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At some point or other in our lives, most of us experience some degree of financial need. I can think of a few of times in my own life when I had serious financial worries. The first was when I lost a lot of money on a business venture in my ea
Which is harder? Contentment when poor or contentment when rich? Most of us would say it’s much harder to be content when poor. “If only the Lord would give me this income, this house, this car, this retirement, then I would find it really easy
Scientists estimate that for every hundred pieces of information that enter our brains, ninety-nine end up in the spam folder. Noticing only one thing out of every hundred is a good thing. As many suffering autistic people will tell you, if you
Causes cure. What do I mean by that? The first step to curing a problem is discovering the cause of the problem. For example, I get flare-ups of arthritis. I can take painkillers to tamp down the symptoms. But because I haven’t addressed the ca
Are you a copycat or a copy-Christ?When I was young kid, it was an insult to be called a copycat. We used it to mock someone who copied someone’s clothes, or actions, or words. But being a copycat isn’t just something we see in children. Whethe
Forty years ago, I went on a mountain climbing camp with my church. On the first day we tried to climb one of the highest mountains in the Scottish Highlands. It was especially tough because most of the city-kids had ever climbed a mountain bef
The number one reason people do not become Christians is the fear of what they will lose. I remember going through that calculation myself when the Lord was calling me to Christ in my early twenties. “But I’ll lose my job, my friends, my reputa
At family devotions, Shona will sometimes say, “David I don’t think Scot knows what that word means.” Usually, it’s something I think is really basic and just assume that Scot knows. Shona’s usually right and therefore I have to try and explain
I once wrote a book called The Happy Christian. Many of my Christian friends and colleagues in the ministry viewed me as suspect when they heard about it. They thought I’d “gone all Joel Osteen,” as one of them put it. Another narrowed his eyes
Where do you find satisfaction? What fills you? What gives you pleasure and fulfillment? What makes you feel ‘in the zone’? You’ve tried many things haven’t you? So have I. I’ve ended up where you may be today. Having tried multiple ways to fin
We’re living through the last dying breaths of the war in Afghanistan. American forces are retreating as we hand this poor country over to the tender mercies of the Taliban. Most agree the war was necessary to rid the country of Al-Qaeda. Most
“My work out isn’t working out.” A few months ago, one of my friends started working out again. He really went hard at it, working out at the gym five days a week. Lots of effort, pain, sweat, blood, and tears. But, two months in, his weight ha
We’re living in days of disunity, Christian disunity. It’s not just the historic inter-church disunity that flows from denominational divisions and splits. It’s the present inner-church disunity being caused by COVID-19. Christians are painful
Think about the humblest person you’ve ever known. Don’t you want to be like that? While the world boasts about pride, the Christian glories in humility. Humility is so beautiful. Pride is so ugly. But how do I get humility? Thankfully Paul ans
I lived through a terrible church split in Scotland. My historic presbyterian denomination was gradually torn apart over a period of ten years until it ruptured completely in the January 2000 over theological and moral issues. It was a terrible
When I opened Facebook this morning, I came across a message from a UK family whose parents have been missionaries in Afghanistan for the last ten years and are presently hiding for their lives. The family wrote: “They have led countless people
COVID-19 has infected churches as well as people. Arguments over masks and vaxes have turned many friends into enemies, and divided more churches than any worship wars ever have. By the time it’s finished, COVID may well kill more churches than
James longs for heaven and often expresses the wish to die young so that he can get there early. Susan loves life and doesn’t like thinking about heaven too much because there’s so much kingdom work to be done on earth.Most of us are varying mi
Have you ever viewed death as a deliverance rather than a defeat? That’s what Paul does in Philippians 1:19-21. He’s in jail and his beloved First Church of Philippi is in trouble. Rival pastors were fighting each other (1:15-18), the believers
“My favorite preacher has fallen, what now?” How many times has that happened to you? It seems like almost every few weeks, another well-known preacher bites the dust. Mark Driscoll, Tullian Tchividjan, James McDonald, Ravi Zacharias, Bill Hybe
“Invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket.” So says the Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams, In his bestselling semi-biographical book, How to fail at almost everything and still win big. His point is that failure comes with big pockets
“How can I be more productive?” Paul shares the secret to productivity in Philippians 1:9-11.
What are the three most powerful words in the world? “I love you.” So, why do we find them so hard to say. I’ve lost count of the number of people who’ve told me that their parents never told them that they loved them. They usually say somethin
Perhaps you’re starting out on the Christian life and have the same fears as I had. “How can I be sure I’ll keep going?” Or, you’ve been on the Christian path for many years, even decades, but the trials of life are mounting and crushing, and y
How can I thank God when I’ve got nothing to thank God for? Sometimes we feel like that don’t we. God takes away our loved ones, God takes away our health, God takes away our joy. What’s left to thank God for?
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