As any pastor knows, the two topics most people do not want to talk about, especially in church, are sex and money. Why? Because addressing issues related to sex and money often means addressing the ways we use them to fulfill some of our most profound and intimate longings and desires. Even more, when one...
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What makes life worth living for you? What are the aspects of life, the pursuits, the accomplishments that seem to define who you are? In a cultural moment that prizes pursuits of passion, what are your passions that, if experienced, would bring a measure of fulfillment? Health? Relationships? Success? Respect? Wealth? Attraction? A sense of...
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John Owen famously once said, “Be killing sin, or it will be killing you.” That is, we must actively, aggressively, and intentionally seek to kill our sin because sin is actively, aggressively, and intentionally trying to kill us. Since our beginnings, in fact, God has warned us about the ways sin seeks to destroy us,...
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“Where are you from?” she asked as we chatted on the elevator. I was so jarred by the question that I stuttered and responded, “uhh, from here?” to which she replied, “No, like where are you from from?” For many, this conversation is familiar. In the United States, if you are not white, more than...
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In 2019 my wife and I worked with a team to start a new church in East Harlem. “I work on Wall Street. Will this church plant be a place where my non-believing finance co-workers feel welcome?” asked an attendee at one of our church plant vision nights. “Yes,” I responded. “We certainly want to...
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