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Decoys

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. -Psalms 119:15 (NIV) At the time of this writing (November 2015), there’s a dwindling furor over a Starbucks Christmas…

For the children

> No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by…

Evil in plain sight

For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group. -Titus 1:10 (NIV) Sometimes, the best hiding place is right under your…

Defuse your button-pushers

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. -‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭26:4‬ ‭(NIV) Preach the word; be prepared in season and…

One deliberate step at a time

“Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.” -‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭(NLT)‬‬ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own…

Unashamed

But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God. -Luke 12:9 (NIV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is…

Beyond Iron Man

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. -Romans 13:12…

The home stretch: the heat is on

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have…

Mountains begone

Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they…

Enduring relentless attack

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my…