KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Don’t forget the miracles in your life; and be grateful to God for them! When Christianity Becomes an Excuse – blog 3/8/24 In Christianity, I see this play out over and over again, where people carve out a personality or project certain characteristics about themselves that are truly disturbing to someone […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: 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 own, towards our enemies. (Mt 5:43)Perfect love is
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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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I feel sad. My heart aches. I’ll tell you why. I look around at those in this world and see them striving for all the wrong things. I watch as they invest everything they have of any value into the world’s system of thinking, in a sincere effort to “succeed”. Their hearts are far from
KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Drive for Show, Putt for Dough – blog 2/23/24 You aren’t putting the ball in the hole, you aren’t scoring well, and you aren’t winning if you aren’t loving. “For each tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44). To proclaim love but never bear any fruit after it means
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I haven’t written a golf-related blog in a while. I love golf because it is such a wonderful, rich metaphor for life, itself. Did you know that I have a whole series on this topic in one of my books on the North Christian Church website? You can find it here: Diary of a Journeyman – Volume 1:
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Lesson of Anti-Exclusivity – blog 2/16/24 Life is short, my friend…Life is too good to ruin because of petty differences. Besides, who are you to take issue with others? Read Luke 6:41-42 and be healed.The Lesson of Anti-Exclusivity– blog 2/16/24 Be beautiful. Sow beauty in the Church of Christ. Resist
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THE MESSAGE: Forfeiture is final. The writer introduces the motif of the impossibility of a second repentance after apostasy. Putting in the Reps – blog 2/2/24 Learning the Bible is a daily activity. Like athletic training, we must maintain proper form while exercising our minds. It’s not just quantity, but quality that results
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The question the table is: can anything be “good”, truly, if it’s not done in love??? God showed us how to do things from the heart when He came down to earth for us in the Person of Christ. God is love!!! – 1Jn 4 Good deeds must be done
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We’re trying something new! No more slides from the pulpit. The feedback is that it’s been much more intimate and enables greater concentration. Sit back, relax, and watch or listen to this beautiful message from God the Holy Spirit. God bless!
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