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I had the pleasure of talking with my cousins over Christmas concerning walks of faith, and keeping things together spiritually while in college. This can be a tough and challenging road, when the prospect of a world of possibilities waiting at your fingertips comes right in front of your face. It’s almost overwhelming to hear about all that there is in this world, and to think that we’ve only scratched the surface so far. What can be dangerous about these thoughts is the slippery slope that society eagerly waits to feed down our...
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If you’ve ever been to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Tx, you may have been on a ride called the “Runaway Mine Train” This is a fun ride for everyone, but there’s this one part where the mine train goes into this saloon type thing. You see the manikins playing cards and whatnot, and you start gaining speed toward the back wall of this place. The first time you’re riding, it can startle you for a second, cause it would appear if you continue along your track, you’ll just crash right through the wall! At...
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Have you ever heard someone talk about a domesticated tiger or a bear? I’m sure it’s not very often that someone owns one, but it’s interesting to hear what they say when explaining it. There’s always the sentence included, “Oh she’s very sweet, but despite them appearing docile, they’re still a very powerful and dangerous creature…” as if to give warning for any potential harm that could arise…. You may remember a quote from C.S. Lewis’ Narnia, about Azlan, the...
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Have you ever thought about the words to this hymn? “There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains…” Such epic imagery! A fountain splashing over the sides with blood as Christ hangs over it dripping with redemptive love… Reminds me of Isaiah 53, and I can’t help but continue coming back to “but it was the will of Lord to crush him.” Dude… I can’t even begin to express what that means to my life....
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Years from now we’ll look back at the shattered walls, broken windows, and rotten pews of a church of old and wonder… what… happened? This photo brought to reality some disheartening truths that we should be very cautious about. So easily can we cast aside truth in the name of preserving buildings, church programs, or church membership, and inerrant truths like God’s Word and Biblical faith are left collecting dust, crushed under the eventual collapse of some “tower of babel.” I find myself frequently drawn...
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I’ve been reading through Ephesians lately, and thought I’d share a few things God’s showing me. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise his glorious grace, with which he has blessed...
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Over the past year or so, Adamsville has been going through the book of Romans in a sermon study. It’s been a great journey so far, and I eagerly look forward to the coming months as we continue along this road. But as churches all over the nation and world seem to notice… our sister churches are dwindling away… fading into the mist… You can’t help be heart-broken when you think about it. What is it that has caused such heartache and deterioration in today’s churches? As I’ve been studying Romans 9,...
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Our youth Disciple Now was this past weekend. Really had a great time together. Old friends, new friends, gathering together, bringing glory to Christ. Awesomeness. To musicians, if you haven’t yet, buy some in-ear monitors, they will change your life. Some really neat things discussed this weekend. One of the beautiful things about Scripture, is that God has already promised us that it will never return to Him void. In Isaiah 55 God says that His word will accomplish the purpose for which He sent it. SO cool. We’ve talked...
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Easter seems to be one of the two Sundays where even non church-goers find themselves in a pew somewhere. This is good – in a way – to see some new or unfamiliar faces inside our church doors, but doesn’t anybody ask themselves why they don’t see them the other 50 Sundays of the year? We’ve got Easter Sunday down to a science, it seems. We know about the story, we remember the “He is Risen” soundtrack from last year’s production, and we remember the ham-and-casserole lunch the church served after...
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So it’s been about a month since my last post. I’ve been looking at the new format for the site here, and I’ve got lots of new ideas I hope to bring around this year sometime, so continue to check back for new stuff! (like t-shirts!!) In the modern Christian church, the frequency at which our perspective changes is somewhat troubling to me. One minute, we look at a mission project and feel “oh, we should really gear up and get something together to minister to these people” and then the next moment we’re...
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