Best Polaris Christian Church Podcasts (2024)

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Grudges 29:02

1d ago29:02

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Closing Song- O Come To The AltarBy David Ivy

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Jesus: The King - Part 1 of 2

5h ago

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Whaddya know? There's a forest here! Our study of the Bible can become very atomized - fragmented. We can easily focus on one verse, or even a single phrase, and miss the forest for the trees. From time to time it's good to be reminded that there are colossal issues and cosmic timelines under consideration in the Scriptures. Jim will do that for us…

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Under The Shadow Of His Coming - Part 2 of 2

15h ago

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It all started with a random comment about architecture. When you're studying under a really wise teacher any small event, even a word, could open up a fountain of instruction. The Disciples had made some comments in passing about the beauty of the Temple buildings, and that was all it took to get Jesus going that day. He wanted to tell them about …

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Under The Shadow Of His Coming - Part 1 of 2

4d ago

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What kind of king is this? It's obvious to us, 2,000 years removed, that Jesus was not a political prince. But the Pharisees didn't read the Scriptures that way, and His followers didn't read the Scriptures that way. In the messianic prophecies they saw an earthly ruler. Today we see Christ as transcending things like national borders and armies. A…

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Gossip 18:08

2d ago18:08

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Closing Song: Speak Life by Toby MacBy Alex Poindexter

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Under The Shadow Of His Correction - Part 2 of 2

5d ago

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Well, that's one way to solve the Samaritan problem! "Nuke 'em!" say James and John. "Lord, can we please just send these sinners straight to hell for You?" At the beginning of this chapter, Luke 9, Jesus had sent out the disciples to convey the good news, and to heal people. It's a stark contrast. What had gotten into James and John? Whatever it i…

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Under The Shadow Of His Correction - Part 1 of 2

6d ago

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We've followed James to the mountain, and to the sea. Now we'll follow him to the woodshed! The Disciples needed an attitude adjustment - really 3 of them. And Jesus was ready in each case to "apply the board of education to the seat of learning," as we used to say. How had the Twelve gotten so twisted around? They had a lot to learn about the natu…

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Under The Shadow Of His Celebration - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3

9d ago

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Jesus has a way of ministering to each of us, personally. We hope you had a great Easter celebration. We're going to bask in the afterglow of the Resurrection for a little while longer, as Jim has some more thoughts about the Lord inviting Himself to that "fishing trip" in John 21. This is a more informal talk, musing about the various men on that …

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Easter 2024 22:42

9d ago22:42

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Closing Song- Forever by Kari JobeBy Alex Poindexter

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Under The Shadow Of His Celebration - Part 2 of 2

12d ago

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Jesus knows where the fish are... and He knew where Peter's heart was. The One who used to ask His disciples for information -"Who touched Me?" "Who do men say that I am?" - now knows everything. That's one of the four things that the resurrected Christ revealed to the men on that John 21 fishing trip. We'll talk about all four today, including the…

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Under The Shadow Of His Celebration - Part 1 of 2

13d ago

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Hey, didn't we have 7 names on the signup sheet for the men's fishing trip? I'm counting 8! As we move into an early Easter or Resurrection Sunday holiday, we'll look at an account that's well suited for the occasion. We're still tracking James, who's gone along on a fishing retreat with some of the guys. If you've read John's Gospel, you know the …

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Under The Shadow Of The Cloud - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3

14d ago

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What's the agenda for this meeting? The purpose of the transfiguration of Christ on the mountain was clear: to reveal to Peter, James and John the true nature of their Lord. It was a way to open their eyes to reality. But Jesus would gain something from this event, as well. That seems to be why Moses and Elijah were invited to the meeting. And thei…

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Under The Shadow Of The Cloud - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3

15d ago

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And then Jesus said something truly revolting. Cannibalism. Isn't that what the Lord was talking about? Only recently He was providing tasty fish sandwiches - and now He's telling us to eat His flesh and drink His blood? What in the world?! It would take an Israelite with a very strong stomach to even stick around to hear the explanation of that. A…

