What’s On My Mind?
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Approved by God: Speaking with Integrity in a World of Flattery
My AI assistant asked me if I wanted to travel back in time. So, I picked the time of Paul preaching in Athens. Once it put me there, I realized that I was improperly dressed since the photo was from this year. So, with some prompts, it changed my appearance, gave me a beard (not…
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My Dad – The Legend
I may not be the most eloquent writer, and I know that sometimes my words can be misunderstood. Right now, as I write, I am overcome with both joyful memories and the sorrow that comes with seeing the final chapters of an extraordinary life. What follows are a few reflections I’ve gathered during this season.…
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Be Holy
Being holy is an aspect of the Christian walk that is often overlooked. In today’s world, we can become preoccupied with other things and even misled by false teachings. We may even excuse ourselves by saying, “I’m only human.” However, our life in Christ is more than just receiving salvation. I have been reflecting on…
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Responsibility
Do you ever think about a moment where you realized that, despite your best effort, you still ended up doing the wrong thing? One such story lands here to start this discussion. Embarrassing but a teaching moment is produced. Years ago, I was new to a location and the team that worked there. The previous…
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A New Nature
The usual start to the prayer meeting was to gather early, maybe make some coffee or share some type of snack and swap stories or events of the day or week. Typically the group would splinter off into sub groups as the gathering grew. Occasionally, however, the attendance would be smaller and everyone just stayed…
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What are we doing?
I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the…
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UNITY
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John…
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Conspiracies Abound
For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the LORD of hosts, him you shall…
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Sound Teaching
“Unless biblical literalism is challenged overtly in the Christian church itself, it will, in my opinion, kill the Christian faith. It is not just a benign nuisance that afflicts Christianity at its edges; it is a mentality that renders the Christian faith unbelievable to an increasing number of the citizens of our world.” JOHN SHELBY…
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The Lord’s Work?
In a recent political campaign, one of the candidates in my state advertised that everyone should get out and vote. On this I agree, however, he didn’t stop there because he tied voting to “doing the Lord’s work”. I will steer clear of the person. The point here is that, politics is not “the Lord’s…
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