Random reflections from a modern day pastor.
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Life’s Challenges
Whenever I think about how difficult life is, I’m always reminded and encouraged by these two verses, especially this week. Imagine this: Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and God’s only Son, who is about to be arrested and crucified for me … prays for me. What if we treated one another like this and…
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Doesn’t everyone deserve grace?
As most know, I am a staff writer for the website GotQuestions.org, and I received a question that I wanted to share as well as the answer that I provided. The question had to do with baptizing someone who appears to be still living in sin. Can they be baptized? Is there room at the…
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Is your Spiritual Life suffering?
Is your spiritual life suffering? Consider these three questions: How often do you spend time in prayer? How often are you reading and studying your Bible? How often are you in fellowship with other believers (like in church)? What’s critical here is that all three of these are items you can control … therefore, if…
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Disagree with him? Let’s run him off! (Not)
As most know, I am a staff writer for the website GotQuestions.org, and I received a question that I wanted to share as well as the answer that I provided. The question had to do with (obvious) disagreement in the church between how a pastor acts and how others think he should behave. I think this…
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Are you living for, or with , Jesus?
Quick thought: If Jesus is eternal, and we claim to follow Him, how can we choose to obey His commands only when they’re suitable to our life-style? I think it’s time for an honest gut-check to make sure we are really living for Him … and not making him out to be a “part-time god”.…
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