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The Encouragement of an Encouraging Word
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Are You Feeling Pressured?
Are You Feeling Pressured? Is anyone besides me a bit tired of hearing how pressure turns coal into diamonds? How we should welcome pressure because God uses it to refine us into “jewels”? Every time I hear this illustration, my first thought is that coal is...
In Jesus’ Name: More Than a Tagline!
In Jesus’ Name: More Than a Tagline! How often have you ended a prayer with “in Jesus’ name”? We say it so frequently, that it has almost become a tagline. But how did this practice begin? Several verses in the New Testament tell us to pray in Jesus’ name,...
How Did the Solar Eclipse Change You?
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Changing the Way We View Substitution
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Time Constraints . . . Or Not
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The Impact of Story
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Isolation or Insulation?
Isolation or Insulation? Isolate yourself from our worldly culture. Insulate yourself from worldly influences. Which is it? Are we to isolate or insulate? As our nation continues to distance itself from its Judeo-Christian roots, Christians find...
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