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Fruit Checking
I urge you to not become a fruit checker. Why?It is a depressing job. To look for the blemishes and nicks and rotten spaces in fruit has got to be one of the more discouraging jobs. Why? Well, what makes perfect, perfect? Is there a standard of perfection that any piece of fruit can match? …
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Trust is hard
This week’s worship time was focused on trusting God. We talked about trusting and how difficult it is sometimes. It is difficult because our stress-filled times make us forget God’s faithfulness. It is difficult because we want easy answers. It is difficult because we undervalue walking with God. It is difficult because trust requires faith…
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Wounded Warriors
The other day I saw an animal that had obviously been hit by a car. Some kind person (probably its owner) was trying to get the animal in their car. The animal kept shying away from the person. It was scared. It was hurt. So, it didn’t want to be hurt more. It was wounded,…
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Convictions, Not Doctrines
Last Sunday we talked about how the God divides our beliefs into essentials, doctrines, and convictions. What makes me saddest is how people blur the distinction between the three. We make doctrines essential and convictions doctrines. I start to wonder, what causes this? What drives us to play the modern Pharisee? Regarding convictions, God has…
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Why We Fight
This Sunday we talked about why Christians fight with each other and unbelievers about points of doctrine. Sometimes these points of belief are minor. Sometimes these points of belief are major (or at least we believe them to be so!). However, I rarely see anyone asking, “Do I have to fight about this issue?” Even…
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The 2nd Coming
Jesus taught about the end and His return in some depth in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. Yet, I am always amazed at how people use the ‘signs’ of Christ’s return to say much more that Christ did. He says, ” When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be…
Pastor John D Jakes 