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A Disturbing Trend in the Church

A Disturbing Trend in the Church

I grew up as a pastor’s kid, so I’ve always attributed my heart for ministry leaders to watching my dad week in and week out. While I never received a call to preach or to be involved in full-time ministry (although I believe we’re all called to this), I’ve always been passionate about supporting those [...]

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Take the “Spent” Challenge

Take the “Spent” Challenge

Urban Ministries of Durham is a non-profit that provides food, clothing, shelter, and supportive services to over 6,000 people a year throughout the Durham, North Carolina area. They’ve put together an amazing reality game to help people understand the tough choices that many people in our country have to make on a daily/weekly basis. As [...]

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Are You an Engager or Self-Promoter?

Are You an Engager or Self-Promoter?

Yesterday as I was eating lunch, I popped into Twitter to see what everyone was up to. The day before had been a nuthouse, so I hadn’t checked in on Twitter from my phone since the day before. As I was flipping through the Twitter streams, it struck me how many people only use Twitter [...]

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Christians, we have a problem.

Christians, we have a problem.

My friend posted an image like this yesterday and I’ve seen it before, so I decided to search Google myself to see if it was really true – and it is. In case you didn’t know, Google’s search suggestions are based on the number of times that particular phrase has been searched over time. And [...]

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I’m Forgiven

I’m Forgiven

There’s so many people I know that need to hear this song today. I needed to hear it today. So many times we live like we have to continually pay penance for our sins. That’s not conviction, it’s condemnation and it’s not from God. One of my favorite verses is Psalm 103:12 where He tells [...]

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