Many years ago, serving as youth pastor of a large church with a large Christian school, I became acutely aware of how easily sports can become an idol demanding one’s full devotion. It was frustrating to see students give so much to sports and so little to church. I became resentful and angry at...
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When we speak of faithfulness, we’re talking about loyalty to one’s commitments, being true to your word, and keeping your promises. Life’s greatest commitment is the one a person makes to follow Jesus; therefore, the highest priority must be faithfulness to him. All other commitments stand or fa...
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pla·teau /plaˈtō noun 2. a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress.
I’ve often encouraged people to develop the habit of daily Bible reading, as I have found it a means of grace that I’ve come to cherish and sincerely desire others to experience. I once read tha...
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Over the last few months I have been leading our church through the book of Ephesians and I want to expand a bit on a point I tried to make yesterday in my sermon. It is the notion that the church was intended by God to display his “manifold,” literally his “multi-colored” wisdom to the “rulers...
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