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Clear Thinking from Inside a Fish—Jonah 2:8
5/18/2013

Often I see the truth most clearly when my situation is most dire. When God sends a life crisis my way, it helps me see what matters to him and how I need to change. The same may be true for you, though I suspect we’d all rather avoid the crisis and learn from someone else’s trauma—like that of the prophet Jonah.

Jonah famously had a life crisis in the form of a most unpleasant encounter with a large fish. The sto...

What it Means to Love Your Neighbor
5/14/2013

Ask yourself what the Bible says about being a neighbor. There’s a good chance you’ll think of the famous command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18, NLT). That Old Testament edict is such an excellent summary of how God wants us to act toward others that the New Tes...