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Floating $20: How to creep into communalism

There’s a quaint, little passage at the end of Acts 2 that tells how the early church operated and interacted with one another. Feel free to read it yourself – the whole chapter is awesome – but here’s the part about finances: “Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold [...]

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Stop waiting on the Lord

Do you wait until you hear God telling you to go, or do you go until you hear God telling you to wait? For a while, I answered this question the way I assume most people do, that it’s better to wait on the Lord first. I mean, by God’s standards, we’re a pretty messed up [...]

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15 ministry ideas to get your brain going

Have you been a Christian for at least three years? Yes? Then it’s time to branch out, start bearing some fruit. The other day, I heard this guy [video] say, “Yo, in my Bible, the trees that bore no fruit and bad fruit were both cut down.” That really hit me. There’s no lukewarm. There’s hot or [...]

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Becoming child-like: How to forget worrying and live now

Children have an amazing ability to anticipate. They’ll count down to their birthday months ahead of time. Or from the backseat of the van, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” Or if you tell them you might bake some cookies, you sure better. They won’t let you forget. With all that anticipation, though, [...]

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Becoming child-like: How to play

Children like to play. Now you’d think that that would be a universal, human trait. Playfulness seems so close to happiness. In reality, though, most of us don’t play, except kids. I’d like to copy these kids. You? This is what I did. First, I brainstormed some words that I associate with playfulness. This is [...]

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