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Take Your Mark
The other day, I was killing time at home by watching TV and decided to watch an old episode of "The Office" (aren't they all old?!?)...
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Sep 8, 20212 min read


What Faith Looks Like
“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there....
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Sep 3, 20215 min read


If Paul Were Alive Today
Last week, I saw this meme that had a picture of the Apostle Paul with the following caption: IF THE APOSTLE PAUL WERE ALIVE TODAY: "Paul...
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Aug 30, 20214 min read


The Problem With Hypocrisy - I Mean This Sincerely
“Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disci
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Aug 28, 20215 min read


Concerned, yet Confident!
In case you didn’t know it, last week was Spring Break for us here in Florida. It didn’t look like Spring Break, though – nobody was search
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Aug 27, 20214 min read


I Do.
“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.” -Song of Solomon 6:3 Pastor Jack did our premarital counseling. He pulled no punches...
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Aug 26, 20216 min read


You...Complete Me
I hate romantic comedies. I can imagine every male reading this entry just thought "Amen, brother." They're lame. I know the story before it
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Aug 19, 20215 min read


Surprise!
Well, we did it! My brother and I successfully pulled off the big surprise and showed up at our parents' house Friday night for their big..
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Aug 17, 20213 min read


Why Jesus Doesn't 'Work' For Most People
“We see a lot of new faces around here” began the conversation with a concerned church member. “But so many of them don’t stay.” He was...
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Aug 7, 20215 min read


Choosing Correctly!
(December 12, 2019) Yesterday, my wife went out-of-town, which means I was in charge of getting our 9-year old to gymnastics practice...
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Aug 6, 20213 min read


How to Love the Kid You Hate (Did I say That Out Loud?)
"Be careful with your words. Once they’re said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten." - Carl Sandberg. This is one topic that made me...
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Aug 5, 20216 min read


Ready. Set. Go!
If you know anything about the Olympics, you're probably like me and are in awe of what those athletes are able to accomplish. When you...
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Aug 2, 20213 min read


I'm Not There... I'm Here!
"I'm not there...I'm here!" I've said that to a few people these last few days. My son lives in Orlando, and we have really been trying...
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Jul 27, 20213 min read


Religion Ruins Us
"One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him...
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Jul 23, 20215 min read


Living In a Dying World - My Take On It
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost." I Timothy 1:15 When I was 13 I began attending a Baptist...
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Jul 22, 20217 min read


Cheaper by the Half Dozen
In 2003, a movie was released called Cheaper by the Dozen – where Steve Martin plays the role of Tom Baker, a college football...
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Jul 21, 20213 min read


Mr. Barrett's Third Place
It didn't take long to notice the obvious: people weren't just coming there for the pizza! While the pizza was good (correction: REALLY goo
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Jul 20, 20213 min read


Are You Ready For the Answer to Your Prayers?
Brent Curtis said that if he could write the script for his life the title would be, "God Helps Brent Pursue Money...
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Jul 10, 20215 min read


Adoption is the Best Option
When you read that title, I bet you thought this would be a post about Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. It’s not, but the phrase came to my mind fo
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Jul 9, 20214 min read


Even if He Doesn’t...
Faith seems like an odd, shifting, abstract concept sometimes. There doesn’t seem to be a satisfying way to define it. It is something like
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Jul 8, 20216 min read
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