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The Narrow Way Is Not What You Think
Matthew 7:1–14 In preparing this week’s sermon on Matthew 7, I found myself wrestling with one phrase that has unsettled readers for centuries: “Enter through the narrow gate… for the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads… Continue reading
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A Prophetic Moment for Shouting
The time has come for shouting and not holding back. Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! – Isaiah 58:1 The prophetic moment has arrived. The Word of God is laser focused on our day… Continue reading
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Chariots and Horses
Where Is Your Trust? “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.” – Psalm 20:7 I know that it is not even spring, but some folks have summer on… Continue reading
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Not Yet — But Pressing On
A Devotional Reflection on Philippians 3:1–12 “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.”— Philippians 3:12 (KJV) There… Continue reading
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Got You Covered
It was a moment of embarrassment, the kind that wakes you up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night when you dreamt it: Lunch was done; conversation paused, the wait person dropped off the check. It was… Continue reading
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That I May Know Him
Philippians 3:1-11 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Against a backdrop of resurrection hope, Paul writes: Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me,… Continue reading
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New People in a New Church
The Joy of Shared Beginnings “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” — Acts 2:42 (KJV) What do new believers do in a newly constituted congregation? They dive in.… Continue reading
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Numbering Our Days and Limiting Our Words
Bible Chat – Psalm 90 Psalm 90 teaches us to live consciously before God—aware of time, restrained in speech, intentional in labor, and oriented toward eternity. When we number our days, we limit our words, choose our work carefully, and… Continue reading
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Walking Out as Sacred Protest
When Leaving Becomes Faithfulness — The Witness of Absalom Jones There are moments in the life of faith when staying feels virtuous — patient, enduring, long-suffering. And there are moments when staying becomes surrender. On this feast day of Absalom… Continue reading
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Neither Do I Condemn You
Wheat, Tares, and the Hope of a New Life “She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”— John 8:11 Jesus once told a story about a field. In… Continue reading
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