Confessions of a Legalist
When I was in the business world, I used to meet with various executives to provide them with projects updates. During one trip I met with a CFO one …
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Hearing God and Controlling the Conversation
In 1989 the company I worked for was dying; it was losing money like the prodigal son, it had a two-year sales drought, and our owner—though …
Hearing God and Making Decisions
I know a man—let’s call him John—who is desperately seeking God for direction. John is about 55 years old. He manages a division that until a few …
Dealing with Anxiety
Recently, a group of friends and I were faced with a decision that would significantly affect each of us. I met with two of my friends to discuss the …
Risk 2: The Deep Heart Nature of Risk
Some people seem naturally courageous, like their DNA was infused with risk at birth. And others seem born afraid of their shadows. Is this true? Are …
Risk 1: The Inescapable Nature of Risk
Risk is an inevitable element of life. We are daily bombarded by the need to make decisions, and many of these decisions involve risk. A few of us are …
Finding our Calling, and the Desires God puts in our hearts
All humans—believers and non believers— possess a deep desire in our hearts for a unique purpose. We want to know what we are to do. We sense a …
Confession before Repentance: Pausing in the moment
Most people understand that some sort of repentance powers the process through which we restore broken relationships. But God has been speaking to me …
Growing in a heart-sense of His love
Over the past several months, Christ has been giving me a deep heart-sense of His love. This heart-sense of His love is revolutionizing my life, my …
The Problem with Legalism Part 1: Enoughism
The tag “Legalism” has become a common—and unfortunately appropriate— indictment against religion, churches, and Christians. We wantonly toss the term …
How can we get glory and significance?
Everyone we know is looking for glory, significance and meaning. We are not just casually looking but desperately striving. We rarely admit it, and we …
Overcoming Chronic Failure and Sin
We all have chronic failures, sins, and shortcomings. We all would like to get rid of them, and we’re pretty sure God would like them to …