When Image Replaces Integrity
Reels are the greatest thing since sliced bread, right? They are usually a short, 30-45 second clip that features something funny, intriguing, or just straight…
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Chosen… But Hiding
Imagine you’re driving along & you see a caution sign for sharp S curves coming up. How many of those signs would you need to…
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Raising Timothy in a World Full of Abimelechs
This past week, it has been impressed upon me how many generations in the Bible don’t do as well as those who went before them.…
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Sihon, Og… and My Hard Head
Have you ever heard the phrase we have two ears & one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we talk? I don’t…
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Tomorrow: The Most Popular Lie We Tell Ourselves
Tomorrow – I am not sure there is another word in the English language that carries as much power & hope as tomorrow. We convince…
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Scrolling Past Scripture
One of the youngest kings the Israelites ever had was a boy named Josiah. 2 Kings 22 tells us that he became king at 8…
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Data Without Discipleship
If you were to ever look at a chart of the most sold books in any given timeline, month, quarter, year, decade, etc, you would…
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More than a feeling…
Growing up in Western New York, you are almost guaranteed to become a Buffalo Bills fan. My Grandfather was a Bills fan, my Dad was…
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I Love You, But….
If you have children of your own, you know how much they drastically change your life. I can remember when our oldest son was just…
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Mistyped, Not Misguided
I HATE autocorrect. I have this theory that autocorrect has dumbed down our society to where we couldn’t spell if our life depended on it.…
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Hindsight is 20/25?
I love witty sermon titles… I’m not sure why, but I get such a little kick out of sermon titles that make me chuckle or…
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The Messy Genealogy of a Merciful Savior
Many family genealogies are only interesting to those who are part of the family. For the outsider looking in, they are often boring, as they…
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Planted People vs Drifting People
For me, as a kid, watching the movie Twister, was terrifying, thankfully I’ve never lived in “Tornado Alley”… but the fear of this big powerful…
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Welcome!
Genesis 18 tells us that Abraham is cooling down in the heat of the day under the Oaks of Mamre. It is there, that the…
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Under The Oakes 