In my last post, Choosing to Stand for Justice (Part 1), I talked about the need for people to take a stand for godly biblical principles. Holiness and righteousness is one of those principles - God calls us to be holy because he is holy. When we stand in the Word of God, we should …
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On the way home tonight, I tuned into MPR's Marketplace report. As I listened I heard a wonderful story about Brazil's success in feeding its population. In 2003, the leftist union leader Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva was elected president and made food a basic human right for his people. Zero Hunger was a program …
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"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." Although I am sure that we are all familiar with this quote and the principles that it teaches, it necessitates repeating. All too often we find ourselves standing for things that are not godly and not even good things, probably because someone told us …
Today I listened to this Palm Sunday message from Willow Creek Community Church. I am telling you, my spirit was completely blessed as speaker Shane Farmer talked about asking God what you need from Him in prayer. He did not name any qualifiers, such as 'make sure you do this and this before you pray' …
I always thought that once I finished grad school, that I would be able to finally read all of the books that have been patiently waiting on my shelf. In the next few weeks following my graduation, I started and finished at least two books so I thought that my hypothesis would be true. But …
When prompted to do something, we all have a tendency to tell God and others that we do not have enough resources to do that thing instead of reaching out and taking hold of it. If we are starting a new project at church, wanting to reach those in our community, we tell ourselves that …
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