One Day…

How do you sum up the future?  Not next week or next year, but the eternal future?  Often in our attempts to concisely summarize what our future in Christ holds, we may truncate God’s message so much that we actually loose what God has said!  Today, we explore what our future in Christ looks like […]

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Being True

When we think of our favorite people in the bible, Samson usually falls on the list somewhere.  He’s the big, strong, almost-superhero like character we grew up loving.  However, as we dig in a little deeper into his story, we discover that he illustrates how “not to live” more so than how we want to […]

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In Light of Eternity

What if the answer is “yes?” When we are asking the question “did God really say” and the answer is yes, does that end our conversation? Well, sometimes it does… but other times, it simply means we need to keep looking at God’s words even more! Context matters and sometimes we take what God HAS […]

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God Wants You to be _________

Want does God want you to be?  We’d like to assume that God just wants us to be happy – that whatever makes us feel good makes God feel good.  Yet as we look at scripture, we discover that God want us to be something but something much more, and better, than merely happy…

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How Much Can You Handle?

Having a bad day?  Don’t worry… God won’t give you more than you can handle. Have many times have we said that to others?  Have many times have we said it to ourselves?  But did God really say He won’t give us more than we can handle?  And if He didn’t, what DID He say?

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At the Root

We often hear it said that “money is the root of all evil” which has lead many Christians to struggle with what do whenever they come into some financial resources.  The problem, however, is that this isn’t exactly what God actually said.  As we look at what God has said, we not only find space […]

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Who Helps First?

One of the most notorious conversations of all time takes place in Genesis 3.  The serpent looks at Eve and asks “did God really say?”  The obvious answer is “no,” which is what Eve says.  But then, as she quotes what God did say, she adds things that God DID NOT say.  And it’s in […]

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