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Are You Living Out This Spiritual Oxymoron?
The dictionary defines an oxymoron as a “figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.” Thank you for the useless help, Mr. Webster. I think that was an oxymoron. Useless help. Examples will serve us better: open secret, deafening silence, minor crisis, jumbo shrimp. I was talking with a man in Texas about oxymorons and he immediately burped out, intelligent preacher....
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Are You Stepping Out In Faith?
Something that I love to do is exercise. Working out for me is a time to relax, as contradictory as that sounds. Lifting weights, running, anything along those lines is a mindless activity for me. It’s time I get to hang out with the guys and my fiancé. It’s a way to better myself. When I get in a workout routine, my body quickly adapts...
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Love Your Neighbors And Your Enemies
The biblical command to love your enemies is likely one of the most difficult commands to follow in the Bible. Personally, I am tempted to just ignore my enemies. Whether it be someone I disagree with, who has wronged me, who has threatened me, or something else, I am really good at ignoring that person. I just pretend like that person doesn’t exist. If...
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Your Identity in Light of a Good God
This upcoming Sunday we celebrate Father’s Day. For some of us, it is a day to celebrate with our father and say thanks. For some of us, it is a day to remember our father and be thankful. And for others of us, it is just another day as we never knew him or he wasn’t worthy of celebration. I’ve been thinking about this...
