"…all our stories are about Jesus."
On October 24, 2014, in the Marysville Pichuck High School cafeteria, 15-year-old freshman Jaylen Fryberg met the five students he had invited to lunch via text. He shot all five (fatally wounding four of them) and then committed suicide. Whatever we may do in order to stop these school shootings from happening, I hope that …
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Cassie Bernall Killed April 20, 1999 Columbine High School
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit ALL want people to come to Jesus, to repent, to be forgiven and filled with the Holy Spirit, to be sanctified and receive eternal life and become the children of God.
He came alone. I might ‘a been a little girl, but I remember what I saw. T’was a bright summer’s morning down at the shore. The haze had burned off hours ago, t’weren’t a bit fogged over as the tellers now say. An’ he din’na come walking on the water neither. His craft were simple, …
We Must Answer Well: part 9 So… Like Jesus did not shame individuals, we should not shame individuals. Like Jesus spoke the truth in love, we should speak the truth in love. Like John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the truth, and like Peter and the 120 were filled with …
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God doesn’t want us witnessing by ourselves, so we shouldn’t. We need the Holy Spirit to empower and embolden us, yes, but we also need to keep the perspective that it’s not about us.
There Was An Old Lady... A Sex-Change, Homeless Old Lady Just as I'm walking out of Rona, pieces in hand to fix my kitchen sink, she enters. She who had been a he. I recognize her from when I was sitting on the sidewalk with my buddy Aaron and Lars. Today she's wearing a long …
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Is Jesus serious about sin or not?
Look past the craziness, or the oppressive blandness--the apparent lack of life--and remember to be encouraged by what you're "in" and what's "in you." Philippians 1:3-11 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
Sometimes we don't realize we're under spiritual attack-- Hold that thought, and notice that it is a we mentality that Paul uses when writing. Ephesians 6 is not suddenly addressed to one person. "Bob, be strong in the Lord." Nope. In the NKJV, it's "Finally, my brethren..." (an all inclusive term, in this case after …
