The Holy Spirit’s had me preaching to my congregation about commitment, responsibility, and accountability to the local church as of late. One key aspect of these messages relates to what Jesus said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, […]
How wonderful is it to know that “God is love”?!! Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. – 1 John 4:7-8 If there’s one aspect of God worth
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We all have a sense of fairness we use to evaluate judgement, whether in giving or receiving. For the most part, we obtain this scale of values through experience. For example, as parents we use the experiences from our own childhood to calculate what type and severity of punishment is fair for our children. If
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I recently traded in my wife’s perfectly good, functioning car for another one. Why? You’ll have to ask her if you ever get the chance. She wasn’t thrilled but fortunately has learned to live with my “issues”. Suffice to say that while my intentions were good, things didn’t work out exactly how I planned. Many
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Memories of Y2K I don’t know how it is in other countries, but in America, we love to obsess. Whether it’s the latest scandal, or national tragedy, or something political going on, we Americans love our drama. It’s one of the reasons I don’t receive a newspaper, nor do I ever watch the news. It’s
Without light, we walk in darkness. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. – 1 John
Integrity isn’t free. It comes at a personal cost, sometimes a great one. I’ve lost countless friends over the years because of my stance on the Bible. Some of these individuals, who still see fit to attack me, are former Christian friends of mine. No matter. So whoever knows the right thing to do and
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As a man, I’ve been taught my entire life that courage is a virtue that only the “best” of men possess in abundance. I don’t always feel so courageous. I’ve sometimes thought, “Well, Ed, maybe you’re just not built that way,” or, “Maybe you’re still missing something…some kind of secret ingredient that’ll magically fill you
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Spring means trees emerging from their dormancy, as well as the flowers and other blooming plant life. Up here in New England it’s a stunning display of God’s artwork. It feels like He is breathing life back into an environment that often breeds so-called “seasonal depression” (something I’ve certainly suffered over the years). We New
Shock absorbers are amazing inventions. I know, sounds a bit dorky, but bear with me, it’ll be worth it, I promise! The purpose of a shock absorber in a car is pretty much what you’d think – they absorb bumps and road imperfections so that passengers experience a smoother ride. In addition to that, they
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