There’s something about Christmas lights that brings almost everyone a little bit of joy. Why is it that something so simple- twinkling lights on a roof line- makes so many…
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Emmanuel- God with us. That simple truth is the essence of the Christmas story- but not just the Christmas story. Truly it is the message of the Bible- from Genesis…
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What if you could have everything you want, everything you need, but God walks away from you in the process? Would you take it? Would it be enough to sustain…
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There are few things more powerful than the right words at the right time. Sometimes it’s THE right word that makes all the difference. The bible is full of moments…
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Can you explain your Christian faith? If you had an opportunity, what would you say? Where would you start? Would you feel comfortable summarizing the essence of what you believe?…
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Sometimes the best things come in small packages. Even though they may not demand much attention, small words can have profound meaning and massive impacts on our lives. As we…
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Every day we see a new set of stories that can make us think that the end of the world is imminent. This world doesn’t leave much room for hope…
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Stories shape us. They mold us. They move us. They guide us. They make us. We have spent nearly two years exploring Luke’s story about this man Jesus. That story…
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Not all classrooms and not all teachers are created equally. In the wake of Jesus’s death, his disciples were left trying to figure out what life held for them. They…
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Jesus’s story is unexpected from the very beginning. His birth, his life, and his death are full of surprising teachings and events that leave the crowds in awe and the…
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As Jesus makes his way to the cross, each step reveals the stark difference between Him and us. After being poured out as a drink offering, betrayed, and then denied-…
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All things were made by him. He holds all things together. He is the image of the invisible God. He is the firstborn of all creation. Every knee will bow…
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Sometimes sin is outright rebellion and disobedience. Sometimes it’s simply forgetting your place in the story and thinking you’re the main character. When everything needs to revolve around you, you…
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Why did Judas betray Jesus? We may never know the full answer to that question. “How” could Judas do it? Well, that question is one we don’t even need to…
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It’s important to remember what is secondary and what is primary. Getting those two reversed can lead to missing the whole point. When Jesus talks about things that will happen…
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Holding the flashlight for your dad can be a dangerous task. You wouldn’t think it would cause so many problems, but almost universally it does. Why? Because it would be…
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Sometimes, we can get so caught up in the things that we want that we completely miss the most important things that we should’ve seen. After Jesus’s opponents set multiple…
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You can’t just get rid of religion in a country. When you take away Christianity, as American has done at an alarming rate over the last several decades, something has…
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Jesus is for everyone. This is the message that Luke has driven home over and over again throughout his gospel. It can make it easy to think that means we…
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What we want is a God that shows up and gives us everything we ask for, everything we desire, everything we want. What we have is a God that loves…
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