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Isn’t There Anyone Who Knows What Christmas is All About? Part 2

Guest Author: Liz Holt In the 1965 television classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie’s stress level gradually increased until it went through the roof. He experienced the disappointment of receiving no Christmas...

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Isn’t There Anyone Who Knows What Christmas is All About? Part 1

Guest Author: Liz Holt Since I grew up in a family that rarely attended a church service and never opened a Bible, I am especially grateful to Charles Schultz for...

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Christmas is The Season of Miracles

Christmas conjures up the romantic and mystical in many of us. It does in me. I have many pleasant and nostalgic memories of Christmas past. From the fireplace roaring and...

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What I’m Most Thankful For

I am brimming with gratitude for so many things God has done this year. We are experiencing a political and societal revolution that is only just beginning. With the recent...

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Revival: The Baptism of Fire, Part 2

In Acts chapters 1 and 2, we observe a group of men and women who have no idea what is about to happen to them. They are not sure of...

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Revival: The Baptism of Fire, Part 1

The New Testament letters give us a clear picture of what the church should look like.  The Bible, not culture, is our standard for the church today. These men and...

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The Gospel of Salvation or The Gospel of the Kingdom?

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The Hijacked Gospel

Why are we not seeing the same results in our modern churches as the first century church did? Evangelical theologian Dr. Scot McKnight writes, “I believe the gospel has been...

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A Defective Gospel?

One doesn’t have to be a particularly harsh critic to observe that most evangelical churches[1] in America, are not very effectual. Both in terms of the disciples (lasting fruit) they...

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I’m Bullish on the Gospel of Jesus Christ

No matter what happens in the next presidential election, I’m bullish on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Whatever happens in America over the next few years, I’m fired up and...

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