Inspired living

What can inspire a would-be assassin to wash the feet of the man he tried to kill? Only Jesus. Between 1986 and 1991, Adriaan Vlok served as South Africa’s Apartheid-era Minister of Law & Order and also sat on South ...

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My young daughter Ruby and I were going for a long stroll in our neighborhood where we were intentionally practicing missional living as leaders of NieuCommunities church. We did so as my wife, Janny, put in one of her last ...

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“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts…” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV) You live in two time zones. Did you know that? That’s because there are two types of time! Chronos time is chronological ...

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What does it mean for us to be people of the resurrection? From the start, the bodily resurrection of Jesus was seen by his followers as much more than just what happens to us after we die. It was, in ...

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All around us, we can see “spring has begun to sprung.” It’s the season when all around us new life is bursting from every direction. Ground that had been stark and lifeless through the winter now begins to sprout with ...

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Nearly seven in ten Americans believe in angels, while almost half believe they have their own guardian angel. And one in three say they have felt an angelic presence some time in their life. But before we break out the ...

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What should Christians say about all the suffering in the world? Philip Yancey is one of those rare Christians writers who are not afraid to ask the hard questions and is never content with pat answers. Before becoming a famous ...

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Suppose you made a million dollars per year. Would that set you up for life? Would it give you financial security for the future? Well, apparently not if you’re a professional athlete. According to a report in Investment News, 78 ...

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There’s a huge difference between knowing about God and knowing God. Years ago I was browsing through the shelves of a small Christian bookstore in the middle of nowhere Tennessee, a few miles from where I was going to college ...

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