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"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior...for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name." -Luke 1:46-47,49 This has been my song the past week. These words more than anything else put into words the exuberance and excitement in what the Lord …
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I've seen a few videos of people burning their gear this morning after the announcement from Nike that they are going to make a controversial athlete the face of their new ad campaign and make billions of dollars and garner thousands of free ads from...well, people posting videos of them burning their Nike gear. But …
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Consider God. Consider that God is the Lord of the universe. Consider that as Lord He owes no one anything--certainly not us. Consider moreover that we were enemies of God. Consider that hostility toward God festered in our minds daily. Consider that every day we actually invented new ways to disobey Him, in effect giving …
It's ironic that I'm having writer's block as I try to start this post. I've always found the introduction (or "the lede" as they call it in the industry) to be the hardest part of the writing process. How do you hook your readers? How do you build suspense? How do you pique interest? I …
"Good books are a very great mercy to the world." -Richard Baxter I've heard it said that a well-crafted book review is a success if it makes you want to go read the book. If this isn't too meta for you, it's the object of this review to make you want to go read Karen …
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I've made available several discipleship classes we have taught at our church on our Resources tab at the church website. All of these resources are in PDF format, ready to print as handouts for your Sunday School class, bible study, or personal use! Two of these are classes are adaptations of fantastic books and are …
