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  • Boy, have I wrestled with sovereignty. God is in control. Jesus is on the throne above it all. This situation is in God’s hands. All comforting statements, right? Well, not for me a year ago. These kinds of statements used to haunt me. These kinds of statements used to…

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  • Sovereignty. This is a fun one. The sovereignty of God has led to countless questions and debates and confusion over the years. We talk about sovereignty often and yet the definition still seems to be a mystery. One group says it’s this and another says it’s this. Who’s right? Although…

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  • When I was thinking about speaking and honestly the pressures that kind of come with it I was reminded of way back (not too way back though) when I was in eighth grade. We had this “internship” program at my church and I put that in quotes because we…

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  • I can remember it so clearly.  It was July – the month of sweet, blazing days and moist, firefly-accompanied nights. The heart of summer. And yet it was also the summer two hearts broke at the hands of a crushing heat that had been building…

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  • The love of God feels like a hot button topic. It’s tricky because we use this word a lot. Unlike holiness, we talk about love all the time. We love TV shows, food, people, movies, clothes, restaurants, and ice cream. And we talk about God’s love frequently too, to…

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  • I have to admit something: there is a not-so-small part of me that likes being proud.  I know I like to be right. I see it sometimes as a form of confidence. I think I know better than others and truly believe I do. There’s no hidden shame in me…

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