Exactly one year ago the bishop put his hands on my head and said: ?David Andrew Forrest, take authority as an elder to preach the Word of God, to administer…
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It’s sad but true: “pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” What C.S. Lewis meant by that phrase is that it’s often not until we are really hurting…
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No healthy parents would ever allow their children to spend unsupervised time with a pedophile. But, in essence, that’s exactly what millions of parents do when it comes to their…
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Leadership is about influence, and it’s primarily about the influence of ideas. I started blogging because I believe that ideas matter, and I want to be engaged in the public…
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The Civil War ended exactly 150 years ago today, April 9 1865, and my grandfather’s grandfather was there. In the Living Room of Wilmer McLean After an early morning skirmish…
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Did the Resurrection actually happen? The Apostle Paul, writing in sometime in the 50’s A.D., had this to say: “If Christ has not been raised,?our preaching is useless and so…
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I recently saw a movie that will stay with me for a long time. It’s about a place where deeply-entrenched poverty has nothing to do with race (at least, nothing…
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Nobody knows the future. Nobody. That’s the secret that the experts don’t want you to know. Here are 3 examples of expert ignorance, and why that matters for you. 1.…
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Fasting is not something that comes easily for me, and, judging by the questions I’ve been getting, it’s not something that comes easily for many of you, dear readers. What…
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How might you be different in 40 days of sacrifice and simplicity? Instead of excess, euphemism, and self-indulgence, I’d like to invite you to 40 days of sacrifice, simplicity, and…