So, did you make a New Year’s resolution? I’m sure lots of people did. I suppose it’s as good a time as any to make a pact with oneself, promising better behavior and better decisions. However, lifestyle changes don’t come easy, now do they? They are much easier to commit to verbally than to implant […]
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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: Our great hope for eternal salvation is God’s integrity. Grace is no longer grace if we must work for it. If we ever had to “work” for God’s grace, we’d always fail ourselves because our human capabilities are flawed. God’s standard of righteousness is nothing short of perfection. Only Christ’s
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24 Great leaders are servants first. A servant’s first order of business is to tend to others. They are thrilled when others succeed and pained by their failures (ala Romans 12:15). We call this empathy.Jesus has gone behind the curtain of the Holy of Holies in
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: To have integrity to God is to have integrity to what He’s given you by grace. Just as much as we get convicted when we fail, we can rejoice when we follow Him faithfully. Because we know God is faithful in allowing us to reap well! Most Vows Never Surpass
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: You have the right to be happy as a child of God. Not only that, but you have stupendous reasons for it. To have integrity to God is to have integrity to what He’s given you by grace. Most Vows Never Surpass a Person’s Selfishness – blog 7/19/24 What is it
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This is a difficult topic to write about because it lays bare one of the most insidious, though relatively common, practices humankind has ever known. In your mind, raise your hand if you’ve ever broken a vow. Now, be honest, why was that the case? Chances are you had a change of heart on a
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: God is on the move, believe it! You have the right to be happy as a child of God. Not only that, but you have stupendous reasons for it. Just Give Me the Truth, I’ll Deal With It– blog 7/19/24People need to be themselves. The only Person capable of changing
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My favorite characteristic in a person (at least at the very top of the list) is authenticity. The older I get, the more I value this. I think it’s because life has taught me that people need to be themselves. I’ve often taught messages from my pulpit that pivot on the phrase, “you do you,”
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God is unity. God is love. The essence of God’s character implies He cannot be divided. We don’t ever get just a part of God, nor should we ever presume that He is OK with man attempting to divide Him. His essence (and all aspects of who He is) is indivisible. To love God is
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