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Thursday, February 19, 2015 • Randy Kilgore • General
When Bono acknowledged Jesus in the lyrics he wrote for their hit song, he was (perhaps inadvertently) giving voice to a puzzling post-salvation angst that dogs many followers of Jesus. Salvation comes when we know Jesus as Savior, but to find the meaning, fulfillment and contentment our souls long for requires one more step...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 • Randy Kilgore • General
Lately, I've found myself more eager to see the Lord return to usher in His Kingdom. The terror and tragedies around us; the suffering of people we know and love; and even the stresses of daily life, all seem bigger than the fixes on the horizon. As the work I do begins to feel like spooning out the ocean, I grow especially impatient with those around me, and even sometimes with God. "What can He be waiting on?" I wonder.
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Friday, October 10, 2014 • Randy Kilgore • General
For those of us who call on the name of Christ for salvation, nothing will ever again separate us from the love of Christ and the fellowship of God. So even though He wants us to work and even though He desires excellence and rewards perseverance and diligence, what He values most is us.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 • Randy Kilgore • General
One of the fastest ways to incur God's displeasure is to fail to pass on His forgiveness. It's a bigger deal than you think.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 • Randy Kilgore • Salvation
When Jesus went to the Cross, your name was written on His heart.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012 • Randy Kilgore • Servant Evangelism
Two folders sat on President Abraham Lincoln's desk, each asking him to commute or pardon the sentence of death hanging over the soldier named therein. Without the President's pardon, both would die by hanging within the week.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 • Randy Kilgore • Caring for the Poor
Off the coast of Nova Scotia wild horses roam this "Island of Lost Ships", where hundreds of shipwrecks claimed thousands of lives. Breathtaking ridgelines and lung-gasping sunsets mask Sable Island's terrible traps: Shoals and reefs so deceptively shallow a ship is trapped before it knows it's in danger; and breakers so deadly mariners have long called this place the "graveyard of the Atlantic". As each storm gathers, wild ponies-remnants of a herd left or lost by John Hancock's brother-lift their mighty manes, stamping their hooves as they cut the herd into the lee behind a dune. There, frail and feeble ponies are packed tightly in the middle of a circle as the stallions and the strong use their own bodies to shield the weak from the storm's relentless pummeling. It is the clearest picture one can imagine of how God expects His children to behave.
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Friday, December 5, 2008 • Randy Kilgore • Salvation
Moonlight ricocheted across the valley. Every sound echoed through the canyons of white. Frigid air crusted the top layer of snow, making each new step crackle and pop as the white fluff gave way to human feet.
It was late December in Vermont, and I was trudging up a hill from the road, headed to a construction site deep in the rural countryside for a late-night safety inspection. Our workers were pushing to get this project done before Christmas...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 • • General
"You Christians aren't really interested in me; you're just interested in what might happen if you get me." These words sprang from a CEO during a conversation about his personal salvation. Clearly flustered, he continued, "When you guys come to see me, I know you want my checkbook or my influence. Just once, I wish what you wanted was me."
