How much time do you think you have wasted dwelling on the past and the future? If you were to calculate it, you might be stunned. And yet, neither the past nor the future have anything to do with right now, the only reality that is “real”, where your truest chance for peace, contentment, and […]
We need friends. We need them as they need us. The world’s population is ever-increasing and yet it seems that people are lonelier than ever. How is this possible? I mean, you’d think bumping into more people would mean more friends, right? Yet the more people there are, the more people compress and hibernate. Are
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Within a few years of beginning my ministry, I taught a series on the Book of Job that was quite eye-opening. See, most Christians go to this book looking to commiserate with him in one way or another, thinking the main doctrine taught is suffering. But it isn’t. It is faith. Suffering is nothing more than God’s
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:This “better hope” (Heb 7:19) is the New Covenant made possible by the sacrifice of Christ once and for all (aka – the promise of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone). What a friend we have in Jesus!
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:Truth Is Light – blog, 6/21/24 Truth is light. Light shines into darkness. When it does, you have a personal choice to make; accept what the Word of God shows you, then grow or shrink away from it to your own demise. And for the record, it shouldn’t matter if what the
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I used to host a video series titled, Real Talk. I interviewed fifteen members of the North Christian Church (NCC) congregation and asked each of them five questions. Given the uniqueness of each person’s life, experiences, and current circumstances, I adapted my line of questioning. Every so often, I’ll take a peek at the videos and
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Two unbelievers say, “We want to get married right away!” You ask, “Why?” With a quizzical look, they say, “Because, we’re so in love, of course!” You press on, “What do you mean by ‘in love’?” “Huh?” At this point, they both become visibly agitated. “Exactly my point,” you say… For the record, I’m not
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There are times, as a pastor, when I sit down to write a blog to you and nothing comes to me, at least not immediately. It is typically those times when the Spirit says, “Take a step back and consider where I’ve taken all of you.” It is then that I realize what He wants
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The greatest expression of love is to guide someone to truth. No matter the hills or valleys a person must climb, it is the truth a righteous person seeks and desires to impart to others. Seeking the truth may require a bit of courage (courage being applied faith). We may need to pray for more
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The following parable makes me sad every time I read it. Matthew 18:24-35 “When he (the King) began to settle (his accounts), one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had,