“Those who trust in Your name will trust in You, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10 (NIV) We see and hear the word trust all the time. It is on our money, “In God We Trust”. It is in our judicial system, in the ...
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December, 2015
- 4 December
“Come Away To A Secluded Place And Rest A While”
The compulsion to turn on the news is almost irresistible in the face of a war being waged on western civilization. Where will terror strike next? The internet seems to beckon with a force of its own to various news outlets, and there’s a struggle to put together pieces and ...
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Profiles on the Enemies of God: Tolerance
Tolerance and apathy are the final virtues of a dying society, so said Aristotle. Today we bear witness to the end results of tolerance and are seeing the beginnings of apathy. Tolerance has seeped into the church and poisoned the Body of Christ causing a rotting away of its members. ...
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Can You Spot A Counterfeit?
The word counterfeit invokes images of phony money; money manufactured by criminals in dark basement rooms. And there is good reason to think of currency when thinking of counterfeiting. Since the days of the Civil War, U.S. currency has been imitated by many a counterfeiter. Counterfeiting in the 1860’s was ...
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Choose to Magnify what is Right in Your Life
Dictionary.com defines magnify as: “to make greater in actual size or to enlarge.” What are you magnifying in your life? God’s blessings and goodness or all your difficulties? What you CHOOSE to focus on will become larger. Our problems become larger as we mull them over and over again. A ...
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50 going on 16: Come like a Child to the King of Kings
Adults feel things just like teens do; we like to laugh and be silly and have fun. One reason adults act so silly around babies is not entirely for the child’s amusement but it gives an outlet for silliness–keeping us from derision for acting goofy. It’s under cover goofy! Adults have, hopefully, ...
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Is Stress Killing You?
I’ve understood for a long time that stress is bad and has negative effects on overall health. What I didn’t understand, however, was that all of my other efforts to improve my health were in vain until I could control my stress levels and my way of thinking. Yes, dieting ...
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How to Be Real In a World That Embraces All Things False
We have been bamboozled into believing that fake is better. We seem to have no reservations about pretending to be someone or something we’re not. Let’s face it, the society we live in today hardly encourages us to embrace our true self and be genuine. There are so many options ...
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Are You Really Following Jesus?
Had I just bought the most wonderful car I’d ever driven, or read a marvelous book, or just dined at an awesome restaurant, I would gladly expound on every little detail hoping you, too, could enjoy the wonders of each. So, it is only fitting that I share Pastor Singleton’s ...
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November, 2015
- 30 November
Book Review of “Luther and Katharina: A Novel of Love and Rebellion”
When pivotal figures of history are relegated only to the pages of factual school books, pass or fail exams and dusty encyclopedias, often everything but that single hinge—that pivot point—of their lives is lost. We are left to wonder (or simply don’t): What ordinary days shaped them into that world-changing ...
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