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Jul 26, 20172 min read
A Perspective on Renewing Your Mind, and How You Treat Others
There are many junctures in your life when you will realize that something fundamental has changed. Upon making this realization, you...
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Jul 18, 20172 min read
Discipline and the Good Life
Discipline is an inseparable part of the good life. That statement sounds counterintuitive, but I assure you that it is wholly true....
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Jul 11, 20172 min read
Got Symptoms. There’s a Cure!
Sometimes when we get sick, we, or our doctors, make the mistake of treating our symptoms instead of their cause. This never leads to a...
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Jul 5, 20172 min read
What Does it Mean to Rob God?
It is no secret to any Christian that all resources belong to God. It really doesn’t matter if those resources entail finances, time,...
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Jun 29, 20172 min read
How the Church is Like a Piece of Knitting
When you look at a blanket, or a garment, or some other creation that has been made by knitting, you will notice something profound. In...
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Jun 22, 20172 min read
How Sincerely Do You Believe God?
Paul, the New Testament Apostle, gets right to the point about what the gospel does when he writes to the church at Colossae....
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Jun 15, 20172 min read
Dear God
Dear God – Thank you for providing us fathers. Thank you for those fathers who have sacrificed their time and their own desires so that...
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Jun 7, 20173 min read
What Do You Believe About God?
One thing you may have heard me preach from the pulpit and elsewhere is that faith produces behavioral results. In other words, what we...
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May 30, 20172 min read
Would You Rather Be Dragged Around or Led Around?
Several years ago, my parents and nephews visited me here in Florida. They drove down from Mississippi to spend time with my family....
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May 24, 20173 min read
Driving A Hard Bargain
To drive a hard bargain is an American idiom that means to be uncompromising when making a deal. The person who drives the hard bargain...
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May 10, 20172 min read
The Beauty of Ugly Feet and Toenails. . .
Most people don’t put “feet” and “beautiful” in the same stream of thought. Generally speaking, feet get a bad rap, and are more often...
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May 3, 20172 min read
A Fire in His Smokey Bones
The word of God is so powerful, and so potent, that it can never be contained. In fact, it’s like a fire which has within it either a...
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Apr 25, 20172 min read
Not Just Jots From a Bunch of Jewish Dead Guys . . .
I think too often we make the mistake of viewing the Bible as a collection of stories written by a bunch of Jewish dead guys who God...
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Apr 12, 20172 min read
The War on Easter, and Why it is So Important
In our culture, Christmas seems to trump Easter. Just think about it for a second. Christmas, essentially, is a month long holiday for...
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Apr 4, 20172 min read
The Focus of Jesus
Jesus was mission focused. He set his eyes on a single goal that his father had given him (John 3:16), and did not release his focus for...
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Mar 29, 20172 min read
Relationships, the Will of God, and the Final Moments of Jesus on the Cross
One of the fundamental tenants of Christianity is that we are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). This means that we bear many...
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Mar 22, 20172 min read
Don’t Drink the Poison!
A very popular saying about forgiveness is that withholding it is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to suffer or...
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Mar 15, 20172 min read
One Amazing Expectation for All Christians
The New Testament only mentions the man Epaphras three times, but his role in its creation is significant. Not only was he a fellow...
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Mar 8, 20172 min read
Is Reconciliation More Important than Worship?
You are likely going to sin against your brothers and sisters at some point in your Christian walk – either intentionally or not. You...
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Mar 1, 20172 min read
Don’t RelationSLIP Your Parents.
To honor your mother and father is the fifth commandment in the famous Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:12). It is different from all of the...
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