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Where Do You Live?
There are two worlds in which we can live, each world with their drastically different implications. People in the first world walk around with the understanding that life ultimately has no meaning. They are the result of a great cosmic… Continue reading
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How Well Do You See?
“How well do you really see?” This is the question that arose from reading the story of Jesus healing the man born blind in John 9. As the story goes, a man that was born blind is healed by Jesus… Continue reading
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Why Do People Reject Truth?
It is astounding to see people who rely on truth to advocate for social justice, human rights, reformations, and other areas reject truth when it confronts the motives of their own heart. Let me illustrate with a scene from the… Continue reading
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Outrage Over Injustice is Evidence of God’s Existence
On February 23, 2020, a twenty-five-year-old black man, Ahmaud Arbery, began jogging through his normal route in a Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood as he had done many times before. Many of the people in the neighborhood knew Ahmaud by name because… Continue reading
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Breaking Bad (Habits of Sin)
I am making my way through Romans and found chapter 6 to be especially interesting. Paul writes about sin and righteousness, exposing some of the lies the church has been believing both then and now. He makes a plea for… Continue reading
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Expectations of Christmas
The Christmas season is in full swing: malls flooded with moms and dads looking for the perfect gifts to impress their children; Starbucks reintroducing your favorite lattes; churches working overboard preparing for the biggest weekend of the year; families stressing… Continue reading
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His Kingdom Come
One of the most popular sections of the Bible is the Lord’s Prayer. Most people, even if they do not attend church on a consistent basis (and especially in the South), can recite the King James Version of this prayer… Continue reading
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Jude’s Doxology
I have been reading the book of Jude for a few days and was struck by the final verse in the one-chapter letter. This verse is part of Jude’s beautiful doxology that starts out like this: “Now to Him who… Continue reading
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Strange Fire
As I’ve made my way through my Bible reading plan for the year, I have stumbled upon the “boring” and “dreadful” book of Leviticus. This is commonly skipped over by most Bible readers because, for the most part, there are… Continue reading
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Calling//Stories
What is your story? As I was reading the story of the calling of Moses, I realized something new and peculiar. Maybe this has stood out to you before, but for me, this was the first time. Moses was a… Continue reading
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