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May 9, 2019
A life cut short
Ella was only ten years old when she found herself lying on the cold, hard tile of her church welcome center. Tears dripped from her chin as she cried out to her two sisters that she had lost her vision. What began with an abrupt pain in her head was quickly becoming debilitating. Without warning, […]
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May 8, 2019
How we got the ESV
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It all goes back in the box
Somebody a long time ago said that life is a game, and that is the main image behind this book. In using this image, I’m not saying that we should take our lives lightly. G. K. Chesterton once wrote that while we often take ourselves too seriously, we can hardly take our souls seriously enough. […]
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May 7, 2019
The small group revolution
THE GROWTH OF SMALL groups as a part of churches and faith-based ministries around the world has been extraordinary and nothing short of phenomenal. The small-group movement as we know it today began to make inroads into the church in the seventies, with Lawrence Richards including this model of making disciples in his highly influential […]
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What does the Bible teach about elders?
A minister who once preached from this passage borrowed his title from one of its key phrases. The sermon was supposed to be called “Above Reproach: The Qualifications of Elders.” When the bulletin came back from the printer, however, it stated that elders were “Above Approach” rather than “Above Reproach.” “Above Approach”—the phrase reflects the […]
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May 6, 2019
Don’t look back!
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May 5, 2019
It doesn’t get much worse than this
Dr. Norman Geisler Life is not skipping from mountain peak to mountain peak. There are valleys. And the deepest valley I have been through was the loss of a daughter. I was speaking in the Asheville, North Carolina area when I got a call from my youngest daughter asking me to come home as soon […]
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May 4, 2019
The Devil’s Plan to Destroy you
The devil has a deliberate, willful plan against your life. He has a goal: to destroy your body, mind, or spirit, or all three. His purpose in doing this is to keep God’s purposes from you, deny God the glory He might receive from your life, and ultimately destroy you. He seeks to replace God […]
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May 3, 2019
Your heart will break
If you live long enough, eventually your heart will break. This study will guide you through the storm. This study is a companion to Green Hearts, by Jeff Bumgardner and Dr. Stephen Cutchins. The book was written in response to the tragic and sudden death of Jeff’s ten-year old daughter, Ella. Life is difficult. This […]
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Keep the discussion going
Starting a discussion is one thing. Keeping it going is another. Your goal is to keep the energy level high. You’ve taken pains to get the beast off the ground. Now it behooves you to take care not to let the air out of the balloon. Call it what you will—energy, electricity, excitement, dynamism or […]
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