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Don’t Be Deceived
Toby looked down at his phone and couldn’t believe what he saw. After months of romantic bliss, this came out of nowhere. Just the night before he heard the words, “I’m so happy that we are together.” So how did that statement of contentment change overnight into a text message that read, “We need to… View Article
Beautiful Attitudes
One of Jesus’ most influential sermons, taught on a mountainside to a pressing crowd, is recorded in Matthew chapter five. Speaking to a people submerged in a culture saturated with deception, immorality, and friction, Jesus’s seemingly antagonistic wisdom set an ageless standard. Knowing the source of the struggle to be the war against principalities, powers,… View Article
When the Yolk Breaks
What do you do when the yolk in an egg breaks? By no means am I an egg expert, but I do know that an over-easy egg involves an unbroken yolk. Keeping the yolk intact is absolutely essential to the success of your sunny-side up (if that’s your preference). But accidents happen and innocent yolks end… View Article
The Harvest
The story of Ruth is one that is told many times. It’s shared from the earliest Sunday School class, to the preaching found in conferences around the world. It’s a story of faith. When we study Ruth, we often stop at her profound statement in verse 1:16. She boldly declared that wherever her mother-in-law went… View Article
The Illusion of Normalcy
Our world and culture seem fixated on setting a standard. Our sciences, our studies, our practices are all based on an idea we’ve labeled as “normal.” You hear it in the phrases, ‘the average household’ and, ‘the average woman’ or ‘the average man’. And it works. We can tell how much of this we’ll need,… View Article