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I do a lot of driving both in the city and on the freeway and I have to admit I can’t drive 55! While my wife is much worse than me, I find that I am always at least three or four miles over the speed limit…at least. In fact, when the freeway speed limit…
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A friend of mine recently asked me a question that many writers in the more fundamentalist Christian circle have been discussing for weeks: Are we at the end of times. Here’s my answer: I don’t know. In fact, I’ve never spent too much time thinking about when the end of times will be, because Jesus…
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Like most people this morning I spent a little time reading about the United States Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. For those of us in Christian leadership the decision really wasn’t a surprise, so now the question is how do we both in leadership and in the body respond to gay marriage being legal…
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I don’t have a long blog to write today, in fact most of what I’m sharing is not from me, it’s from a gospel singer named Marcus Stanley who is one of the most courageous and amazing followers of Jesus you will ever know. You see, when Dylann Roof began shooting African-American parishioners attending a…
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Dear Atheist and/or Agnostic, I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately and wanted to share what’s on my mind because I think it has a significant impact on your future. For people who either don’t believe in God or don’t know if He exists you sure talk about Him a lot! Daily I can…
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So I made the mistake of engaging in the Bruce Jenner gender identity debate on Facebook. I have many friends on both sides of the political and cultural landscape so the response to my small comment was immense! In fact, I think it’s the most people have responded to anything I’ve put on Facebook ever!…
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Have you ever felt that being a Christian is really complicated sometimes? Once we embrace our faith it seems as if we struggle so hard to be “Christ like” and fail so often that our faith becomes one of struggle instead of joy. We begin to feel defeated instead of saved. It feels like rules…
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I spend considerable time staying up on current events, reading news and blogs, and generally trying to figure out where our country is headed. My wife is probably right that I spend too much time doing it because I can get pretty wrapped up in it. Last week the reputable Pew Research Center published a…
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For Christians, today begins the crescendo of Holy Week as we celebrate Maundy Thursday – the day Jesus ate his last meal with his disciples and was later arrested in the garden of Gethsemane; Good Friday – the day Jesus was nailed to the cross, was crucified, and died; and Easter Sunday – the day…
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The past several weeks have been pretty rough for some people Lisa and I know. One of my nieces was diagnosed with breast cancer and needs to have chemo and a mastectomy. Another person we know was eight months pregnant and lost the child when his heart stopped beating. A man in our church is…
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