Max arrives at May’s house about 5 minutes early because, well, that’s what he does. He’s an old military man that prides himself on being punctual (the old “hurry up and wait” comes to mind). He marches right up to the door to greet his high school girlfriend, notices a few butterflies in his belly, […]
The Bible Should Inspire, Not Depress, You My congregation and I are in the midst of a tremendously powerful series titled, Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church. The Holy Spirit’s been heavy-handed with us and it’s been wonderful for one particular reason – the congregation has responded appropriately en masse. There are always
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As it applies to a local church, integrity means ALL members are functioning in their God-given roles (ala Ro 12:1-8). Without YOU, there will be some kind of void, or gap, or pain within our church family. The lessons God gives us within our own physical bodies illustrates the pain
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As it applies to a local church, integrity means ALL members are functioning in their God-given roles (ala Ro 12:1-8). Every God-given role in a local assembly is a servant’s role. Integrity has no “quit” in it; otherwise, it is no longer integrity. Don’t be in bondage to your circumstances,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If commitment, responsibility, and accountability are the end goals, then INTEGRITY is the means to ensuring you get there. Convictions (like most things in the spiritual life) are not transactional; rather, they are constitutional. Being made in the image of our Creator, we must have integrity TO our Creator! Integrity
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If commitment, responsibility, and accountability are the end goals, then INTEGRITY is the means to ensuring you get there. Convictions (like most things in the spiritual life) are not transactional; rather, they are constitutional. Your greatest responsibility to your family is your SPIRITUAL leadership!!! Hiding Behind False Nobility – blog
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If experience has proven anything to me it’s that I fail more than I succeed. When I was young, I never thought this would be something I’d concede as a fifty-five-year-old man, but it is true. And I’m glad about it. Let me explain why. I’m a lifelong learner. However, I don’t necessarily learn from
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The other day I came across an article about an MLB player who was divorcing his wife. Not a shocking story nowadays, I know, but as I read on it got really ugly, really quick. You see, they had been married 22 years, had 5 children together, and she was recovering from brain surgery when
Two wives meet in the woods. It’s an unremarkable day, like any other. It is, for the first wife, a day filled with sadness, anxiety, and insecurity. She goes on walks like this to try to find peace and relief from the constant, soulish agony of feeling unloved. For the second wife, it is a
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OUTLINE: Mt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “transformed”from – metamorphoo [meta = “change after being with” + morphoo = “changing form in keeping with inner reality”]; means being changed on the outside to conform with what’s on the inside; refers to experiential sanctification (e.g. purification); the
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