Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
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Seeking First the Kingdom of God
In the final week of the Haggai series at Cherry Hills Community Church, Pastor Gary Thomas challenges us to examine our priorities and consider what it truly means to put God first. Through the book of Haggai, we discover how easily comfort, distractions, and even life’s…
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You Can’t Judge Your Own Parenting
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book When Christian Parents Hurt: How to Face Grief, Find Comfort, and Trust God with Your Adult Child. This chapter matters to me because I saw so many parents accept their adult children’s evaluation of their parenting, or even their own.…
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Gray Divorce or Gray Renewal?
The season that now brings so many marriages to an end can become the season of your marital renewal. Jordan looked shell-shocked. I had known him as a gregarious man with a great sense of humor, accomplished, confident, almost intimidating (but only because of my insecurities,…
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Cherishing God
Last week, I spoke at a local church’s date night, focusing my talk on my book, Cherish. I love that book, and I love talking about it because I’ve seen how raising the bar from love to love and cherish truly can transform a good marriage into a great one, and a disappointing…
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Plant Love to Find Love
Ancient advice from a celibate man may hold the key to infusing love into a marriage where you feel taken for granted. Moving from the Pacific Northwest to Houston, Texas meant learning how to run in humidity. Growing up as a Seattle boy, I knew how to run in all kinds of rain…
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Every Marriage Needs a Mission: How Serving God Together Brings You Closer as a Couple
A month or two ago, I interviewed Kevin and Sherry Harney on what it means to be devoted to your spouse. If you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to watch it, Recharge Your Marriage with Marital Devotion. I mentioned in that post about another video I shot with the Harneys years…
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What if When You Come to the End of Your Rope, Your Right Where God Wants You to Be? Exploring the Glory of Spiritual Dependence in Marriage
Do you ever wonder if you just don’t have what it takes to keep loving your spouse like you want to? Sure, you have good days and bad days, but sometimes on the tough days you wonder, Why does marriage have to be so hard? What if occasionally feeling as if you are in “over… The…
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More Strategies to Survive Our Disappointments
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, When Christian Parents Hurt: How to Find Comfort, Face Grief, and Trust God with Your Adult Child. It will appear toward the end of the second section, where I suggest spiritual strategies parents can use to cope with the hurt and…
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An Incompatible Marriage That Glorifies God
We often hear compatibility described as the be-all and end-all of a happy, successful marriage. Admittedly, if God said to me, “Gary, I’m going to give you the easiest marriage and the easiest life anyone has ever known,” I wouldn’t be disappointed. But what if your marriage…
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I Am…the Creator
I’m beginning work on a series of devotionals that go from Genesis to Revelation, focusing on God’s self-descriptions. These will be short, one-a-day devotionals, and of course, the first one has to be that God reveals Himself to be our creator. I’d love to know what you think.…