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I have addressed this issue many times, and I sure hope you don't mind me repeating this, but I truly sense someone out there has to hear it again . . . and I realize most everyone has heard about or probably read the story they call the “Prodigal Son.” I also bet you have heard every take on that story possible. Now although my mother hates the story—I love it. I love every part of it. Do you remember how one of the sons said some nasty things to his dad and then took off to enjoy…

Yesterday I was discussing the time when Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (John 8:12),” and “In him was life, and that life was the light of men . . . (John 1:4). but then I tried to figure out how we could incorporate that “life’ into our own lives?

Now I want to throw a little twist in this. You see, Jesus also said, “You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14).…

Many years ago, I was doing a Christian radio program and my brother-in-law asked what I was going to share? I gave him the same title I used here, and he derisively said, "Well, that's original . . ." Well, maybe so, but I was thinking of a time when Jesus was meeting with the people and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life” (John 8:12).

Jesus was, and, by the way, still…

All of us know people—it could be a family member or a friend or maybe a co-worker—who are far from Christ or, if they have made a decision for Christ, there is no "sign" of it . . . what I mean is that they don’t seem to be growing or maturing in their faith. With that in mind, let me ask you something. When you size that person up, are you using your own concept of Christ for their lives? Have you drawn your own circle around what it means to be a true follower of Christ…