Tag: christianity
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Free to Serve New—Romans 6:15-23
This was the headline from a newscast on April 8, 2019: “Lion Attacks Trainer During Performance in Ukraine” I would like you to watch this video clip and then think about all the things that are wrong here. It’s only 30 seconds, but after seeing this, I have some questions. (play “Lion Tamer” video) I…
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Freed From Sin to Live New—Romans 6:1-14
As we get back into our series in Romans, I want to review where we have been in the first five chapters. Our series is called The Gospel Unveiled because, as we have seen in the book of Romans, Paul, the author of this letter to the church in Rome, shows us the beauty of…
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Honor in a Cancel Culture
How many of you have returned at least one thing you received this Christmas? It’s great, isn’t it? Don’t you just love doing returns? Yeah, nobody likes the hassle of returns. Over Christmas, I ordered some items for my truck from Walmart but found out they were on backorder after ordering them. So, I chatted…
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Travel Light—Letting Go of the Past
I talked with someone this past week who commented that they are ready for 2024 to be in the rearview mirror. I know some of you may be feeling that same way. Perhaps some things happened in 2024 that you are ready to move on from. Maybe it was a struggle with anger, and you…
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Travel Light—Letting Go of Stuff
In August of this next year, my daughter Olivia will be riding in the longest, most grueling horse race on the planet. It is 1000km (620 miles) across the Mongolian steppe desert. It will undoubtedly be a memorable and epic journey for her. Part of the preparation is figuring out what to pack for the…
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Our Values—What is important to us?
A reality for all of us, whether we are talking about individuals, families, or churches, is this: If you don’t know your target, you will hit it every time. If you’re aiming at nothing, you will hit nothing. That is a universal truth. Several weeks ago, we started a conversation that, I hope, reminds us…
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Our Values—What’s Important to Us?
Vision 2025—More about our values. Earlier this week, I was in Beaverton at a conference. For the first couple of days, I used Apple Maps to get around town from my hotel to the conference venue. On the last day of the conference, I felt good about navigating the area we were in, so I…
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Our Values—What is important to us?
I remember what life was like before there were cell phones. I won’t lie; sometimes I dream about smashing my phone. But one little piece of technology that I do really like is my GPS. The GPS is great because it does a few things. The obvious feature we all love about GPS is its…
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Satan in the Bible: 14 Sobering Facts about the Devil
The following is an article written by the staff of Logos. It goes well with our new series, Strategies of the Enemy. I will post the text of the article here but it can also be viewed on their website at https://www.logos.com/grow/satan-in-the-bible/ He’s the universe’s public enemy number one, the chief opponent of God and…
Chris Hankel 