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Part 24 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

KEY POINTS FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to […]

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Part 23 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church

KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to

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Perfect Love Is Complete

KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Life is short. What are you waiting for? Christ-like love and action are intrinsic to one another. Two Hearts – 3/1/24 Just because someone hates you doesn’t mean you must hate them back. In fact, Jesus taught just the opposite. He taught we ought to have a compassionate love, like His

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The Benefit of the Doubt

I’ve been around some shady people and, as a result, at times have been terrifically frightened. I’ve since carried in my flesh a baseline suspicion of others, including persistent doubts that people, overall, are doing the right thing and acting honorably with integrity. When I was younger, I was much less likely to give someone

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