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God Showed Up? Really?
I think we all have said this or heard someone said this of our worship time in church. “Wow, God showed up!!! Felt the presence of God!!!” or ” I felt like the presence of God was not there. He did not show up today.” I think something is wrong with this kind of thinking.…
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The Bible is Not About You
The reason so many people interpret the Scripture in the wrong way is because we think the Bible was written for us. Let me make it clear to everyone – the Bible was not written for me. It helps us. It guides us. It transforms us but the writers didn’t have us in mind when…
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The Dark Night and the Dark Knight
Watching the Dark Knight last night brought about a few realizations about the reality of life and man’s capacity to do evil and be evil. Batman’s archenemy Bane thought what he was doing was good. Even Bruce Wayne’s business partner Miranda thought what she was doing was good. Commissioner Gordon lived and kept a lie…
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God can Use Ordinary People
My preaching on Ordinary series:
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Members or Missionaries?
If your church is full of members, you get an occasional missionary. If your church is full of missionaries, the rest is just about geography. Most churches don’t send missionaries because they don’t have any. – Erwin McManus Pastors and church leaders make a deliberate effort to turn members into missionaries. Every member is a minister and…