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My Second Favorite Day Ever!

My favorite days as a minister—bar none—have to be days of great harvest! I’m talking about all the days over the years when hundreds of people bent the knee to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior! I’m talking about those formerly estranged from their Creator being adopted into the family of God because they received […]

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Sunday Evening Mind Dump!

Probably the hardest part of preaching is the ‘self-inflicted’ pressure we sometimes put on ourselves to move biblical precepts from people’s heads to their hearts where real life change can begin to happen. I know, I’ve slipped into this many times over the years with thoughts like…   “If I just preach harder and with […]

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Baptism…For Fans or Followers?

One of the ministries I follow is called, “Voice of the Martyrs.” It’s an outreach and awareness ministry to help individuals and their families who are being persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and even killed for being followers of Jesus. The key word here is “followers.” Did you know that it’s perfectly fine to be a “fan” […]

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NEXT

I’m still celebrating our new brothers and sisters in Christ who bent the knee to the Savior this past Easter at GCC! That, my friends, never gets old! And I wish I could say that heaven starts now for the new believer, but I would be doing a disservice at best. Though you have been […]

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Note to Self…

I was listening to one of my favorite preachers the other day when he uncharacteristically went off on a rant about another pastor. This “other” pastor’s identity wasn’t very cryptically kept. In fact, you’d have to have been living the last decade under the proverbial rock to not have figured it out in less time […]

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I’m done With Church!

“I’m done with church, and I’m never going back!” No, this isn’t a conclusion that I have come to—however, it is a conclusion that tens of thousand are coming to every weekend all across America. And more and more are asking themselves the once unimaginable… Do we really need the Church (Big C) anymore? I […]

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God’s Amazing New Year’s Grace

Yesterday (New Years Day) my son and I decided to have a “guy’s night” and go see “Unbroken.” I had given him the book a couple years ago and it had a profound impact on him. Naturally, we couldn’t wait to see the movie. The movie was awesome—I highly recommend it! There are powerful lessons […]

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Christmas Mind Dump

I shared this a good while back, but the urgency returns every year at this time… I hope the following sheds some light on a 2,000 year old mystery… How far and to what lengths would you go for… –    A one in five chance to win the lottery? –    A shot at saving the […]

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Day 37 of a Wonderful and Intimate Journey with Jesus

Today is the thirty seventh day of what I really thought would be no more than a twenty-one day Daniel fast (Honestly, it started off as a one day water only fast). After all, that’s the name of the thing, “The 21 Day Daniel Fast.” However, as each day passed and I experienced deeper and […]

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Six Miles from Eternity!

I hope the following sheds some light on a 2,000 year old mystery… How far and to what lengths would you go for… –    A one in five chance to win the lottery? –    A shot at saving the life of a loved one? –    The opportunity to bring peace to a strained relationship? –    […]

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