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Don’t Tug!
“He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by...
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Would Jesus Be Judas’s Facebook Friend?
Facebook now lets you label all your friends and place them in categories. I can label them, family, close friends, just friends and even acquaintances, if I don’t think they quite measure up to...
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Count It All Joy
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,” James 1:2 Image © Lars Justinen from GoodSalt.com Have you ever considered how completely foreign that philosophy is to pretty much...
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“Trust No One”
How many legs does a spider have? Eight? Do you really know? I mean have you counted them? In 300 B.C. Aristotle said that spiders had six legs and was classified as an insect. All the world believed...
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It Is Not Good For Man to Be Alone
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 Over the years, I have...
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Fear. God. Love.
Test your knowledge. Put your hand over the screen and guess the three most common mental disorders in the US. Image © Lars Justinen from GoodSalt.com They are, in order, with lifetime prevalence...
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Whatever
Image © Krieg Barrie from GoodSalt.com Have you seen it? The head-bob and the eye-roll? You, the adult, have just said something that your teen has deemed – uh, less than intelligent or, at least,...
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Double-Edged Sword
Image © Jeff Preston from GoodSalt.com My father was a sculptor. His medium of choice was wood. He was also one of the most patient men in the world. Anybody who asked for a lesson would immediately...
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Do I Really Need to Know God’s Plan for my Life?
This is me preaching when I was about 5 years old, from a pulpit my father built me, when I told him I was going to be a preacher. While many people ask why God does not show them His will for their...
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Anxiety, Fear and Love
Test your knowledge. Put your hand over the screen and guess the three most common mental disorders in the US. Image © Glen Cullis from GoodSalt.com They are, in order, with lifetime prevalence rates:...
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The “Perfect” Debate
In Christ’s day in Palestine, you could start a heated debate in the church by just saying the word “resurrection.” Today you can accomplish the same thing during fellowship lunch by just casually...
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Call off the Search … Significance Found
Many of us, especially in “First World” societies, devote a considerable amount of time, money, and energy to discover and maintain some reason to be on this planet. In fact, a few years ago,...
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Wax On – Wax Off
Image © Pacific Press from GoodSalt.com If you don’t understand this cultural reference, it’s from the movie, The Karate Kid. The main character in the movie is a teenage boy, Daniel who has just moved...
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Revival of Hope
I don’t know about where you live, but where I live it seems like a lot of people are feeling pretty hopeless about their futures. Image © Krieg Barrie from GoodSalt.com Everywhere they look bad things...
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Mirror, Mirror!
How honest is your mirror? Has it ever lied to you? Image © Krieg Barrie from GoodSalt.com Sometimes when we look at the way some people leave their houses, we might think their mirror has not given...
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One Habit of Highly Effective Christians
How often do/should you pray? How long do/should you pray? Can you pray too much? What do/should you pray about? Is it possible to pray wrong? Are there certain words/phrases you need to use? What if...
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Life-changing or Time Wasting?
Would you be surprised to learn that only 31% of Americans believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. That number shrinks to a mere 10% if we’re only asking people who claim no religious...
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Becoming Potato Chip Christians
Many of you will remember a potato chip ad campaign from many years ago in which the slogan was, “Nobody can eat just one.” Why did that slogan work so well for the potato chip brand? Because their...
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Legalism vs. Temperance
I have found that there are some important topics that nobody wants to talk about. I went to all my regular websites and found an entire category suspiciously missing. It goes by several names –...
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Whatever
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