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Lessons from the 2017 Super Bowl
It was 2017.My family randomly picked the losing team to cheer for and they were doing well, but the game was getting boring. I don’t watch much football. In the second half, it got really, really exciting. Continue reading
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Unfair
Life is not fair. Thus goes the lament. Evil people prosper. There is no justice. That is the lament of those who tag it all with this question: "Why bother?" The psalmist cried this often-cried cry and then, "But when… Continue reading
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Sinking
The authentic transparent life of a struggler who trusts in God. – Psalm 69 Continue reading
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Good Fences, Good Neighbors, and Mending Walls
In God’s new day, no one will have to protect his property, dignity, rights, or territory. God will take care of it all and it will be lovely.Until that day, we shall have some fences. Let us commit to understanding… Continue reading
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Blessed Are the Fine-Tuned
The kingdom belongs to those who so closely identify with Jesus that they share his sufferings. Fine-tuned people rejoice with gladness in a kingdom characterized by righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. As the tuning of a musical… Continue reading
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The Futility of Molech Addiction
God is not impressed with our religious overtures as long as our hearts are still serving the false gods of our own making, the gods of pleasure, materialism, lust, power, or whatever triggers the hormonal rushes in our brains. Continue reading
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The Genius of God and the Good of All
The life of the Spirit is that joyfully generous sowing of seeds for eternal benefit as we sow them into the lives of others. Continue reading
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Declaration and Desperation
Prayer requires belief, but in this case, belief is verified and amplified through prayer. After all, the man declares, in His prayer to Jesus, that he does indeed believe, but he doubts the power of his own, weak, feeble, capacity… Continue reading
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Compelling Love
It is a rather broad statement that Paul makes. Love controls us because of what Jesus did for all people. As a result, we see people differently. All forms of prejudice, bigotry, and bias are obsolete. No criteria by which… Continue reading
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What Do You Want? What Do You Really Want?
What do you want? What do any of us want? Common wisdom suggests that the flesh drives our wants and desires. Paul counters that the flesh prevents us from doing what we most deeply desire. Only the Spirit releases us… Continue reading
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