Tag: faith
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Godly Leadership
We live in a moment of profound leadership skepticism. Trust in political, institutional, business, and even religious leaders has eroded dramatically over the last generation. And people are not wrong to be skeptical. We have watched enough leaders fail, fall, or abuse their position that the cynicism about leadership feels very justified. You might say,…
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Don’t Forget
When most people hear the word “idolatry,” they picture golden statues and pagan altars. We certainly don’t think about idolatry being an issue in modern American culture. But even in the days of Moses, idolatry was never about the statues or altars. It’s about where you put your trust when you’re afraid, and what you…
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The Greatest Commandment
By Jason Luke Well, brothers and sisters, this is my first Sunday preaching the sermon. No place to run and hide now, we are in this together until it’s over, and if I’m honest, I am glad that I am in it with you guys! Before we get started in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, I’d like to…
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Remember Where You’ve Been
This week begins our summer-long study of the Book of Deuteronomy called Choose Life. Deuteronomy was written by Moses at the end of the wilderness journey and on the eve of the conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land, which is precisely forty years after the exodus from Egypt. But before Moses tells the Israelites what…
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Who is Jesus? — Jesus the King
Human beings are wired to love the idea of a king. Not the boring constitutional monarchy kind, where the king mostly cuts ribbons and waves from balconies, like King Charles of England — but a real king. A strong, decisive, rides-in-on-a-warhorse, fixes-everything, defeats-the-bad-guys kind of king. We love stories about good kings riding out to…
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Jesus, the Teacher
One of the things we rely on constantly today is reviews. We check the reviews. Five stars? Great. Two stars? Probably not. You read comments like: “Amazing food! Best tacos ever!” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Terrible service. Waited 45 minutes for water.” ⭐⭐ And sometimes the reviews are completely contradictory. “Best place I’ve ever eaten!” Right next to……
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Serve Well, Stand Firm—Daniel 6
How many of you know the story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den? It is probably the most famous story in the Bible. Even people who have never read the Bible will know that Noah had an ark and that Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den. Parents and grandparents love to tell kids the…
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Obey God Despite the Consequences
We live in a culture that doesn’t usually ask us to deny God outright. Freedom of religion and all that. Instead, it asks us to deny God subtly; to compromise quietly. We often go along to get along, so things stay easy. Our culture asks us to keep our convictions private. So, we bow just…
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Keep Your Confidence—Daniel 2
A Harvard study found that people spend 46.9% of their waking hours thinking about things other than the present moment. Instead of being in the present during those times, people tend to either reflect on the past or worry about the future. The research finds that a sense of disconnection from the present is a…
Chris Hankel 