The folks at Facebook knew what they were doing when they designed the app’s “Memories” feature. Opening the app to find an event I had posted on that same date a year or more ago routinely brings a smile to my face. We’ve been vacationing as a family for several years now, and around our […]
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Stay The Course
“I quit!” Words that readily flow from our lips when things get tough and demanding, because we are easily drawn to the path of least resistance. To stay the course and finish what we started requires that we push back against our natural instincts. Success comes, however, when we find within ourselves the strength and […]
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Disappointed But Faithful
Life often disappoints. A young man enters the ministry eager to love people, change lives, and build God’s kingdom. In a few short years, however, he grows weary of the unspectacular growth, the conflicts, and the setbacks. He begins to doubt his calling and considers leaving the ministry. A hopeful bride looks longingly into the […]
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What’s God Got to Do with It?
What possible connection could there be between the sexual culture around us and the God who created us, other than the fact that sexual intimacy is a function of the body? As a young woman growing up in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, I experienced a lot of confusion about sex and how it […]
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Speak Up!
This issue of The Lookout focuses on Philippians, one of Paul’s prison epistles. The underlying theme of the study segments in this issue is speaking: to advance the gospel, to hold out the Word of life, to proclaim Christ’s values, and through our generous giving. So it seemed appropriate to make speaking the focus this […]