As children of the hardest working Person of all time, our Lord, we are to strive for excellence in all we do. Yet there’s this strange notion in certain factions of Christianity that supposes striving for excellence in this world is somehow evil or aligned with the “god of this world” (ref: 2 Corinthians 4:4). […]
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Suppose you’re back in high school and the final assignment for your English Composition class is a biography you are to write about someone deceased who lived in the last century. Your neighbor’s dad was quite famous, especially overseas, where he had a smash record album that topped the charts back in 1977. You’re a
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In America, entitlement is a cancer. We only have ourselves to blame. As technology has made life much easier over time, days filled with hard labor are increasingly becoming a thing of the past (I just heard a non-politician world leader say that with the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) people may soon live
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The Bible demands that we children of God hold each other accountable. I recently preached an entire series on this topic titled Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church that expanded on how this accountability is critical to the health of a church, which has been designed by God to bring glory to Him.
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One of the most common situations I see members of my congregation struggling with is how to deal with worldly friends. Among the most difficult is the one where a person has “old friends” from before they became a believer, or “friends” at work they enjoy spending time with, for a variety of reasons. We
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The Apostle John, the so-called “Apostle of Love”, wrote: There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. – 1 John 4:18-19 This passage is so very pregnant with
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57. That’s the new me. 57 years old, or shall I say, “57 years young?” Whatever the case may be, I’m turning 57 in about 6 hours from the writing of this blog, and the first thing I am thinking about is Heinz 57 steak sauce – LOL – no kidding! That’s how my brain
I’m not a fan of commercials, either on television or radio. Why? Because, typically, they are designed to appeal to my human flesh. They rarely are anything but a well-packaged attempt to fleece me out of a few bucks for something I’ll later regret spending my hard-earned money on. Furthermore, I find most of them
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The human tongue possesses power beyond measure. It can both bless and curse. It can also heal or cut deep wounds that leave scars for the remainder of a person’s life. We must learn to wield it wisely. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they
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Humans will often fight for their right to maintain certain routines, even more than they will fight for what’s right. Let that sink in. While doing so, allow me to explain… I’ve lived a dynamic life, which I’m incredibly thankful for because God knows how curious my mind is. I’ve met a bazillion people, traveled
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