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Book Review: Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in An Age of Hypocrisy
Where Goodness Still Grows by Amy Peterson is an insightful book exploring the nature of goodness and how it can be nurtured and cultivated in everyday life. When I saw this book with endorsements from James K. Smith, Wesley Hill, and Lauren Winner – I knew it would be thought-provoking! The book is structured around…
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What James Harden Taught Me about the Holy Spirit
Second Timothy 1:6-7 (MEV) says, “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and self-control.” In our current sermon series on the Holy Spirit, we have…
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Mark 11:1-11 The Hero Rides the Colt
Mark 11:1-11 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says…
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Mark 9:42-50 Reading the Bible Literally
Mark 9:42-50 42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than…
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Mark 5:21-43: God’s Detour
Mark 5 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the…