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Picture of the Week
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It’s not a harvest problem
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.…
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Christ has died, Christ has risen
“The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work. I will tell you what…
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Moving past regret
In my reflections today I settled too much on past regrets. I could begin to pinpoint mistakes and the results of those mistakes. In tandem with that self-evaluation were the goals I am challenged with in 2015. One is memorization so I have begun my slow work in the Beatitudes. As I reflected on the Beatitudes and then reviewed past…
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The importance of the Body of Christ… the Church
When you go to church you are really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us from going. — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity We need to understand the true power of the Kingdom of God working through the Church. It is immense. We’ve dumbed it down and driven so…
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The intolerant look for any excuse
NIAMEY, Niger — The Niger government says at least 45 churches have been set on fire in this predominantly Muslim West African nation in protests over French cartoons lampooning Islam’s prophet. In a statement issued Monday, the government also declared three days of national mourning for the 10 people who died amid the violent protests that first began on Friday.…
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Christianity isn’t about a search for comfort
“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in the dismay I have been describing, and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay. In religion, as in war…
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Remembering Dr. King
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained. Consciously or unconsciously, he has been caught up by the Zeitgeist, and with his black brothers…
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1.18.15 Transformation Part 2 Podcast – updated link
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The intolerance of the intolerant
The rise of persecution continues. Any excuse will do. From the Assemblies of God New Service: We have received reports from AG missionaries in Niger that, in spreading violence related to the attacks in Paris, Muslim extremists attacked and burned four AG churches and one parsonage in the town of Niamey and an AG church and pastor’s home were burned…
