Am I Just a Brain or Am I a Self?

BP 210 Who are you? What is your identity? What does it mean for you to be self? Psychologists and philosophers have been asking these questions for at least 150…

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The Impossible Space Between You and Me

BP 209 What do you think is the most difficult thing to do on this planet? Completing an Ironman Triathlon? Riding a half-crazed, 1500-pound Braham bull for six seconds? Climbing…

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Be a Father and a Dad

BP 208 Do any of you remember the 1974 song, Cat’s in the Cradle? Many of you were not even born yet in ’74! Harry Chapin sang this popular folk…

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Dying in Mansions of Dust

BP 207 The key to life is simple. You must only solve two problems during your years on this planet: how to fill the emptiness in your soul and how…

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Sin Is More Relational Than Behavioral

BP 206 “Sin is more relational than behavioral,” writes Matt Smethurst in his book, Before You Share Your Faith. He also quotes Psalm 51:3-4 to support a second assertion that…

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You Are Like Stars in the Cosmos

BP 205 “We inhabit a universe where atoms are made in the centers of stars; where each second a thousand suns are born; where life is sparked by sunlight and…

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What to Do When You Step on a Landmine

BP 204 Laura and Caleb had only been married six months when ominous clouds began to appear on the distant horizon. Laura and Caleb were both ‘driven’ people. Laura was…

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What Weighs on You?

BP 203 What weighs on you as you navigate daily life? What burdens you? What sucks your energy and occupies your attention? Have you ever stopped to consider what most…

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Working to Work or Working to Love

BP 202 I’m sure there are some people out there who believe work must have been created after the Fall in the Garden of Eden. But the truth is that…

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Denial: Not Me, Not My Life

BP 201 When we deny something, we are refusing to admit the truth or existence of something. We might deny something is true when there will be a negative consequence…

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