In America, entitlement is a cancer. We only have ourselves to blame. As technology has made life much easier over time, days filled with hard labor are increasingly becoming a thing of the past (I just heard a non-politician world leader say that with the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) people may soon live […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As a general rule, the “happiest” people are the people with the most purpose. To whom much is given, much is required. Ignorant vs. Willful Sinning – blog 8/3/23 Jesus’ parable is where we get the saying, “To whom much is given, much is required.” This is essentially the substance
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Pastor Philip in Myanmar: “The purpose of your life isn’t happiness; the purpose of your life is usefulness.” As a general rule, the “happiest” people are the people with the most purpose. We all ought to be encouraged by the simple fact that we have been made unique and placed
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What happens when human beings recognize that they are in the presence of the holy, sovereign God of the Universe? On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.
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Depending on who you talk to, they say your “prime years” are in your thirties or forties. For athletics, it’s typically somewhere around thirty years old and for vocational success, it’s typically somewhere around forty years old. So, a lot of the limelight tends to be on these years in terms of what we assign
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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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As a teacher, I’m always on the lookout for new perspectives. There are a few pastors whose sermons I will listen to from time to time, some of who have long since gone home to be with the Lord. These men often give me things to think about and I often walk away with a
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Cows were a prevalent part of the scenery when I was growing up. There was a bull inside of an electric fence down the street whom my junior high school friends and I used to dare each other to sneak up on, smack on the behind, and then sprint back before getting run down by
OUTLINE:A Little Walk, a Little Encouragement (blog 6/10/22)God designed the Body of Christ to be knit together in the sphere of love. The Word of God is the object of our fellowship. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). “Let the word of Christ dwell in
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OUTLINE: Jn 10:3bThe sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.Ro 4:4-5Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith
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