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May 2017
Chains
It’s not a sin to live in Sodom and Gomorrah, but Sodom and Gomorrah should not live in us. No matter the location, size or demographics of your city, the alluring pull of the world is ever-present. And with social media and the Internet, our city’s limits have expanded to vast dimensions – and so […]
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April 2017
The Lord of Hosts
You and I seek stability. Stable foundations. Stable relationships. Stable employment. Stable finances. Stable health. Most of us work very hard to establish and maintain a reasonable level of predictable outcomes and a future that unfolds according to our plan. We like calm seas, sure footing and world peace. But in spite our best efforts, […]
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March 2017
Crossroads
Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls” – Jeremiah 6:16 As we travel the road of life, we pass through many intersections. The most significant one is located at Broad Way and Narrow Way […]
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February 2017
The Lion King
While I’ve never been in the wild and heard a lion roar, I know I couldn’t sleep through it – unmistakable and terrifying, I would be wide-eyed with my heart pounding. The scriptures warn us, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone […]
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January 2017
Stepping on the scale
The time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is, as the song says, the most wonderful time of the year, but it is also fraught with peril. Having been buried alive by a blizzard of endless food and tasty treats, many of us begin to dig out with a New Year’s resolution to drop a few […]
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December 2016
The Challenge Flag
“Yep, he just threw out the red flag so he’s definitely challenging the call” is a familiar soundbite heard during NFL games when the head coach wants to question the ruling made on the field by the officiating crew. In the crew’s defense, these full-speed, split-second decisions can be very difficult and they do seem […]
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November 2016
The Shadow of the Almighty
Every Christmas, choirs of angels call us to kneel once again in worship at the manger in Bethlehem and behold His glory. It is a journey we should never grow tired of making. For the birth of Jesus is a story so simple children love to hear it, yet one so profound wise men cannot […]
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October 2016
Home
As you look forward to opening yours or maybe heading back that way for Thanksgiving, I know “home” is a place that stirs up a variety of emotions and expectations. More than a location, a collection of possessions or a structure, it is a unique place of safety, identity and belonging – it’s family. Sitting […]
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September 2016
Just pray
Regardless of the place or your posture whether kneeling or standing walking or sinking in a church or a cell in a car or on a cross in public or in secret in the quiet of the morning or the midst of a storm PRAY With just a few words or a whole chapter […]
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August 2016
Let’s save the world
One of today’s most prevailing mantras has to be the cry to “save the world.” Impassioned campaigns are urgently championed across the globe to basically save the planet from ourselves. People are frequently viewed as invasive parasites feeding off and injuring the host – a pandemic that must be neutralized. Battle lines are drawn and […]
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