The other day I needed a “chocolate fix”, so I decided to head to Cumberland Farms for some M&Ms (I may have also bought Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, but we will discuss gluttony another day-lol). Cumbies is 1.4 miles from my home, a mere 3-minute drive. In the ~10 minutes I was out and about, […]
In modern discourse, it’s become customary to tell someone who’s gotten too caught up in a frivolous point of argument to “go touch some grass.” At face value, it’s a tongue-in-cheek implication that the subject of said command has spent too long in their basement or on their computer and has lost touch with the
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Why do most people set out to read the Book of Job? In my experience, it’s to find encouragement during times of suffering. However, while this end goal may be obtainable, I’d argue that venturing into this beautiful book or pigeonholing it as a treatise on suffering alone does great injury to its other major theme,
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OUTLINE: The Music of Your LifeBlog – 10/22/21 A Grateful Heart is a Blessed HeartBlog – 4/16/21 A Grateful Heart Is a Blessed HeartWhile the self-righteous reject mercy on the premise that it’s unnecessary, a repentant sinner thirsts for it and thanks God daily for receiving it. A Grateful Heart Is a Blessed HeartGod has
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I’ve had a solid golf game for a while, but, like most golfers, I have a weak spot. For me, it’s putting. It has plagued me over the years. Even at the height of my golfing career, I could never call myself a great putter – good, yes, but never great. Too bad – I
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OUTLINE: Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. Take Hold, By FaithWe should receive His truth, whatever it is He reveals to us from His Word, so that we can enter His joy. (Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11)
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OUTLINE: Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. Take Hold By FaithWe should “receive” His truth, whatever it is He reveals to us from His Word, so that we can enter into His joy. Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11
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OUTLINE: This is REAL!Being a believer in Christ isn’t supposed to be some ethereal hope that we cling to while we melt away down here on Earth. Being a believer in Christ gives us fortitude, strength, power – it makes us resolute, firm in our faith, able to stand up against whatever this world throws
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OUTLINE: NCC Curriculum This Past Month This is REAL!Being a believer in Christ isn’t supposed to be some ethereal hope that we cling to while we melt away down here on Earth. Being a believer in Christ gives us fortitude, strength, power – it makes us resolute, firm in our faith, able to stand up
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OUTLINE: GratitudeWe must be grateful for the blessings we have today because there’s no guarantee they will remain forever. Gal. 6:9-10And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and
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