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The basis of community is sacrifice. It must be. If it is all about me and only what I want, then I am alone. In any coming together, giving up some personal desires or preferences must inevitably happen. For in choosing to gather, we are choosing a time and place. I forsake any other places [ ]
2Timothy 2:20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master [ ]
I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. 1Timothy 2:12 These are my notes from Bo Parker s teaching on this during his time at Christ Our Shepherd Church. Is there a divine pattern of male teaching and authority? Instances where the pattern is not [ ]
I know a man who joined the army when he was young. After training for many years, he learned about how many hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to train him. Doubtful, he asked the recruiter, why invest all that money in me? He responded because when the time comes, you will be ready. [ ]
Each of us must contend with reality. Which is to say that we have to deal with the truth. We can choose not to deal with it, or declare it doesn’t exist, but reality has a way of sneaking up on us and proving our assumptions wrong. Each of us needs courage to persevere in [ ]
“To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice (Proverbs 21:3).” I’m an engineer. We value efficiency a lot. We are always trying to get machines to do more with less. But as I look at God’s values, I have to wonder, is sacrifice the point? Is sacrifice the reason why [ ]
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-parents-rsquo-trauma-leaves-biological-traces-in-children/ I share this here I want to remember that the world is even more complex than we can conceptualize. I love that the truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction comes from the ideas and categories we already have; truth comes from an analysis of reality, and what we find there often forces us to […
The dark silence The cool air The hum of my movement, but I m still. By my light I see; the moon sees still. It s a wonder you exist, and I. By your night light I see farther. Are you here to light my way, Or am I here because you made a way? Watchman of [ ]
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit [ ]
Walking in the dark so long, I had forgotten there was a path. Stumble, trip, and fall again; How long will this last? Jesus would you walk with me? My feet have lost their way. He says to me My word is true, My hand is yours to hold.