NOTE: I was so busy getting ready for Good Friday, I forgot to post this! I apologize for that. The word focus for today is “fear.” Fear is the most natural instinct in the human experience. It is a gift from God. It helps to keep us safe in times of danger. Even when we […]
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As a Christian, the message of salvation in Jesus Christ is at the heart of the Church’s identity. Without the Gospel, the reason for which the Church exists would fade away. Whenever we fail to hold to the Gospel, we will inevitably find ourselves losing what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. One […]
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Part 7: Spiritual formation is not attractional. The entire model of the contemporary American church is centered upon attraction and motivational appeals. I grew up in this church culture so I know it well. The contemporary churches of today are merely adult versions of the youth groups of yesterday. My “youth group” experience simply followed […]
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The focus for today is “looking.” When we look, we are usually doing it on purpose. This is implied in the word but is often taken for granted. And that is part of the problem. The life of faith is a life of searching. We are introduced to God through the preaching of the Gospel. […]
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When I saw the word for today the phrase that jumped into my mind was: “Great are you, Lord.” I find that we often used words in a way that actually diminishes what the words are designed to express. How many things actually inspire awe in us? And yet we use the word awesome. How […]
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If we are not careful, we can feel like we are enduring a night that will never end. This could not be further from the truth. The beauty of our world is that for every night there is a morning. Some night may feel longer than we would like, but the world keeps right on […]
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