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Shepherding Parents
Have you ever made plans to help someone else, and then it ended up that you were the one who needed help? Have you ever sought to teach your children something, and then it ended up that God was teaching you something through … Continue reading
Acts and the Religious Leaders
The text for last Sunday’s sermon, Acts 5:12-42, found Jesus’ followers at odds once again with the religious leaders. So I thought I would offer a little reminder that the Bible presents a very consistent message regarding the religious leaders … Continue reading
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Extreme Makeover: Mind Edition
Have you’ve ever seen Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? On that show, they renovate homes. They clear them out and remake them in such a way that the original home is all but unrecognizable. God wants us to do the same thing with our minds. Continue reading
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Acts and the Old Testament
If you are keeping up with the study plan laid out in this series, then you already have an awesome study tool for the book of Acts. You have an outline, a one sentence summary for your outline, and a … Continue reading
Reading Acts For All It’s Worth
Beginning Sunday July 10, Pastor Viars will be leading our church through a study of the book of Acts. I thought some of you might appreciate a little guidance to prepare you for this very important study. So here are … Continue reading
The Choice: An Original Worship Song by Titus Justus
In the Gospel of Matthew, Christ paints clear and vivid pictures of what it looks like to seek after and follow him. He also addresses the cost of being his disciple. This week’s post is simply my response in song. … Continue reading
Don’t Freak Out: Overcoming Worry
What are you afraid of? What do you worry about? What are you trying to control? Don’t allow these things to rule your life. Instead, take a couple of steps to evict fear and worry from your mind in favor of more Christ-centered tenants.
This spring, we’re taking our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders through a series called Thinking Like Christ. Based on John Vandegriff’s helpful book In the Arena of the Mind, we’re encouraging students to recognize the sinful patterns of thinking that exist in their lives and to replace those patterns with the forms of thinking outlined in Philippians 4:8. The goal of this study is to help kids use their minds in ways that will produce godly habits of living. Continue reading
Christ in the Ten Commandments (Digging Deeper into Exodus)
Right now, since you are on the internet, search for a picture of the Ten Commandments. Go ahead. Try it. If you do you will find that most pictures depict the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone—five on each … Continue reading
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Are You a Disney Villain?
I doubt you’ve ever reacted to a personal slight by finding the nearest baby and placing a curse on it. But I wonder if you’ve ever responded to someone who offended you by trying to take that person down a peg or two. When we make choices like this–ridiculous though it may seem–we behave just like a Disney villain. And it all begins with our thinking.
This spring, we’re taking our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders through a series called Thinking Like Christ. Based on John Vandegriff’s helpful book In the Arena of the Mind, we’re encouraging students to recognize the sinful patterns of thinking that exist in their lives and to replace those patterns with the forms of thinking outlined in Philippians 4:8. The goal of this study is to help kids use their minds in ways that will produce godly habits of living.
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Law Before Grace? Really? (Digging Deeper into Exodus)
Have you ever heard the Ten Commandments read at a funeral? How about Leviticus? No? Ever thought about why not? Does Leviticus warm your heart? What do you normally hear at funerals? Psalm 23? Psalm 23 is a Hebrew poem … Continue reading →