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Soul Care for Pastors

Brian Brookins
18 Apr 2018
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Pastors need care.  It is a simple statement, but many pastors live in practical denial of this truth. Pastors spend their lives pouring out care to others in many forms, and if they are not careful, they will give out care until they themselves give out.  Burnout, according to one recent... -Read More

Wycliffe – A Call to Community

Bob Woods
12 Apr 2018
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God has designed us to thrive and do life better when we live and relate with one another in community. This does not always mean that he wants us to sell all that we have and live in communes, as some did in the early days of the Jesus Movement in... -Read More

The Paradox Of Aloneness

John Hawkins, Sr
10 Apr 2018
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God said after the creation of Adam, “It is not good for man to be alone.” By divine design, we are created for relationships, with God and with others. One reason God’s law, the ten commandments, was given to us was to show us how to build a healthy relationship with... -Read More

Scotland and Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Dr. Gary Hewins
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I recently invested a morning with middle school students in Dundee, Scotland. Having been welcomed into their new school, we discussed life, aspiration and faith. I told them that they could ask me any question and I would tell them the absolute truth. They wanted to know why we, in America,... -Read More

Nick Vujicic Brings Hope and Healing

Lydia Hicks
3 Apr 2018
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“As a kid, I never thought that anything good could ever come from my broken pieces….you know, I went to school and kids would look at me and be like ‘what happened,’ and I go ‘cigarettes’ (audience laughs),” Nick Vujicic, evangelist, author, speaker, and president of Life Without Limbs, said with comic... -Read More

Allowing Lent to Capture You

Anitra Parmele
6 Mar 2018
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“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” ― Frederick Buechner Even as our social media feeds fill with exclamations of wonder that it is already March, Lent reminds us of a slower cadence. As the cycle of holidays slaps... -Read More

Jesus: The Lamb of God Connects at Passover

Rich Freeman
1 Mar 2018
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The phrase, “Lamb of God,” has become a part of our Christian lingo. John the Baptist, as he sees Jesus walking toward him says, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). In the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, a passage sometimes called the Gospel... -Read More

The Prayer of Prayers

Jeremy McKeen
8 Feb 2018
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Prayer is difficult. Prayer doesn’t come easy. Thankfully, Jesus knows this, and like any good friend or mentor, Jesus steps in to help. When his disciples were finding prayer hard, Jesus taught them a way to pray that has become known as “The Lord’s Prayer,” not because Jesus prayed it himself,... -Read More