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Sep 12, 20193 min read
Toiling With the Wind or Prioritizing Your Life
Toiling for a goal, a prize, or an idea that is better than what you presently possess is a good thing. Such toil makes us stronger,...
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Sep 5, 20192 min read
Are You Woke?
Too many of our lives are spent in a fog of unawareness. To steal popular verbiage from the social justice world, we are not “woke.” We...
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Aug 29, 20192 min read
Seizing the Opportunity
To seize something means to take hold of it suddenly and forcibly. It is an eager act of decisiveness. Most of us have no problems with...
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Aug 22, 20192 min read
Defining Sin
Most people think of sin as a bad or evil thing that a person does. Others have a broader view, and define it as any behavior that is...
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Aug 15, 20192 min read
Running Toward the Darkness
As a prophet, Jonah proclaimed God’s word to the people. That was his calling, his duty, and his purpose. One day God ordered Jonah to...
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Aug 8, 20192 min read
Some Reminders About God
If you live in America you live in a world that is completely infused with the principles of Christianity and Judaism. Our history, our...
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Jul 31, 20192 min read
Spirit and Truth and Reverence
If we are made to do anything at all, it is to worship. Ironically, in modern Christianity we have developed the inadequate notion that...
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Jul 29, 20192 min read
Freedom from the World
In the bible, the term “ the world ” is used in multiple ways. Three uses, however, appear to be the most significant. First, it is...
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Jul 16, 20192 min read
Freedom From Sin
Buzzing with sexual undertones, or anticipation of forbidden pleasures, the word desire often summons images of decadence. This is...
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Jul 11, 20192 min read
Freedom From Self
Pride may be the chief of all sinful states. I don’t mean the kind of pride that elates you when you see your child accomplish something...
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Jul 5, 20192 min read
Freedom from God
Freedom is a tricky word that carries many shades of meaning for many different people and situations. But it is probably safe to say...
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Jun 27, 20192 min read
The Baggage of Depression
Depression is more than sadness. Sadness passes. It moves on its melancholy way when circumstances change. It is lifted with good news,...
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Jun 20, 20192 min read
Emotional Baggage
Everyone has emotional baggage. We lug it around, and drag it across sidewalks, and over curbs. Sometimes we struggle as we pull it up...
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Jun 12, 20192 min read
God and Addiction
There are all kinds of addictions in the world, and all of us are subject to them. If you are reading this, you might very well be...
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Jun 6, 20192 min read
The Real Reason for Your Baggage
David, the shepherd boy, teaches us much about the battles that we may face as modern adults (1 Samuel 17:1-58). I could spend a lot of...
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May 30, 20192 min read
The Tip of the Iceberg
Water usually becomes ice at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But in order for the water to turn to ice, it must first have a single piece of...
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May 23, 20192 min read
First as a Lamb, Second as a Lion
When Jesus came the first time, his purpose was to deal with the problem of sin. His ultimate goal was to save humanity from the...
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May 9, 20192 min read
A Prayer for Mothers
Dear God in Heaven Thank you for mothers and how you have expressed yourself through them. You are love (1 John 4:8), and you have made...
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May 2, 20192 min read
A Fishing Lesson from From Jesus and Peter
When Peter (sometimes called Simon) first begins his ministry work with Jesus, it’s in a fishing boat (Luke 5:1-11). After speaking to...
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