GOD’S HEART FOR WIDOWS

There is a special place in God’s heart for widows.  Widows, orphans, and foreigners represent a vulnerable demographic of both ancient and modern culture.  Without a steady source of income or strong representation in business and legal affairs, they can easily find themselves exploited. It is interesting that over and again God chooses the vulnerability [...]

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BREAK OUT YOUR SHOVEL

In the 25th chapter of the book of Matthew, Jesus tells an intriguing story.  He introduces us to two servants who are each given a certain amount of talents by their master.  They each invest the money wisely and double what was given to them. There is also a third servant in the story, a [...]

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A ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLAR LESSON IN ECONOMICS

Checking the mail a few days ago, I was excited to see my latest ebay purchase had arrived.  I made my way to the kitchen and sliced through the envelope to see a $100,000,000,000,000 bill.  That’s right, 14 zeros, a one hundred trillion dollar bill! Although the bill I held was once actual legal currency, [...]

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INFRASTRUCTURE

If you are like me, you watched with a broken heart as scenes of the earthquake in Haiti flashed across your television screen in January.  The images of brokenness and devastation where overwhelming, and it was easy to feel helpless in the face of such a disaster. The world’s response to the earthquake was amazing [...]

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THE FIELD DAVID BOUGHT

It seems pretty often that I catch a news headline about a chain reaction of generosity breaking out at a Starbucks.  It’s amazing how one act of kindness can lead to a morning filled with bright smiles and warm hearts as customers pay forward the blessing of a free cup of coffee. Every chain reaction [...]

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GOD WANTS ME TO DO WHAT?

I have been the subject of many discipleship experiments.  Many great men have taken me under their wing for spiritual growth and maturity, and I am thankful for each of them.  But, discipleship without relationship quickly succumbs to the slippery slope of checklists.  The message that gets picked up by many young believers is, “If [...]

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THE WORK OF GOD — WORD STUDY

The conversation between Jesus and those who were following Him after the feeding of the 5,000 in John Chapter 6 is a remarkable exploration of the human psyche. From the New American Standard Bible the text reads: John 6:26-30 (NASB) 28     Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the [...]

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EVERYTHING CHANGES

Everything changes when Jesus is at your party!  Go ahead and invite Him over today.  Podcast Follow the link to access this Sunday’s message from John chapter 2.     Links Here is a beautiful account of Jesus at the wedding in Cana.  It is from the video project of the Gospel of John from the Good News Translation [...]

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BUT GOD

There are two words that, when joined together in the pages of the Bible, absolutely change everything — “but God.” These are the words in The Word that cause you to lean forward and look deeper.  The reality of these words is the longing of our lives.  When we find ourselves in impossible situations, we know [...]

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SON OF THE COVENANT

Do you remember the scene from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” where Indie is over the edge of the cliff and the Holy Grail is right at his fingertips?  Indie is at that crisis moment where everything he has ever been looking for is jjuusstt wwiitthhiinn rrreeeaaaccchhh, but his life is hanging by a [...]

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