InWord Resources

Advent 2023: Wait For It

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Waiting. As ingrained as it is in the gospel message, I’m surprised waiting didn’t make the cut for a Matthew 5 beatitude. It would have had a nice, beatitude-esque cadence. You can hear it easily: Blessed are those who wait. Think about it: Israel had to wait on the cloud/pillar of fire to move before they moved; Saul was … [Read more...]

Atomizing and Applying 2 Peter 1:5-8

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I am in the middle of a random mash up between the book of 2 Peter, which is a letter to the early church, and the book Atomic Habits (tag line: “Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results”), which is a New York Times Bestseller.  Through completely independent paths I happen to be doing a personal study of 2 Peter while reading … [Read more...]

The Waiting Life: Scanxiety

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Nervous waiting. It’s the worst —that period of time when we are waiting on an outcome that is going to cause change or bring a disruption. It’s a combination of two things none of us really like: waiting and anxiety. And the worst of it all: it is a part of life. In fact, it shows up in every stage of life, such as when we are … [Read more...]

He Loves Me…He Loves Me Not?

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If we’re all honest, there are probably times when we don’t feel loved by God—times of loss, or heartache, or disappointment. Sometimes it can feel like it’s a game of “He loves me, He loves me not.” When the news is good, when the promotion comes, when healing occurs: He loves me. When the news is bad, when disappointment … [Read more...]

Asbury Outpouring 2023: My Experience and Testimony

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I’ve long had a soft heart toward Asbury University and things of revival. As a youth pastor in the mid-1990s I led a few trips to Ichthus, a weekend Christian music festival (a response to Woodstock, actually) hosted by the Asbury seminary each April (it seemed to always rain). On one of those trips, I had been reading “One … [Read more...]