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CHUMs
Have you heard it before? That concern or complaint about your church or youth group? What should we do? Smugly ignore them as immature and insignificant? Nervously cater to them and start changing things right away? No, no. There is a better way. Now, has everyone in your youth group had the same experience? Probably… Read more
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BeReal.
This morning, I spoke in Fellowship of Christian Athletes at my daughter’s junior high school about real relationships. By “real” I mean genuine, authentic, your actual friends. The opposite of real relationships are fake ones; ones that are pretend, like imitation cereal or off-brand coffee. Or more like gold. There is real gold and there… Read more
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“It Shall Be Well With You,” “No Disaster Shall Come Upon You” … FALSE!
Aren’t you thankful for the people in your life who tell you the truth, no matter how hard it is to hear? Those are your true friends! The problem today is that we have come to believe that if someone does not support us in whatever we want to do or say or be, then… Read more
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A Grateful Prayer for the Good Gift(s)
Thank you, Lord for the good gift of my salvation! How great a salvation! There is no better gift! There is none more valuable, none more free, yet none more costly. I am amazed I am yours! Saved before time, in my youth, and from coming judgment. What a wonder! Wow! It is amazing that… Read more
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How to Take Not Taking God’s Name in Vain
One of the Ten Commandments is being mishandled and misapplied by parents and kids probably more than any other. While there is certainly much discussion about the fourth commandment on keeping the Sabbath, the one before it needs to be re-examined. The third commandment says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your… Read more
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“The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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