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Under The Shadow Of The Cloud - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3

16d ago

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Before the Mountain, was the Meal. Last week we looked at the Mount of Transfiguration experience for Peter, John, and especially James. But it will help us appreciate that event if we'll flip back a few pages, and see what was happening just before. Yes, we'll hear from our old and true friend, Context. And the context was a confrontation between …

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A King's Agenda 32:30

16d ago32:30

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Closing song- Jesus Does by We The KingdomBy Alex Poindexter

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Under The Shadow Of The Cloud - Part 2 of 2

19d ago

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The Mount of Transfiguration changed everything for James - and for Jesus! As we try to gather any details we can about the life of James bar Zebedee, we climb with him up a mountain where the Lord will give him and two other disciples an unimaginable privilege - that of seeing His glory. And in many ways this was the beginning of the end. From tha…

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Under The Shadow Of The Cloud - Part 1 of 2

20d ago

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If you want to hear a word from Jesus, you might have to stop talking! We've begun to tag along with the Apostle James, John's brother. In the previous sermon we witnessed the call that James got from the Lord. That call certainly changed his life, but maybe not as much as the scene we'll study next: the Mount of Transfiguration. As usual, Peter st…

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Under The Shadow Of His Call - Part 2 of 2

21d ago

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Did Jesus have some kind of hypnotic power that drew people to follow Him? When we see the Lord walking by the sea and calling out to Peter and Andrew, and then to James and John, "Follow Me," and they just drop everything to follow Him, what's going on there? Did those men have a spontaneous realization about Him? Did He possess some personal magn…

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Under The Shadow Of His Call - Part 1 of 2

23d ago

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What was so great about James the Greater? James, the son of Zebedee, was not only part of the "inner circle" of disciples, he was the first Apostle to be martyred. That's a high honor. But today Pastor Jim will show us that we may have a lot in common with this man. He's not the author of the Epistle of James; that's the Lord's half-brother. So wh…

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Sacrifices That Please God - Part 2 of 2

24d ago

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Does my gift make God yawn - or worse? When we give our Father a present, we want Him to like it! And we want to avoid the example of Cain, with his offensive offering. The writer of Hebrews has said that God is not impressed with our good-doing and our law-keeping. Well, then, what does He take delight in, now that the key sacrifice has been made …

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The Gift of the Holy Spirit 24:15

26d ago24:15

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By Adam McMahan

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Sacrifices That Please God - Part 1 of 2

27d ago

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Under Grace, what is the function of the Law? In a way, this question was bound to come up. It always arises when we try to think-through the full implications of the gospel. If, as we gladly proclaim, salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus; and if we insist that "by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified," can't we be accused of…

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Hang On To Grace - Part 3 of 3

29d ago

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Was Jesus the "Passover Lamb," or a different beast altogether? The writer of Hebrews takes us beyond the easy comparison of Christ with the sacrifice made at Passover, and on to another sacrifice, another animal, another day. And this symbolism doesn't make some obscure theological point; the point is practical, and applies to us: We are to follow…

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Hang On To Grace - Part 2 of 3

29d ago

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Martin Luther wrote, "What comes by the works of the law is disgrace rather than grace." As pleased as we may be with our own accomplishments, to God they must seem like the scribbles of a child. Our puny efforts and flimsy trophies certainly won't give us anything to hold on to when things get rough. We'll see that clearly today, as we continue in…

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Hang On To Grace - Part 1 of 3

1M ago

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When things start shaking, hang on to something! When everything that we thought was solid starts to collapse around us, where can we go? What can we find in our created, shakable world, that intrudes from the unshakable Kingdom? Well, there's the Word of God - the revelation of and by Jesus. His words are our rock, our solid foundation. And there …

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The Law Of The New Covenant - Part 1 of 1

