Love is Patient

I am not known for being a patient person, quite the opposite, actually. I usually face this weakness comically- you know, joke about it so it does not seem so bad. However, this flaw has been becoming more and more painful to me as I ponder both when and with whom I am most impatient. […]

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Tough Love

I often teach about ‘abiding in the sphere of God’s love’, or more succinctly, ‘abiding in the sphere of God’. They are, in fact, the same reality, but when I add the word “love” to the idea, something wonderful seems to wash over my brothers and sisters in the faith. And it never gets old.

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Part 102 – The Book of Hebrews

KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: We must be weak to receive God’s grace properly. All Things Are Lawful – blog 3/22/24 While Christ’s sacrifice covers the sins of God’s children, this doesn’t mean that we are given liberty to sin even more! We mustn’t confuse our eternal position in Christ with our progressive sanctification while here

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All Things Are Lawful

In Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians, four times he borrowed a saying that was common at the time, “All things are lawful.” This was something that apparently the folks in Corinth, known for their gross immorality, would’ve understood as justification for licentiousness. This saying, “All things are lawful,” became a slogan for liberty. Their justification would’ve been that

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Between Black and White

Schindler’s List, the epic movie by Steven Spielberg, was purposely filmed in black and white. By contemporary movie buff standards, this seems like an odd choice. Yet, after experiencing it, I can’t imagine it being filmed any other way. The same goes for paintings. For example, Vincent van Gogh painted Cart With Black Ox, one of the

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Part 98 – The Book of Hebrews

KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Don’t forget the miracles in your life; and be grateful to God for them! When Christianity Becomes an Excuse – blog 3/8/24 In Christianity, I see this play out over and over again, where people carve out a personality or project certain characteristics about themselves that are truly disturbing to someone

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