Redefining Love

A few of our pastors had the privilege to be treated to dinner by Paul Tripp this past week. Paul and his friend were in town teaching a quick class at Southern Seminary .
As dinner rolled on, we began talking about love and Paul mentioned Amos 4. We discussed how God tells the [...]

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Blooming Where You’re Planted (3)

In 2002, my life fell apart. I had written my entire story and it was unfolding just how I imagined. Upon moving to Georgia to marry a young lady I’d been dating for 2 years and to begin a new ministry, all was ripped away. It was as if I arrived to [...]

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Difficult Gifts to Receive

I’ve been thinking about God’s gifts this morning. The gifts of difficult relationships, hard working environments, disobedient children - all of these and many, many more are gifts even though they don’t seem to be in the moment. God uses all of these “gifts” to make us more like Jesus. They are [...]

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The Thorn Holds Back the Veil

The thorn holds back the veil so I can see my Savior’s face.
I heard the above line in a poem a few days ago. In pondering this thought, I imagine all the things that keep us from an intimate relationship with our Lord. If we were left to our own devices, we would [...]

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Behind a Frowning Providence

William Cowper was a hymn writer during the days of John Newton. Cowper struggled from the deepest depressions and most of his life was marked by darkness. John Newton was a friend and pastor to Cowper and he encouraged him to write hymns along with him as it might be good therapy for [...]

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The Gift of Suffering

Two years ago I wrote “Suffering Song.” It simply chronicles my journey through the fire. The lyrics are posted below:
I begged for You to take me out of this fireBut You heated the furnace seven times moreThe flames leapt and quenched all of my heart’s desireOh how I felt alone, I felt unknown
You [...]

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God’s grace in the loss of a child

My dear friends Jenn and Jason Marshall went through every parents worst dream. After a long and trying pregnancy, little Pruitt Marshall was born with severe complications and with doctors not believing this baby would live past a few days in the hospital.
Most would have thought that abortion would have been the obvious choice, [...]

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