Losing Ground
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So often in our lives, we lose things by not doing anything. In relationships, not moving ahead rarely means you’re standing still. So does this principle of needing to move forward in our relationships apply to our relationship with God? When we don’t know God better or love Him more…

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Annihilating Boundaries
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Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Throughout the checkered past of human history, racism has been a strong force for creating distinctions and false ideas which lead to grave consequences. Someone might ask why in the world I am writing an article concerning this outmoded idea which we have evolved…

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The Invitation

Photo by Luca Baggio on Unsplash After you tell your story, what should you do next? You gathered up all the courage to walk up to someone and tell them how Jesus changed your life. That’s awesome! But what you do next? How do you end the conversation? Most of…

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Writing Strategies

Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash Unfortunately, I’m one of the most distracted writers you will find. When I get stuck or just don’t know where to go, I tend to begin surfing the Internet for a while, playing a game, reading a book, or watching TV for a while.…

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Who’s to Blame?

Photo by Igor Rodrigues on Unsplash A very disturbing river runs through the Pentecostal/charismatic movement, a river of mysticism and random weirdness viewed as spiritual maturity. But this spiritual phooey actually sets itself against spiritual maturity, and Christian thinking! I speak now of those weird moments in a service where…

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The Brotherhood

Photo by Sarah Noltner on Unsplash Jesus instituted a powerful force on the earth before he left. The church is full of brothers and sisters in Christ, people who are on your side. This is where you get the resources to be the best witness for Jesus you can be.…

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Busy, Busy, Busy!

On Thursday, May 30, I published my short story "Tainted Beauty." It was the first time I had ever published anything that I wrote. It was very exciting and I have many people helping me with the launch. I finished the class recently called Write to Publish in a community…

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God’s Track Record
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Photo by Cupcake Media on Unsplash I hear many people referring to faith in some strange ways nowadays. For some odd reason, faith has become an unreliable thing, like the phrase points out, “Take it on faith,” meaning even though you don’t see it and there’s no proof, it’s still…

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