We all have regrets… if we could do some things over again… we would. I know that personally I have said things and did things that I shouldn’t have when I was younger… and truthfully I still do. The unfortunate reality is that these mistakes often end up coming back to haunt us. Maybe you made…
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Here in America we often hear people say, “I don’t have to go to church to be a Christian!” Or, “All I need is the Bible!” In a perfect world, I might agree with you… but we don’t live in a perfect world, do we? During biblical times and in many cultures today, the idea…
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On Tuesday evening I went to bed with a stomach ache hoping I would feel better in the morning. Instead, I woke up at about 1:00am and the pain was much worse. It had also spread from above my belly button to the lower right side of my abdomen. I’m no doctor, but I know…
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Growing up as a kid, we used to sing a song that goes like this… “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” For some people, it isn’t hard to believe something if the Bible tells them so. For others, there is a desire to have evidence that backs up what…
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The other day a friend of mine asked me why Christians call Good Friday good. There is a lot of logic to his question because by normal standards, it was a horrible day! Jesus was an innocent man who was handed over to die the death of a criminal in the most excruciating of ways. …
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Most of the time when we think of greatness, we tend to think of people who are extremely successful. We think of the people of power and wealth in the world like celebrities or political leaders. Or maybe if you are a sports fan, you think of the strongest and fastest athletes with the most…
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Jesus said, “But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one” (Matthew 5:37). I have found that most people have the tendency to throw the word “yes” around as if it has no meaning, and the word “no” is not even in some people’s…
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On Wednesday Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen. If you haven’t heard much about it, this article gives a moment by moment account. This was the third deadliest school shooting in US history after Sandy Hook in 2012 where there…
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Recently the big story in the news is the government shutdown. I don’t know all of the details, but at the center of it is the fact that congress cannot agree on a variety of things. Neither one is willing to budge on their positions, and they are not treating one another with respect. As…
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As we look around at the evil things that happen in our society, we often wonder… “Why is this happening?” We see all sorts of messed up things like child slavery, sex trafficking, wars, terrorism, and even naturally caused evils like earthquakes and hurricanes. The question of why these things happen is one that tends…
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