22And still the Christians in the churches in Judea didn’t know me personally. 23All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the very faith he tried to destroy!” 24And they praised God because of me.  - Galatians 1.22-24 I was once talking to someone who was having [...]

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The older I get the more I realize there are things I just don’t know. At the same time experience has taught (is teaching) me that there are some things that are always true. For instance, its pretty safe for me to say its a sure bet that you will face something today that is [...]

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The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. – Isaiah 8:11 As I have been teaching through this series on the Kingdom of God, there has been one recurring theme: If we are going to live kingdom lives it means our thinking must be different than that of everyone [...]

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Chad gets it: I know that I was created for the abnormal. I know that I was not created for what society tells us to live. I know that I was created for something so much different that will look in this world’s eye, as fanatical. Why is it we are so afraid of being [...]

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If you are at all into techno-gadgets (which I am) you’ve no doubt been watching all the fervor over the new Apple iPhone. I have to admit, when it first came out I considered standing in line overnight to be one of the first to get one. It wasn’t because I needed a phone or [...]

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