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New Year, New Opportunities, New Ways to Surrender
The year of transition begins. The year of a completely blank canvas is now on me. I am not panicked. I am not panicked. I am not panicked. (My therapist said if I repeat that phrase three times everything will be okay.)
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The impossible task of defining “love”
We are called to love our neighbors as ourselves. Our biggest question then becomes, “Well, what do you mean by ‘love’?”
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We like having enemies
“As the years passed, I found I rather liked having an enemy. It sharpened my sense of identity.” — Eugene Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire
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A new and fresh word from the Lord
This week at Heights Church we are looking int 1-3 John. We used to call them “postcards” of the New Testament, but these days people look at me and ask, “What’s a postcard?” Maybe we could call it “New Testament Tweets.”
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Early thoughts on 1 Corinthians
We are on 1-2 Corinthians this week at Heights Church. Some early thoughts in 1 Corinthians:
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“Eat This Book” — Gospel of Mark
On Sundays we are going through the New Testament at Heights Church. We are taking in big quantities of Scripture each week to reset the story of God in our hearts and minds.
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And be thankful
The past few days have been a whirlwind in my life. Events have stacked up in a way where I needed to shuffle some things, miss some things, add new things in… anyone reading this knows those times happen. This was one of those weeks for me.
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The slow walk to maturity — ABSORB the Word
Don’t just “read” the Word. Don’t just “study” the Word. As believers, we are invited into a level of engagement with the Scriptures that doesn’t have any other parallel. Why settle for so much less?
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What does the Lord require?
What the Lord “requires” of us is simple. We have complicated it.
Tag: Bible Study
