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Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” John 4:16 In the misery of active addiction, I believed I needed God if I wanted my life to change. So, I tried to go to church. I tried to pray. I tried to grow closer to him. For every minute I spent in…
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Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:13-14 In the disastrous consequences of my addiction, I found my professional future in jeopardy. It took months to…
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The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) John 4:9 When I decided to go to medical school, I did so for predictable reasons. I liked biology and I wanted to help my…
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life . . . John 3:36 When we first moved to Minnesota, I went through an ice fishing stage and quickly realized that I enjoyed fishing in seven or eight feet of water so I could see the…
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He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. John 3:31 In medicine, I’ve been slow to learn, but I am learning not to be too overconfident. Many times, a worried mom has asked me to test for an illness I just knew that her child didn’t have.…
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He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30 Three weeks ago, when this virus still seemed to be only a theoretical threat, I was skeptical of the necessity of radical measures to slow its spread. I suspected the risk was exaggerated and would soon blow over. When March Madness was cancelled, I was annoyed.…
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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. John 3:18 “It’s easy not to drink when I’m in here.” I’ve heard this from many alcoholics and addicts while in treatment. In treatment, they’re living…
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As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. John 3:14 Just knowing myself and how the male mind works, I don’t allow movies with sexually provocative scenes or nudity at our house. I do this for…
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:6 I grew up in an evangelical church where Born Again was a central concept. What that meant though, wasn’t completely clear. In my mind, once a person believed in Christ, he was born again…
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Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 The first time someone spoke openly to me about his alcoholism, it made me uncomfortable. I don’t think he had any idea of my growing addiction, but for some reason, he talked candidly about his…
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