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I remember those Saturday mornings as a teenager. The ones that came after late Friday nights from a hard-fought high school basketball game that left me drained. The ones that came at the tail end of a tiring school week full of tests, papers and homework assignments. Those Saturday mornings when nothing sounded better then…
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Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” It seems today that “drama” and “issues” are so common. We live in a day where many people have problems with one another. I often recall Gandhi’s quote “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.…
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One of my favorite things about studying the Bible is when one piece of Scripture is quoted in another place in the Bible. This means that one Biblical author knows, believes, interprets, and applies one Bible passage to another part of life. And therefore, we have one “idea” in God’s Word being used in multiple…
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The past two Sunday mornings I have preached on “The Reality of Hell.” You can listen to part one here and you can listen to part two here. The passage for both sermons is Luke 16:19-31. It is Jesus’s story on the rich man and Lazarus. Here are a few highlights: The Great Desire of…
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Being the father of three little boys brings much responsibility. Now that my wife is expecting our 4th child (this one’s a girl!), I have been thinking more and more about what I really should be doing. As a dad, there are so many doubts, desires, wants and worries for your children. On a daily…
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This past weekend our church had a Men’s Retreat. The church website post is here with a few pictures. There were 22 different men who went on this overnight camping trip out on a 163-acre farm at Green River. The youngest guy who went was 14 years old and the oldest was 83 years old.…