1M ago

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How many laws do we need? No one knows how many laws we have in the United States. If we were to count Federal, State and local statutes, plus regulations, you and I would find ourselves buried under tens of thousands of laws. It makes the burden of the 600-plus Old Covenant laws seem light! But what kind of people would we have to be, to be govern…

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Steward of Your Calendar 31:48

1M ago31:48

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Closing song: I Surrender by HillsongBy David Ivy

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Our God Is A Consuming Fire - Part 3 of 3

1M ago

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If God is going to remove everything can be shaken... and that means "created things"... and we are created things... where does that leave us? Christians were born into the original created order, but we've been born again into the New Creation. We're now members of the unshakable Kingdom! That is very good news, which Jim will unpack today. From …

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Our God Is A Consuming Fire - Part 2 of 3

1M ago

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Is fire friend, or foe? Fire gives us barbecue, and heated homes, and the internal combustion engine. It also destroys homes. And lives. In the Bible, fire refines and purifies the sons of Levi, and it kills the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah. Fire is a symbol of God's presence (the burning bush); of His guidance (the pillar of fire by night); and…

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Our God Is A Consuming Fire - Part 1 of 3

1M ago

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Do Christians have a sinister motive for supporting Israel? There are dark rumors, spread by ill-informed people, that believers in Jesus really don't have the Jews' best interests at heart - to put it mildly! Jim wanted to take a few minutes at the start of this sermon to put those rumors to rest, if possible. For the broadcast, this will make a s…

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Inheriting What Cannot Be Lost - Part 3 of 3

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The final warning of the Book of Hebrews. The New Covenant is immeasurably better than the Old Covenant. Our new High Priest and His sacrifice are improvements in every way. There's no good reason to back to the dead end, and the dead works, of the Law - so we've learned in the book of Hebrews. But! That makes our commitment to this New Way an even…

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Inheriting What Cannot Be Lost - Part 2 of 3

1M ago

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Heaven is real, and we should act like it! Of course the idea of people floating around on clouds playing harps is ridiculous. But so is the popular notion that Heaven contains whatever makes you happy, as well as the view that it might be different for different people; "Heaven is a state of mind," to the fiction writers. No, Heaven is an actual a…

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blackfridaydeathcount.com

1M ago

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Closing song: Enough by KXC, Elias DummerBy Alex Poindexter

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Inheriting What Cannot Be Lost - Part 1 of 3

1M ago

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Mount Sinai was touchable - but you were forbidden to touch it! Beginning at Hebrews 12:18 the writer contrasts 2 mountains - Sinai and Zion - obviously representing the 2 Covenants. And what a contrast it is! He seems to be piling on one last great metaphor to show the futility of the Old, and the fulfillment in the New. But there's more in this p…

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Graced To Be Gracious - Part 3 of 3

1M ago

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Does the message of grace make people careless? Sometimes it does. By chapter 12 the author of Hebrews has made his main point: It's absurd to go back to the Law and works-righteousness - a system that did not work. The Jewish Christians needed to go forward in faith. But, as we know, that can sometimes feel like there are no guardrails. The writer…

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Graced To Be Gracious - Part 2 of 3

1M ago

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Esau wanted a mulligan! We've all been there - realized that we not only made the wrong decision, but we made it for stupid and self-indulgent reasons. And now we're stuck with the consequences. Well, Jacob's brother Esau was the poster-boy for selling your destiny to serve your appetite, and living to regret it. Are there Esaus in the church? Is t…

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Graced To Be Gracious - Part 1 of 3

2M ago

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Some responsibilities are more important than others. A lot of people think of the Bible as one big rule book. They believe that, if they were to open it, they would find "Thou Shalt Nots" up and down every page. Well, there's a lot more to Scripture than that, as we've seen even in our study of the book of Hebrews. But there are some imperatives, …

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Trusting Through The Tough Times - Part 2 of 2

2M ago

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If my Father loves me, why is He allowing all of this to happen? Christians understand that we're not just bumping around in a cosmic pinball machine. God is working out a plan that includes us. It's especially important to remember that when we're victims of persecution, as the early Jewish Christians were. The letter addressed to them spelled out…

