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The results of a Dartmouth Medical School scientific study titled Hardwired to Connect, said that if you want to pass truth and values on to your children or young people, you must do two things: You must establish or develop a loving, intimate relationship with the child. You must model that very truth…

In Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas writes, “Actions must follow what one believed, else one could not claim to believe it.” —Jim L. Wilson Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, 240. Joshua 1:8 (HCSB) This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Brotherly forgiveness makes room for the forgiveness of Jesus to enter into their common life. Instead of seeing their neighbours as men who have injured them, they see them as men for whom Christ has won forgiveness on the cross. They meet on…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “. . . only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.” —Jim L. Wilson Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 63. John 14:23 (HCSB) Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ.…

In Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas writes, “The authority of a servant leader, as opposed to the authoritarianism of the mis-leader, came from God and was a leadership of serving those below oneself.” —Jim L. Wilson Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, 269. Mark 10:42–45…

Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying; “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, September 20, 2013 p. 17 Romans 12:3 (NIV) For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself…

In His book, Restoration Road, author Mitch Kruse encourages readers to allow the Lord to take on a path that leads us back to His divine plan. One of the first steps is to recognize the value of godly wisdom. Mitch writes, “Money is pride’s measurement of our giftedness (time, talent, and treasure).…

WISDOM From San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge, past the sheer cliffs of Big Sur to the sun-drenched beaches of Southern California, the views along the 644 miles of Highway 1 are breathtaking. The views of the Pacific crashing against the shore compete with the rugged beauty of the mountains, forests…

Solid Ground From San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge, past the sheer cliffs of Big Sur to the sun-drenched beaches of Southern California, the views along the 644 miles of Highway 1 are breathtaking. The views of the Pacific crashing against the shore compete with the rugged beauty of the mountains,…