If you are a Christian, you need to read this. Martin Luther detailed years ago what to do what a deadly plague rears its head. This words hold true today and provide instruction and guidance for the Church and its followers. TL;DR Love your neighbor.
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As some of you may know, the television network Freeform, offers what they call “Harry Potter Weekend.” They actually do this on a regular basis. You can spend all weekend watching 7 of the 8 Harry Potter movies (for some reason or another they do not seem to own the rights to the Order of the Phoenix and as such never
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That’s right. God does not need you and he doesn’t need me either. This may come as a harsh reality to some of us. As a matter of fact, I have had someone get very upset with me when I made the statement that God does not need us. So hang on for a minute. I promise that there is
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Theology 101 Theology is not necessarily one of my strongest points when it comes to Christianity. While I think that I have a solid enough understanding of theology and a working knowledge of the study, this is more acquired than it is of any formal substance. This is because I essentially skipped over all of the basic introduction to theology
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Jesus and the Sword Take a moment and think about all the stories that you know about Jesus. Do any of them have a sword in them? Probably not. Unless you are thinking of the book of Revelation where Jesus comes back as a conqueror, the closest violent based story most people can come up with is when he makes
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Patreon Hello everyone! I recently discovered something online that I am pretty excited about. It is called Patreon. Essentially this is a website very similar to kickstarter. However, the biggest difference is that instead of raising money for one big project (kickstarter) you donate small amounts of money per each piece of content (Patreon). It is a way for me
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Cathedrals Notre Dame de Paris, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Canterbury may be some of the most famous cathedrals in the world. Whether you are a Christian or an Atheist, seeing cathedrals up close or stepping inside of them leaves us awestruck and bewildered. They are glorious, beautiful, and almost gravity defying in their impossible greatness. This past week I was
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Goals If you have ever had any kind of mentor, or leader in your life one of the things that they probably told you was to make sure that you always have some goals in your life. Some people might call this a five year plan, or a ten year plan. Others may refer to these goals as a bucket
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Anger is an emotion that everyone is going to come across at some point in their life. Some people go to swearing when they experience anger (See previous post). Personally, anger is not a huge issue in my life. According to my wife, I am a very laid back person. I agree with this as there are very few things that
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There is a single part of my ministerial retreat that sticks out in my mind above all else. You could say that it had the greatest impact on me. It came from the very first session from Mike Hilson. It was an acronym that ended up spelling out the word IMPACT. I think it was supposed to be a general
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