You do not have to make the sound. A gift of the Spirit cannot be practised into existence, and it must not be required for belonging. When a church, a porch, or a workplace circle treats tongues as the handshake, a new believer will be tempted to produce what he has not been given. That…
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A church can be a refuge without becoming a room where the truth is not allowed to speak. Neutrality is sometimes wisdom. Sometimes it is just fear with better lighting. A word for the one who keeps the peace by going quiet, and the one who thinks volume is the same thing as courage. There…
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A holy life can point. It cannot pay. Honour the witnesses. Kneel to the Son. A word for anyone who keeps Jesus on a shelf of good names, and uses other holy lives to keep from needing the only Name that saves. There is a generous room in a lot of houses. Photographs on the…
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Christianity is not a flag you hoist so a civilization can survive. It is a Person you kneel to so a sinner can live. A meme has been moving through Facebook this week. Enough of you have sent it that it needs an answer from the church, not another share. I am not going to…
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Children are not a prize for adults. They are a heritage from the Lord. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” (Psalm 127:3) When we speak about adoption, we are speaking about one of the most solemn trusts a society can give: the care of a child…
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You already know why you opened this. Not because you needed another lecture on parenting. Because the house is quiet enough now that you can hear the question you have been carrying since the first night they slept in the next room. What will they become? You can feed them. You can buckle them. You…
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Small-town talent from Biggar, Saskatchewan — now on Jaxson Harlan Radio. Jaxson Harlan Ministry is introducing a new voice to the catalogue. Treasured Heart is an easy Christian rock group out of Biggar, Saskatchewan — a prairie town of about two thousand on Highway 14, west of Saskatoon. They are not a Nashville import. They…
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Coming clean is not a group-chat performance. It is a year of weight, a named sin, and a name you finally change. A message for the one still carrying last year’s words, and the one who saved the number under the wrong name. The clip is five minutes of a woman in a work chair,…
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It is a Gospel dark-country station built for the other six days as much as Sunday: music you can put on in the truck, the kitchen, and the long drive home, and teaching that does not stay locked inside a one-hour service. The station lives on JaxsonHarlan.com and on IP internet-radio platforms — the tabletop…
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A child’s gift is not a parent’s god. A message for the parent still living in the stands You already know why you opened this. Not because you needed another lecture on parenting. Because something in the house has gone tight, and you have been calling the tightness by softer names. Support. Pride. Investment. He…
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