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Nicodemus came to Jesus by night with more questions than he ever expected... but left with the most important answer of all!
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Some thoughts on Humility, Grace and Ash Wednesday...
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When it comes to LOVE, we also have to talk about Jesus’ call to love our enemies!
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As God gives it and intends for it to be give, LOVE is something that’s ever changing, growing and deepening over time!
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Love, as Paul describes it, is "a more excellent way..." but it is also, and always, our choice!
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Love is truly "a more excellent way," and needs to have first priority in our lives!
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As we truly come to know Jesus, we are confronted with the challenge of living what we already understand to be true!
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Ours is the God who in infinite mercy and love takes us by the hand and leads us along good pathways!
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The start of a new year is time for making resolutions, and for people of faith, that includes choosing who you will serve!
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Light came into the world in the person of Jesus, our Emmanuel, but how do you and I carry that light moving forward?
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Mary said "YES" to the Angel Gabriel and everything changed for her and for the whole world forever!
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This is the season of exultation: our exultation unto the Lord, and the Lord's exultation over us!
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God is at work bringing his tender mercies to us and our world!
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During this Advent season and in every season, we are called to live expectantly for the Savior's coming, lest in our distraction we miss the kingdom of God coming near!
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As Thanksgiving Day approaches, we are reminded that as God's people, we are called to cultivate an everyday spirit of true thanksgiving!
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To love God and love your neighbor: according to Jesus, following God is as simple and as all-encompassing as that!
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By his teachings and through his very life, Jesus knew and proclaimed that there is no one irrelevant to God!
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God’s kingdom draws near, and the time is now to “Taste and See That the Lord Is Good!”
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One of the most important keys to a faithful life is the willingness to ask for help… from God!
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Jesus’ message is so crucial that anything that keeps that message from being shared must be avoided!
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An authentic faith is always going to be rooted in a prayerful attitude!
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All about the importance of patience in an authentic life of faith!
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True wisdom, according to the Epistle of James, comes down to gentleness, purity, mercy and good fruits!
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Living in true faith and with love often begins in the simplest yet most challenging of ways: by controlling our tongues!
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When it comes to faith and works together, we would do well to concentrate on loving one another!
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Beginning a series of messages from the Epistle of James, all about the difference between being a "hearer of the Word" and a "Doer of the Word!"
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In a world that seeks to fill us with so much “food” that ultimately perishes, it is a true blessing that Jesus comes to us as "living bread."
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In times when we're feeling *really* tired, and in more ways than one, we have a Savior who promises to give us rest!
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Amazing things happen when we choose to live in the great abundance of God’s love and power!
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Do our lives show the same kind of integrity with God as shown forth by the Apostles?
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All about the conversion of Saul and of the ways that God reaches out to us in ways that are completely surprising and utterly life-changing!
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All about "riding the curl" in the joy and adventure of true discipleship!
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As Christians, our mission is to reach out to others in Jesus’s name!
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The life of the early church was marked by believers who were devoted to prayer, fellowship, and service; the same life to which we are called today!
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Pentecost Sunday is our day to celebrate God’s gift of the Holy Spirit and how it continues to inspire us to live as children of God!
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The disciples' story is ours as well... so how will that story begin?
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God’s way is the way of love, and by sharing that love we can overcome the world!
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Unabashedly Christian, Unabashedly Caring
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24:16As members of the church of Jesus Christ, we are called first and foremost to be unabashedly Christian... and in that, unabashedly caring!
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Of all the voices that compete for our attention, we need to be listening carefully for the one voice that matters, that of the "Good Shepherd," Jesus Christ!
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All about the importance of “wearing”the attributes of our Christian faith.
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How Jesus offered "Doubting" Thomas three gifts with which to deal with his lingering doubts... and how he does the same for us today!
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More than simply a day on the Christian calendar, more than a festival of the Church, Easter is an experience that makes all the difference for the world, and especially for you and me!
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A Bonus Episode for Holy Week all about the difficulty... and the blessing of coming to the cross.
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Jesus' time in Gethsemane is what makes Jesus very real to us and very human... and it's what strengthens us in our own spiritual walk!
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There are some questions that only Jesus can answer... but "would we see Jesus?"
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When it comes to life, and especially faith, a strong foundation is of utter importance!
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The living out of our Christian faith so often ends up as a matter of priorities!
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All about starting over by taking up our crosses and following Jesus!
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The first step in any spiritual "renovation" is learning to truly "abide" in Christ in the way he abides in us!
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All about Jesus' presence at both "mountain-top Experiences" and walks "down in the valley!"
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