Month: April 2020

Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. John 8:4 Growing up, I was never taught that I was better than anyone else because of my faith, but still, I felt that way. In high school, I didn’t drink or smoke, so I felt pretty good about my life choices. I had…
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If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. John 7:37 Looking back, I can’t blame my old job for my poor life decisions, but I can recognize those stressors which triggered my addictive behavior. I once thought I liked working overnight, but I can now see how it progressively degraded my self-control. After…
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The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. John 7:18 In preparing for my upcoming book I’ve been working on growing the audience for my writing platform. Basically, this means…
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After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. John 6:66 For some reason, at the gym, I often fake a bad attitude. When we do things I don’t love, like burpees or box jumps, I’ll often say, This is stupid. I don’t really mean it. I enjoy the exercise,…
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It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. John 6:63 Like many of us, my routine has been radically changed by the coronavirus. You may have noticed the blog coming out a little later in the morning because my gym is closed, and I’ve found myself sleeping in. While…
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Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. John 6:27 I seem to have two very different wills. I have a now-appetite, which seeks immediate gratification, usually with some painful price to be paid later, and I…
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Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” John 6:10 When my wife and I got married, it was necessary to leave behind my old life. I couldn’t enter into a normal marriage relationship while still living with my medical school roommate in our dumpy basement apartment. To start a new life together, I had to…
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Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. John 5:24 I go to one of those CrossFit gyms, where regular worldwide competition is part of the landscape. I’m not terrible at…
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See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you. John 5:14 When it comes to my drug addiction, I’ve been given more than a few second chances. Each time, in the painful consequences of relapse, I’d promise that I would stay on the right path this time. I told myself…
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Sir, come down before my child dies. John 4:49 When I went to treatment, I knew I needed it, but I didn’t like it. Though I’d been enslaved to drugs, I was still under the illusion that I was in control. In treatment, that illusion was stripped away. I could get my snack bin only…
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