Dysfunctional Bullies
Almost every struggling church I know has at least one dysfunctional bully who goes out of his or her way to be a big fish in a small pond... The sad thing is that most of the leaders know this person or group is a stumbling block to the church's future and they will...
03336 – Poverty is Expensive!
Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
03243 – For a Better Future
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
03187 – Fall in Love with Life
Too few people ever truly fall in love, which makes me sad. I think it could be because they are forever looking for the perfect partner who will finally rescue them and make them happy. They don't realize that no one can "make you" happy. A person can wait their...
03119 – Shame and Struggle
What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
03047 – Life is…
Life is no holiday game, nor a clever book, nor a school of instruction, nor a valley of tears, but it is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principles of evil hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way must be disputed.