Tag: freedom
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What is the Meaning of Life?
What is the meaning of life? Why are we really here? These are questions making ask today. Solomon asked the same question in the book of Ecclesiastes. At first glance, we can be easily caught up with words like “vanity”, “toil”, “meaningless”, and “chasing the wind” found in this writing. These are all depressing terms listed in Ecclesiastes.…
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You Don’t Work for an Inheritance
I was reading a portion of Michael Horton’s book, [amazon_link id=”B00B853PQM” target=”_blank” ]Gospel-Driven Life, The: Being Good News People in a Bad News World[/amazon_link], the other day. A portion jumped out at me and I felt it was worth sharing. Listen to Horton describe the gift of grace. “God does not simply create the gift and…
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In an Elevator with Desmond Tutu
An ordinary trip to the doctor’s with my family turned special. As we were walking towards the elevator in an underground parking structure, I saw a small, older gentleman walking towards the elevator. My first thought was, “That looks like Desmond Tutu!” I motioned to my wife and whispered to her, wondering if she would…
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Embracing our Ordinary “Ness”
Today, I would like to offer some reflections on a post I wrote near the beginning of this blog. God Uses Ordinary People is a message I have preached on many times. When the post went live, it did not attract much traffic. But recently this changed. Little by little, the post received more traffic.…
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Everything We Need
We all know and believe salvation is a gift of grace, freely given and not based on our efforts. But, do we realize this gift involves so much more than the moment of salvation. This is a gift for life. 2 Peter 1:3 tells us “His divine power has given us everything we need for life…