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We're not standing in breadlines yet, but unemployment is through the roof, Christian help centers are overwhelmed, and CraigsList is lined with folks who are trying to sell enough to make enough to pay this week's food bill. In other words, we're losing our stuff. The question is: Does it matter?

When I was a child who attended Sunday school and eagerly listened to my teacher, was I receiving the kingdom of God? The story of Mr. William Parker suggests yes.

Sometimes the whole earth - and its fullness thereof - makes the pronouncement of adulation. But it should never cry out alone.

When someone says "Worship," do you think about something that occurs on Sunday morning, or do you think about the total context of your life?

God has no special formula or method for communicating with His people, but His guidance can be broken down into three general categories.

No easy answers flooded my mind. I had no slick, three-point "sermonette" to offer my struggling friend. I didn't feel wise or brilliant that day as I gently, but confidently, said: "I think the only way to win this battle is to surrender."

It is only as we ascend to the throne room in worship that we can descend back into the harvest field here on earth, praying and warring for victory in every area of life.

Lyrically channeling his spiritual thoughtfulness into a modern musical mix, singer/songwriter Carlos Whittaker's debut package, Ragamuffin Soul, is a worthy competitor for his worship contemporaries.

in 1536, William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating God's Word into English. The driving passion of his life was to see the Bible translated from the Greek and Hebrew into ordinary English available for every person in England to read.

Let us always be aware of the growing pains of America as we give thanks for the happy times of triumph.

Even resting in God and singing for joy is only by our sheer will to yield to the work and power of the Holy Spirit.

My mother seemed omni-competent and overflowing with love and energy, but when my father came home, she had the extraordinary ability and biblical wisdom and humility to honor him as the head of the home.

Familiar tunes abound on Hymns: Some Glad Morning, but every track has been reinvented beautifully by Cindy Morgan. Each song roots itself just enough in the rich gospel tradition without relenting to the predictable formats that have gone before.

Proclaiming God's rightful worth and position is one of the reasons we come to church: to sweep the stuff off the table of our hearts and minds that have crowded out the central place where he belongs.

Perhaps you are still waiting for a breakthrough in your life. Jesus has the breaker anointing to break through in any situation that you or I may face.