I have never thought it was particular effective to bring someone to church and let pastor bring them to Jesus. There are too many steps in this process. Most people come to a true and genuine decision to dedicate their lives from the invitation of someone they know, someone in their immediate surrounding community. Sure,…
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There I sat, in the waiting room of the maternity ward. My friend had gone in to labor in the middle of the afternoon and the network of cell phones buzzed furiously; “It’s time.” As I looked around, I saw moms, dads, siblings, uncles, cousins, friends, and just about anyone else who knew her. The…
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I can still remember it clearly to this day; the first day I ever truly praised God from my heart. While I had grown up in the church, there was a battle to make my faith my own. It was at a conference I attended with my youth group at the time called DCLA. During…
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As I finish typing this post, some of the finest young men I know are lining up for a cross country track meet. They have put in hours of practice, arranged their schedule to perform the best they can, and they are ready. Hearing their mile times, encouraged me to start running again to get in…
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With Elizabeth pregnant with a miracle onvichild as a blessing and gift from God, Mary went to see her relative and check on her pregnancy. After all, both of them had miraculous conceptions. If anyone would be able to understand Mary’s situation, it would be Elizabeth. So Mary traveled while pregnant (admittedly not the last time she…
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By this time, Elizabeth is six months into her pregnancy. The woman who was unable to have children had conceived a child and the story of Zechariah’s muteness no doubt accompanying the story. For all that seemed to be a miracle, this was only the beginning. John would serve as a herald for the coming Savior.…
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As the Gospel of Luke opens, we jump right in to the action, anticipating the Savior and Great High Priest who would sacrifice His life for us. The people had gone through a period of silence from God and almost a steady constant silence. Life became slow. The people went through the motions of their…
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After the month of July, my heart is, frankly, heavy. In the past few months we have seen multiple terrorist attacks as ISIS continues to target the innocent. Immediately, we have seen the politicization of these attacks to match whatever beliefs that the particular party feels without actually addressing the hurt of the people. We have…
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As we have looked at our words we have seen the power that they hold. The old adage of “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” frankly just isn’t true. Words have the power of life or destruction based on what we represent with them. When we misuse our…
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Anyone who says that they never lie is probably lying. This skill often presents itself first in childhood and, oddly, without much training beforehand in doing it. The only positive about this is that little kids are notoriously bad at it and are quickly found out in their lies. Yet, for a thing we associate…
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