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Finding Balance When Life Gets Busy

We live in a culture that seems to glorify busyness. Between work responsibilities, family obligations, social commitments, and everyday tasks, it often feels like we're running a never-ending race. Unfortunately, this constant state of busyness can war against real relational connections – especially in our marriages.
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By Paul Choi, Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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The Good News of the Gospel

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By Jerry Ferrso, Friday, January 25, 2019
What Are You Doing to Spread the Good News?
Have you ever heard the saying, “I’m going to squeeze everything out of that turnip?” In essence, the statement refers to making the most out of any given situation. As we think about soulwinning, we should possess the same mentality—I am going to make the most of this visit.
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3 Elements to Growth in Grace

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, January 21, 2019
Sanctification beyond Standards
Perhaps you have heard the statement, “Jesus loves you just as you are, but He loves you too much to allow you to stay that way.” It’s true. God loves us unconditionally, and He doesn’t love us more or less based on if we are currently growing or backsliding. But He does call us to grow in Him.
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Christian Living
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Revival Will Come When…

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By Gordon Conner, Friday, January 18, 2019
Cultivating Your Heart for Revival
Revival is more than simply having a special guest preacher and a few extra nights of meetings. True revival is a work of the Holy Spirit. That is why Habakkuk prayed, “…O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years…” (Habakkuk 3:2).
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Christian Living
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Biblical Apology

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By Troy Dorrell, Wednesday, January 16, 2019
4 Elements of an Effective Biblical Apology
People are dangerous! Our sinfulness often brings with it the capacity to hurt others. We hurt one another with the words we say and with the things we do or forget to do. Sometimes we injure our relationships with others through carelessness or negligence.
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Christian Living
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5 Overlooked Benefits of Faithfulness

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, January 14, 2019
This January marks Terrie’s and my thirty-third New Year at Lancaster Baptist Church. A few weeks ago, we were able to host several families from our church who were here when we came or who we were able to lead to the Lord in those first couple years. Their faithfulness over the decades is such an encouragement to us.
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He Loved Them unto the End

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By Dr. Rick Finley, Saturday, January 12, 2019
As our Lord is coming to the close of His earthly life and ministry, He shares a meal with His closest followers, girds Himself with a towel, draws a bason of water, and kneels to wash the feet of His friends. It is a wonderful lesson on humility that convicts me each time that I read it. It is my desire to be that kind of a servant.
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3 Principles for Embracing the New Year

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By Dr. Mike Edwards, Wednesday, January 9, 2019
I was amused when I read a prediction offered in 1962 that reported by 1985, technology would have made so many advances, that the average workweek would be twenty-two hours, and we would only work twenty-seven weeks a year.
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Christian Living
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How I Match My Responsibilities to My To-Do List

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, January 7, 2019
I hope you’ve made time over the past week or so to prayerfully evaluate needed areas of growth in your life and set some goals for this New Year. Setting goals, however, is the easy part; living them out in day-sized pieces over the coming year is the challenge.
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Christian Living
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Let’s Go In

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By Dr. Don Sisk, Saturday, January 5, 2019
Living in Spiritual Victory
We find written in the Word of God the words, “He brought them out that He may bring them in.” This statement refers to the children of Israel. They were delivered from Egyptian bondage. The purpose for their deliverance was not that they might wander in the desert, but that they may enter into the promised land.
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12 Areas to Evaluate as You Begin a New Year

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Thursday, January 3, 2019
There’s nothing like a new year to renew our passion for growth and excellence. I think, however, that in our haste to set new goals sometimes we miss careful evaluation of where we’re really at currently in some of the key areas of life.
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Christian Living
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