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  • grace.

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    grace. According to Webster, grace means… unmerited, divine, assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification. grace. We can’t earn it. It’s completely unmerited. We can’t be good enough. It envolves divine intervention. We can’t get salvation on our own. It requires assistance. We can’t go get it. It’s given freely. We can’t control it.…

  • I Shower With This Too Often

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    One of the things that I do that Melissa has to call me out on every now and then is using the same towel for too long. I don’t know why, but I hate using a fresh towel. There’s just something odd about it for me. And so, I use the same one for a…

  • My Confession… & Yours

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    We all have at least one. We rarely talk about them. We spend the majority of our time trying to hide them from others that have the same one. Insecurities. What I’m insecure about may not be what you’re insecure about. What I’m insecure about in myself may never be noticed by you. But we…

  • Here’s God’s Will for Your Life

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    It’s always been  an often asked question… “What’s God’s will for my life?” In other words, the question is really this.. “What’s God’s specific plan for my life?” “What am I here for?” The question is a solid and valid question, but the answers we often come up with are less valid. People answer this…

  • 5 Signs It’s Not About Jesus

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    We live in a messed up world. People have taken something that is so easy and revolutionary and turned it into something complicated and regular. Here are 5 signs that what you have isn’t Jesus, but something else… 1. You believe that people around you are suddenly unworthy of your company because you’re a “Christian.”…

  • The Days After

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    Christmas is over. The Christmas Eve services have concluded. The presents are unwrapped. The stockings are empty again. The food is gone (well, most of it). The season is feeling like it’s over. But we can never forget… What it all means. Just because the 25th has come and gone, don’t quit living like Jesus…

  • 8 on 8’s – SALVATION

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  • You May Be Religious If…

    You May Be Religious If…

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    1. You spend more time defending a doctrine than sharing Christ. 2. You confront people about using YouVersion in church. 3. You see church as something you do and go to rather than something you are. 4. You get angrier when you hear a cuss word than when you see someone hurting. 5. You find…

  • People of Uncommon: Scott Sandmeyer

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    The following post was submitted by Sandy Sandmeyer about her husband, Scott. The person I know with uncommon faith is my husband, Scott. In 2006, my family became tired of listening to politics and compromises from the pulpit of a denominational church. We had been attending the same church for 20 years. I met and…

  • Spiritual Anorexia

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    For as long as I can remember, I’ve battled a weight problem. As a 10 year old boy, I can remember knowing that I wasn’t happy with the way I looked and felt. In fact, I can distinctly remember thinking time and time again as I looked in the mirror, “I don’t feel like a…