Well, just like many had the natural tendency to follow the action and think Pacquiao had won, we, too, can focus a great deal on what catches our eyes and our emotions, missing out on what is truly going on (or not going on) in worship.
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Let me ask this question: Have you ever engaged in destructive behavior towards another when you have perceived they have done you, or another about whom you care, wrong? Have you done it either actively or passively?
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While no system is perfect, I’ll take ‘The Methodist Way’ over any other out there – for reasons including and beyond the highlights I mentioned…
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And yet…and yet…there’s always a part of the Easter Sunday journey that we can so easily lose if we are not careful. One of the things I love about the day after Easter…
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Really, if we are to get down to brass tacks, I seriously doubt 99% of those who are commenting on and evaluating this situation know any of the parties well enough to truly make an informed comment.
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Which is more important and more consistent with the Christian faith – to focus on my failures or to focus on the redemptive power of God’s grace through Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit?
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…I would wind up looking at our lives together in the body of Christ through the lens of the tax laws of Sweden when ABBA was at their peak.
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…[N]one of us knows exactly how God will use us to make a difference in someone's life
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When we lose the message of the Epiphany, we are in danger of losing our sole purpose - leading people to experience and embrace the love of God in Christ.
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Even if we know intellectually that Christmas is a season that starts on December 25th and concludes on January 6 with the observance of The Epiphany of the Lord, do we act as if we are still in the midst of the Christmas season or is it now just a memory?
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That's 48,500 'mini-warehouse facilities' containing 2,300,000,000 square feet of space, or, if you prefer, 7.3 cubic feet of space for every man, woman, and child in our population.
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In either side of this equation, it is my personal opinion that 99% of what I’m reading from the secular and religious commentators could be filed as propaganda that is…
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One of the hardest consequences of this condition is that it leaves many, many couples with the frustrating circumstances of what is known as the infertility journey. November 5 will mark the 13th anniversary of Erin's first surgery.
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We shot the bull a little, and then I apologized for not calling him back sooner. He said, "I didn't call you this morning." Luke being a good friend
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When [Joe] walked in, he said, immediately, "Everything's backward!" I laughed, we bantered back and forth about it for a little bit, then I said, "How do you know it wasn't backwards to start and I finally got it right?"
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