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During World War II, the Americans had to travel by mass produced ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific to get to their place of landing, fighting, and liberating through hard fought battles to come. The journey in the Atlantic was a particularly difficult task as many ships had been attacked by German U-boats. To
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We are an individualized society both in and out of the local church. We are self-focused in all areas of life. “What’s in it for me? What about what I want?” These are the questions that are asked by everyone everywhere. Sadly, when this takes place in the local church divisions arise. Needless divisions. Our
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I like what I like, and you like what you like. We don’t always like the same thing, so can we still like each other? If we love someone with a true biblical love, we are able to love them even when they don’t like everything exactly as we do. Now, as we have covered
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Have you ever had to agree to disagree with someone you were close to? I’m certain you have. Have you ever had to let go of a friendship or relationship because there was a major disagreement worthy of division? Probably so. Not all disagreements need to end in division, but all disagreements must have a
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The brand of mayonnaise that you prefer says a lot about you. If you, like myself, prefer Duke’s mayo then you are godly, humble, and intelligent. If you prefer Hellman’s then you are trying, but you just aren’t quite there yet. If you prefer or even use on occasion the atrocity called Miracle Whip, then
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In the ending passage of this chapter of Romans, Paul is urgently calling all believers to wake up, look up, clean up, and dress up. We have seen that there is danger afoot and the battle is at hand. It is no longer time to slumber because the Lord Jesus Christ is soon returning for
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Children love to play. They love to make messes. They love dumping out their toys more than they do playing with them. One thing they don’t like is cleaning up. I hated it when my mom would say that it was time to clean up. One, it meant that play time was over. Two, it
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The famous American novelist Mark Twain famously said, “Never discuss politics or religion in polite company.” In today’s culture, it is no longer taboo to discuss either subject openly, however, in today’s degenerated society there is hostility about both subjects. Of course, the hostility that is displayed depends upon your own personal perspective of each.
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What makes you think that you’re better than Jesus? You say, “I don’t think that at all.” I say you do, because I do too. Here’s why. There is this subtle belief inside of us that if we are good, nice, wholesome, moral, upstanding citizens who are nice to everybody and their mama that everyone
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We live in a world filled with consumption. Nations consume nations. People consume land and one another. We waste. We consume. We find more to consume. We consume it. Then our taste changes, then we find something else more exciting or “fulfilling” (though it never does) to consume. Consumerism drives our society because it is
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