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7 Reasons to Start Christmas TODAY
American Thanksgiving is on the wrong date. The Canadians have it right, and celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of OCTOBER, as the Pilgrims intended. President Lincoln got many things right, but was allowed by God to make this one glaring error to prove to the world that even he wasn’t omniscient. Now you…
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A Dad’s Dilemma
What do you do when your kids are grown and gone, but you still hope to speak into their lives? DadCast. Clay Holderman, a dad from our church came up with this cool idea. He would get a question from one of his adulting kids. Then he would ask the dads in his small group…
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Why Cancer?
In July of 2012 I was speaking at a 5th – 6th grade summer camp. The first night I asked all the kids to write down a question for God and to hand it in. One girl, Kristina Rae Barrett wrote, “Dear God, Why did you give me cancer?” I knew Kristina’s dad since he…
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Wrong Worship
What is wrong with this chart? Last week Ryan Prieb, our Youth Guru drew this illustration for me. We go to a football game, a play, a concert, and there is a director, the participants playing on the field or on stage, and us in the stands. So, we go to worship, and we feel…
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Dangerous Calling: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Only love for Christ can defend our hearts against all other loves that can kidnap our hearts. Only worship of Christ, where He is the audience, can protect us from worship of ourselves. Only the glory of Christ can guard against self-glory. Only Christ can turn us arrogant long-time churchgoers into patient, humble givers of…
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Kids Devotion Idea
I recently received this email from someone and thought it could be helpful. Hello, I thought I would tell you that we got Bizarre Bible Stories, and I started doing our family devotions with it yesterday morning. The first story was about Balaam and the donkey, and after we read the devotion the kids asked…
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Never Use an Ax Unless You Are Relaxed
That great advice comes from Bruce Kugler, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute. Confession of an idiot pastor #135: I should have listened to his advice before speaking last Sunday. So, last week I’m telling l the church we will be going to two services on October 7. Churches max out at about 70% of…
