When it comes down to it, not only are we all on the same page, but we all also suffer from the same disease. This is the disease of selfishness. This is ultimately the motivator that gets us to do almost everything. Selfishness causes us to take more than one of the best cookies left because we want them. When
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This week’s sermon was on the book of Job. For the most part we think of Job as the model Christian. He takes a spiritual beating and yet remains faithful to God under deplorable circumstances. No normal person would be able to withstand what Job was going through. Even his wife turned against him and God. The usual route for
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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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This week the primary topic in Pastor’s sermon was Compassion. It shouldn’t take too long to think of someone who needs to be more compassionate. Perhaps you can look at the current presidential candidates, or maybe you’ll look at someone closer to you. There is even a small chance that the person that needs more compassion in their lives is
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Author of Love Melissa and I recently went to a conference geared toward youth ministry. We got to hear form a lot of different speakers and learn a lot of different things. Some of them were authors, some of them lead a company, and others just knew what they were doing and were successful. One author/speaker/evangelist was David Nasser. The
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Now’s the Time for Connection This week’s sermon was on connection. You can listen to it here. Now that I have a more open schedule, I can focus on something that I have thought about doing for a long time. Sunday sermon summaries. Each week I can blog about the week’s sermon. I might provide further details as to what
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I recently made the decision to quit my job. Lots of people make the choice to quit their job for one reason or another, but not me. I have never quit a job before. The only time I have ever left a job was when it ended. All of my previous employment has been seasonal. This was my first year
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