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Discipleship
I Have Accomplished Nothing
Some of you reading this blog are in the process of becoming successful. Some are already successful. Others are . . . VERY successful. Think with...
No More Excuses!
I’m pretty good at making excuses. Always have been. What about you? In Luke 14, Jesus tells a story about excuses. Bottom line: Jesus doesn’t...
I Hate Fasting but I Do It Anyway, Here’s Why. . .
I hate fasting, but I do it anyway. For as long as I remember, I have started my year with a week of prayer, fasting, and consecration. Here’s a...
Leadership
Why We Need Big Brothers
NOTE: While doing research for the parenting book I am trying to write, I stumbled on an old blog from deep in the archives that needed to be...
Don’t Quit
This is an odd blog title since it seems like I quit blogging. There are many reasons for my blog delinquency, but only one is legit, the others are...
What Is an Empowered Church?
PORTLAND, OREGON—It was a privilege to preach at City Bible Church during their Purple People (Purple Book) campaign and to...
Family
Top 10 Christmas Movie List
I posted something like this last year, but bumped a movie to make room for Elf in this year’s list. 1. It’s a Wonderful Life – We usually save this...
Christmas TV Guide
Last year I presented the Murrell all-time favorite Christmas movie list. (I’ll re-post it tomorrow for those who missed it last year.) This year I...
Christmas in September
We arrived in Manila late Thursday night, September 7, after several months in the States. The next day, Friday, September 8, I drove to...
Books
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