Everyone knows that the human body needs somewhere between 6 and 8 hours of sleep. For some people they want a lot more. For other people (like myself) coffee and caffeine become a sleep replacement drug. (Our friend Eutychus today could have used some nectar of the gods himself) Some of us are night owls. Others are morning people (ew).
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It’s no secret that New York State (and others at this point) has passed a bill allowing late term abortions. Many Christians find this to be an appalling move. Others are okay with the medical necessities that might be involved. But what would Jesus say about the new law? Let’s take a look at what I think.
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Put to Death? That sounds a little harsh doesn’t it? Death is permanent. There is no recovering it. It’s gone forever. Did you know that the concept of “putting something to death” is biblical? Well, it is! Check this out: “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is
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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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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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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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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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ISIS No other word is recent history brings such graphic images of hate and anger to our minds than ISIS. These people stand on their own. While they may have followers all over the world, no one who is not a part of the group views them with any kind of admiration or respect. However, if we take a step
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The Story of Ehud Today’s crazy Bible story comes from the book of Judges. In the third chapter we meet a man by the name of Ehud. Good news for you left handed people; you are specifically mentioned in this story as Ehud was able to do what he needed to because he was a left handed person. I wonder,
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