My birthday is tomorrow. I’ll be 26. How do I feel? The same way I feel every year: grateful, but depressed. Why? I don’t know. I can’t quite figure it out. It started around age 19. It was the Fourth of July. I scheduled time to blow up fireworks with friends for the night. But
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Like the apostle Paul, I have a thorn in my flesh. It’s not identical. But it’s similar. In the spring of 2012, I severely strained my right achilles tendon. It’s been over three years and it’s still not healed. After ten steps of walking, I feel the pain. Tolerable, yes. But it still hurts. I’m
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As you’ve probably heard by now, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old male from St. Louis, was allegedly killed by a Ferguson County Police Officer shortly after noon this past Saturday. I grew up in North County, about 15 minutes away from where the shooting took place, and know all about the dangers of living in that
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The God will never give you more than you can handle Bible verse — is that what you’re looking for? Actually, I’m not sure that’s what the Bible teaches. It sounds spiritual. But is it biblical? God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle Let’s let the cat out of the bag right away:
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Do you know how much John Calvin suffered? It’s probably more than you realize. If Calvin’s critics knew this about him, perhaps they’d cut him some slack. Indeed, to say that Calvin suffered a lot is a massive understatement. Here’s a few of his ailments: Calvin had multiple childhood weaknesses that he was not able
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