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The church’s opportunity
We’ve had at least four mass murder shootings this year in the U.S. Chicago is blowing away records with their current murder rate. They have also had over 2700 gun related crimes involving injuries or death. But this isn’t about guns. As I was pondering the four mass shootings of Charleston, S.C., Umpqua Community College in Oregon, Colorado Springs, and…
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The new journey we begin
I can beat myself up over past failures to pray and press in. But the Spirit presses me on!
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What measure do I WANT to use when it comes to Kingdom power?
What measure I am using to pursue the Kingdom?
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Are we MOVED?
40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” (Mark 1:40-41) Indignant. Other translations choose “moved with compassion.” Early in Mark’s gospel we see the action of Jesus and…
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What made the religious leaders angry?
I am not very good at goal setting when it comes to Scripture reading schedules. This should be a week when I am on Luke for the second time… or maybe Matthew for the third time… and I’m in Matthew 9 the “second” time around. But, what’s my hurry? As I read through Jesus’ actions and the anger of the…
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Podcast: Building the Great House of God — Hungry for More of Jesus
This was a message preached at Heights Church on August 2. We are walking through a series based on 1 Peter 2:1-10. More information about Heights Church, GO HERE.
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Jesus takes note
God doesn’t forget the ones who gave their all.
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Being people of hope
N.T. Wright leaves us with a powerful reminder of our call as the Church in his book, Surprised by Scripture. The mission of the church is to drag people into buildings or to run raffles or issues statements. At some point having a place to worship, having funding, and stating beliefs do matter, but it’s not core to what the Church is…
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All other ground is sinking sand
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. (Colossians 1:15-16) “We need to let Paul remind us, precisely when a major…
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Principles for “loving the neighbor”
The second part of basic discipleship I will be dealing with at my church today is loving the neighbor. I am preaching a series through Luke 10-11 on four basic principles of discipleship. This week is about the parable of the Good Samaritan. There are three basic principles (and I think they are adapted in some way from something I…
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