Envy is considered one of the “seven deadly sins.” And for good reason. If covetousness is desiring another person’s traits, status, abilities or rewards for yourself, envy takes it a step further.
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Max Lucado tells the story of how a friend of his was trying to teach his six-year-old son how to shoot a basket. The boy would take the basketball and heave it toward the goal, but it would always fall short.
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Mary Ann Bird was born in Brooklyn, New York in August 1928. However, Mary Ann came into the world looking far from normal. She had multiple birth defects.
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Many of us are familiar with the idea that Hebrews 11 is God’s “Hall of Fame” or “Hall of Faith.” It is filled with the accounts of spiritual giants who, against all odds, trusted God.
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Princess Diana of Wales was not only one of the most popular individuals of all time, but she was also the most photographed. So many of those pictures display the beloved “royal” in all her winsomeness and beauty.
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We are inveterate creatures of habit. Our natural tendency is to think what we’ve been thinking and do what we’ve been doing.
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Mark Batterson tells the story about a remarkable conversation between best-selling author Sir Ken Robinson and Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles who both hailed from Liverpool, England.
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Sayyid Qutb is not a household name. Yet even though he died 50 years ago, he has had a profound influence on your life.
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Baseball legend Billy Martin’s volatile anger was well-chronicled through five decades of playing and managing. In fact, he was voted as the biggest hothead in major league history.
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One of the most thought-provoking questions asked by Jesus is recorded in Luke’s gospel: “What do you want me to do for you?”
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One of the wonders of the world is the Taj Mahal, located in the Indian city of Agra. Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor, built this spectacular structure in 1629 upon the death of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who perished during childbirth.
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Have you ever considered the value of closed doors? Most of us have not. We look at closed doors as an interruption in our plans or as a distraction from our agenda.
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For many people, these familiar words are among the most cherished in all of Scripture. Indeed, many have claimed Jeremiah 29:11 as their “life verse.” I’m one of them.
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I’m sure I’ve read this verse hundreds of times over the years; but I always focused on the first half: “Devote yourselves to prayer…”
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I can recall hearing on multiple occasions the line, “It won’t matter a hundred years from now.” These words to the wise were an invitation to take the long view when facing disappointment or discouragement or loss. But have you ever considered the fact that you can flip this maxim?
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On September 7, 1774, the Constitutional Congress of what would eventually become the United States of America held its first official meeting in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. It was a historic occasion. The first official act?
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As I write this, both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments are down to the Final Four. For those teams that made it, the pressure to get there was enormous and the disappointment for those who failed to get there was profound. The reason why is that everyone wants to be a winner.
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If creation reveals anything, it’s that God is bigger than big. The theological word is transcendence. He is above and beyond anything and everything in all creation.
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In 1940, Professor J. Edwin Orr of Wheaton University led a group of theology students to England, where they visited sites of great revivals. One of their stops was the Epworth rectory.
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As the Baby Boomer generation (of which I am a card-carrying member) moves into the autumn of their lives, their assets will slowly but surely be passed on through wills and trusts.
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