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“You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’ So then, each of us will [...]

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“Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Matthew 16:17-18)
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Vol. 2 Issue 22

June 3, 2008

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Is “Church” a Dirty Word? Part III

I may have opened a can of worms by bringing up the definition of “church.” At this point in Christian history we’ve been so ingrained with our concept of what “church” is, it can be a real [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 18
May 2, 2008
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Courage Part 3
“In those days Israel had no king; every one did as he saw fit.” (Judges 17:6)
“We have met the enemy, and he is us” - Pogo
We’re going to hang with the Judges for one more week. From last week’s letter you could [...]

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“Let me die with the Philistines!” (Judges16:30)
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Vol. 2 Issue 17
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Courage Part II
What Makes a Hero?
Remember last week? Gideon fought the bad guys, the Midianites, and won. He was a Judge, remember? There was another Judge in old Israel, a few Judges down from Gideon; his name was Samson.
In the [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 16
April 17, 2008
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Courage
Fear is a part of life. I don’t believe people who say they’re not afraid of anything. Everybody’s afraid of something.
I used to be afraid of eighth graders. They terrified me, bullied me, threatened me and laughed at me. Of course, I was a [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 15 April 13, 2008
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Money Part 4
“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 14 April 7, 2008
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Money Part 3
Thanks for your patience while I was away.
Elaine and I were out all of last week at an “equipping the saints” conference. It wasn’t really named “equipping the saints,” but you know what I mean. It was a conference for Christians [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 13 March 21, 2008
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Money Part 2

“I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor and believe me, rich is better.” My dad told me that. I’ve mentioned it before. He was just kidding around when he said it and he sure wasn’t rich, but the saying stuck with [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 11March 14, 2008
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Integrity
Integrity is an interesting word.
Everybody wants it. A lot of folks claim to have it. And a lot of folks that claim to have it, turns out, don’t really have so much of it as they led us to believe.
All you’ve got to do [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 10March 7, 2008
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Self-Control
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23)
It’s probably fitting that “self-control” is the last fruit of the Spirit in our nine week study. It [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 8February 21, 2008
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Faithfulness
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)
Holman’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary has a pretty extensive entry under “Faith/Faithfulness.” You’d expect that. “Faith” and “faithfulness” are pretty big subjects in the Bible. But here’s [...]

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Vol. 2 Issue 3
January 18, 2008
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Joy

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23).

Thinking of this week’s subject, joy, I was having a tough time getting my mind around the idea. Joy, [...]

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