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Are You Tempted to Give Up?

BlogMay 25, 2021389Views0Likes2Comments
Christ is Risen! Life can be discouraging at times. A wise man once told me this during a particularly discouraging time in my life: “Son, don’t quit when life is tough. You don’t throw your ticket away just because the train goes through a dark tunnel!” I still remember that today. And yet, there are dark…

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Encountering Christ Creates True Vision

BlogMay 21, 2021512Views0Likes0Comments
Christ is risen! "Vision" has been something of a buzzword in the Leadership Training manual for some time. Of course, these Leadership gurus get this foundational principle from the Holy Scriptures when King Solomon declared "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." (Proverbs 29:18) I like how…

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Can’t Buy Me Love

BlogMay 19, 2021522Views0Likes0Comments
Christ is risen! They say that you can't buy happiness. Well, that's a bit subjective, because some folks are very happy for a short time when they spend money. There is even a genuine psychological disorder that deals with folks who are addicted to spending money. So, I guess it all depends on how you…

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Dazzled By Popularity

BlogMay 18, 2021385Views0Likes1Comment
Christ is risen! Everybody loves a celebrity. All you have to do is stand in line at the grocery store and see the many different magazines dedicated to keeping us informed about the lives of this or that celebrity and you can't escape this weakness in we humans. But so many of our celebrities turn…

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Wasting Energy Hiding!

BlogMay 14, 2021382Views0Likes0Comments
Christ is risen! I come from a generation that was suspicious of tattoos! And the generation before me, forget about it! My grandfather, a lifelong police officer, always said that tattoos were degrading to a man. Wow, some pretty strong words, especially in light of today's generation that consider "body art" a form of expression and…

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Life or Judgement? You Decide

BlogMay 13, 2021479Views0Likes0Comments
Christ is risen! One of the oldest manuscripts we have for the earliest days of the Christian Faith outside the Gospels is the Didache or "The Teaching of the 12 Apostles." This ancient writing dates from the First Century A.D. and begins with an intriguing phrase: "There are two ways, one of life and one of death,…

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