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Praying dangerous prayers
Have you ever really thought about what you are praying when you pray the prayer Jesus taught his disciples?
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Google Replaced Mom and Dad
I was sitting at the table with my mom and dad when the phone rang. A family member was on the line and they were asking mom how to make buttermilk pancakes from scratch. It was then I realized the tragedy of our time: Google has replaced mom and dad. It replaced Grandpa and Grandma.
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The great hope of Christmas
He has come to bring peace on earth. He has come to restore. He has come… because he is God with us.
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Christmas Eve — Tuning our hearts
It’s my last Christmas Eve service at Heights Church serving as pastor. It took me over 19 years of preaching to finally get a message where the points play off of a word! My penultimate message and I FINALLY get something together using one word!
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Advent Reading — Only one kingdom matters
Advent is a reminder of allegiance. Only one kingdom matters. Other kingdoms, even the kingdom we like and think is pretty darn great, will fall.
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Advent Reading — When Jesus is coming back
Advent reading over the years has deepened my thinking about the Second Coming than any Hal Lindsey or Tim LaHaye book… or all of them combined. Those Thief in the Night or Left Behind movies can’t deepen my sense of anticipation for the Second Coming like steady doses of Advent reading year after year.
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Advent Reading — The Open Door He Sets Before Us
See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. — Rev. 3:8, NIV
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Advent Reading — He is our strong deliverer
The Sunday we announced our resignation as pastors of Heights Church, the Lord had me share from Acts 16 when Paul came to Troas. He had been trying to get into new territory to preach the gospel and a couple of times the Spirit kept him from heading in particular directions. Finally, he came to Troas and it was there…
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White Evangelicals in America and the Reckoning We Need
We are still stumbling badly in our witness as American conservative Christians. This past year has left many, including me, wondering about the label “evangelical.”
