Suppose you’re back in high school and the final assignment for your English Composition class is a biography you are to write about someone deceased who lived in the last century. Your neighbor’s dad was quite famous, especially overseas, where he had a smash record album that topped the charts back in 1977. You’re a […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Perspective gives us the ability to focus on the signal instead of all the noise. Setting our minds on things above means setting our hearts, our affections, and our focus on the future. As believers in the Lord, children of God, and soldiers for Christ, we should keep WHO WE ARE IN THE
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: So much of our temporal deliverance is tied to our perspective of the future. Setting our minds on things above means setting our hearts, our affections, and our focus on the future. Never suppose you have the right to say, “God vouches for me.” Let your words and actions align
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Life can be difficult. Agreed? My congregation and I have been studying the Book of Hebrews since January of 2023. Yes, you read that correctly; we began the longest series in the history of my church over three years ago. It’s been an amazing and enlightening journey, to say the least. One topic that has
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Huh? What’s with the title of this blog? WYSIWYG is an acronym that stands for, “what you see is what you get.” I can’t recall where I first heard it, but I think it was on one of my high-tech jobs, years ago. I’ve since used it most often to describe the type of person
We put a premium on being relevant in this world, even though our attempts at establishing said relevance are often misguided; hence our obsession over famous actors, athletes, scholars, politicians, activists, and even well-known pastors, evangelists, apologists, and theologians. The wider the circle of interested parties within a given realm, the bigger the prize. Regardless
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The Militant Evangelist We ought to be uncompromising regarding the Gospel, right? Agreed. We have the obligation to the Lord to fight the good fight of faith to defend it, right? Indeed. We may even need to debate it, as believers, to ensure we do not drift from the Truth, right? Absolutely! I am astonished
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I am going to speak plainly about my (and others’) perception of my outward appearance growing up and how it affected me. I will also be sharing some rather private details with you. As I share my personal experiences, please know that I do so in humility, not arrogance. He has since humbled me in
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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,
Part 14 – Commitment, Responsibility, and Accountability To the Local Church Read More »
Our world is obsessed with romance, which often comes and goes, seemingly, in an instant. Seen a rom-com movie lately? Hollywood’s depiction of relationships is an emaciated shadow of true intimacy. Terms of endearment are used and abused as punchlines to sell tickets. Movie goers cry crocodile tears then thirty minutes later are eating a