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Beyond the Sermon on the Mount
Great leaders make great speeches. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address . Winston Churchill’s We Shall Never Surrender . Queen Elizabeth’s (then princess) 21st Birthday Speech . Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream . Great speeches inspire. Inform. Incite. We remember them. Study them. Quote them. But what lends the greatness to these speeches are the people behind them. Eloquence alone fades. We remember these speeches because …[ read more ]
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I Invite You to Desolation, RSVP (or God’s Own Area 51)
Desolate. Deserted of people, and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness . Do you know the place of desolation? Have you spent time there? Geographically, I’ve encountered some extremely desolate places. Spiritually, I can testify that Desolation is also a spot on the map of my soul’s geography. Many of you have sojourned there, too. People are familiar with desolation that occurs when one is …[ read more ]
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We’ll Start Seeing More Miracles When . . .
It had been a long time since he’d seen a miracle. You could just tell. It was the way he held back. Placed his cards on the table slowly – studying you through narrowed eyes between each reveal. Gauging your reaction to his story. Like a game of chicken, you kept the cards coming by …[ read more ]
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Lost My Tailwind
There are days when it feels as though I can see heaven from my kitchen window. The goal is in sight, my mission is clear, and Jesus’ voice is as real to me as the ringing phone or the morning alarm. Then, there are days when I feel like a castaway from the shipwreck of …[ read more ]