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Stewardship of Talent

2M ago

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Closing Song- Graves Into GardensBy Adam McMahan

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Trusting Through The Tough Times - Part 1 of 2

2M ago

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If you're catching flak, you must be over the target! Darkness cannot abide light; the world hates those chosen out of the world... we have several warnings like that in the New Testament, that goodness will not be tolerated. So we'll be tempted to quit. We'll be coerced to compromise. And that's why the letter to the Hebrews exists. The author giv…

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Running With The Bulls - Part 2 of 2

2M ago

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Jesus could have come down from the Cross. "It wasn't the nails that held Him to the Cross." There's a gospel song about that; Billy Graham and others have made similar remarks. What kept Christ impaled on that wood hour after hour was His love for us. And His love for the Father. And His focus on the prize. If we want to fight the good fight, fini…

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Running With The Bulls - Part 1 of 2

2M ago

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"Is not the life of man upon earth a temptation, and that without intermission?" Those opening words from Augustine have us nodding our heads. We feel the pressure all around us, every day, to take a shortcut; to tell a bit less than the whole truth; to feed the flesh, and starve our spirit. Temptation without intermission. It's difficult to run a …

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For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 2 of 2

2M ago

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God's promise will be delivered! We've learned that the book of Hebrews looks toward the future - as should we. Our sufferings here and now are not the permanent state of things. Yesterday we thought about the "joy" beyond the Cross that sustained Jesus: He will rule all. His enemies will be made His footstool. But there is more, and today Jim will…

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For The Joy Set Before Him - Part 1 of 2

2M ago

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What was "the joy set before" Jesus? In Hebrews 12 we get this instruction: "...looking only at Jesus, the Originator and Completer of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross...." What joy is that? We could try to imagine what it would take to incentivize us to go through utter humiliation, rejection, pain, abandonment and death. Or…

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Both/And

2M ago

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Song setlist:Raise A Hallelujah - Bethel MusicGrace Greater - Travis CottrellHoly Water - We The KingdomLeft It In The Water - We The KingdomNo Body - Chris RenzemaBy Alex Poindexter

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Faith Is Not Just For The Heavyweights - Part 3 of 3

2M ago

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Miracles, victories, resurrection...torture? In Hebrews 11 we find one of the most abrupt pivots in all of literature. We're reading about the superstars of faith and their wonderful exploits, and suddenly - things take a very dark turn. How can the same faith, and the same God, give these very different results? Jim will pick it up with the story …

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Faith Is Not Just For The Heavyweights - Part 2 of 3

2M ago

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Before King David and Christ Jesus, there had to be a call girl, Rahab! There's an old English saying, "He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning." Well, Jesus was conceived miraculously - and He still had shady ancestors! Don't look now, but there's a Gentile prostitute in the family line of Messiah, a…

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Faith Is Not Just For The Heavyweights - Part 1 of 3

2M ago

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Who do you think you are? When we gaze at the heroes of faith, as we've been doing, we may hear a voice that sounds like us, saying: "Well, yes, but I'm no Moses. I'm no Abraham. I'm certainly not Christ! How can I have faith like them?" But if we continue reading Hebrews 11 we'll find a Canaanite prostitute. Suddenly the example is a little more d…

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Faith Is A Choice - Part 3 of 3

2M ago

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Do we have a happy-verse-on-the-wall kind of faith, or a blood-on-the-doorframe kind? Not all of God's communications to us will be "positive," as some people classify things. But what if Moses hadn't taken seriously God's threat of the tenth plague in Egypt - the death of every firstborn not protected by the blood of a lamb? That took faith, too. …

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Faith Is A Choice - Part 2 of 3

2M ago

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People will tell you to "follow your heart." But that's what we always do. When you get right down to it, we're always living out what we believe (not what we say we believe, but what we truly believe); and we're always pursuing what we love. The question is, do we see the big reward way off in the distance, or have we decided that today's little p…

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