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A Message to the Weary and Burdened

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Our sun is 93 million miles from earth and contains 99.99% of the mass of our solar system. To try and give some perspective–one million earths could fit inside our sun. Huge, right? But there’s a star named Betelgeuse that is anywhere between five and thirty times larger than our sun. It’s hard to begin […]

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The Vine and the Branch

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Yesterday, we talked about taking a spiritual fitness test. If we’re honest, most of us would say we’re not doing as well as we’d like to do. At least that’s what I’d say. I’d always like to be further along. I’d like to bear more fruit. I’d like to be less tempted by the same […]

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The Two Most Important Commandments

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There’s something we have to understand about God before we can understand anything else. It’s a foundational belief on which all other beliefs are built. And if we fail to correctly understand it, we will misunderstand almost everything about God, ourselves and this life on planet earth. So here it is…here’s the thing we absolutely […]

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Grace and Peace

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I realized a number of years ago that I really don’t want to walk by faith. That’s a problem because God says things like: “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “And without faith it is impossible to please God…” Hebrews 11:6 Walking or living by faith means I won’t always see […]

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Why Didn’t God Stop the Evil at Sandy Hook?

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Why didn’t God stop what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School? Surely He saw it coming. He saw how disturbed the killer was. He saw the planning. He saw him driving to the school. Couldn’t God have prevented the murder of innocent children and teachers? Did God not care? Is He really not as good […]

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Election and Other Reflections

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I’ll be honest, I’m disappointed with the result of the presidential election. My candidate lost. Actually, my preferred candidates weren’t even running. So I’m feeling disappointed along with at least 57 million others. But there are over 59 million people who are quite happy with the outcome today. Many of whom would profess to trust […]

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Whatever You Do, Don’t Give Up

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The older I get–I’ll be 50 in a couple weeks–the less I seem to understand. I had much more figured out a couple decades ago. I’m probably less sure about more things than I’ve ever been, while still remaining solid on my core beliefs. At the core, I believe there is a God who has […]

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Satan’s Most Powerful Weapon

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I grew up in Brick, New Jersey, a beach town about sixty miles south of New York and sixty miles east of Philadelphia. Now I live in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I love it here, but I do miss the beach. From my home in Fayetteville, it’s about 800 miles to Panama City Beach, Florida. Let’s say […]