Tag: god
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Setting Boundaries
This morning we are jumping back into our series: Biblical Principles for Powerful Relationships. We started two weeks ago, took last Sunday off, but now we’re back, and true to my word, we are going to tackle this second Biblical principle: Powerful relationships begin when we learn to set healthy boundaries. We are only doing…
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I Choose You
We took a little vacation to Sheridan, Wyoming last week to see my daughter Madison and my son-in-law, Drew. I will gladly drive 12 hours to see these guys because this relationship is important to me. God created us for relationship because the language of heaven is relationship. What God says and does is for…
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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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Jesus, the Teacher
One of the things we rely on constantly today is reviews. Before we buy something… Before we eat somewhere… Before we stay at a hotel… Before we watch a movie… We check the reviews. Five stars? Great. Two stars? Probably not. You read comments like: “Amazing food! Best tacos ever!” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Terrible service. Waited 45…
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Take Heart, God Wins—Daniel 7
One of Ronald Regan’s favorite jokes to tell was one about twin boys. Maybe you’ve heard it. One of the boys was an extreme pessimist, and the other boy was an extreme optimist. Worried about their extreme personalities, the parents took them to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. First, the psychiatrist led the pessimistic boy…
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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…
