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Raw Grace – Part 1

Raw, unfiltered, nothing artificial. It’s more than a healthy way of life, it’s getting down to the basics of what our relationship with God is all about. So often we complicate things far beyond what is necessary, adding endless traditions and rituals to our faith. Our lives hold so much more purpose than following arbitrary

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Fight for Your Marriage

Never take your marriage for granted. My wife and I have been married for just over six years. My wife is an amazing source of joy and fulfillment in my life, but I assure you it has not been without our share of struggles. I fully believe that strong marriages are one of the keys

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The Presence of God

How often are we truly taken in by the incredible weight of what it means to have a relationship with God? I know I talk so often and carelessly about walking with God that I’m guilty of  taking for granted how profound a concept it really is. What an amazing thing that a perfect, holy,

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Do kids have to reject religion?

I read story after story of people growing up in strict “Christian” homes only to reject God and Christianity once they’re free to think for themselves. Even in more stable Christian families it seems the common view is that kids will inevitably go through a period of turning away from the church before they eventually,

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Half-Truth Christianity

What is your faith based upon? Is it Christ alone, or do you unknowingly follow a half-truth version of Christianity? In fact, a partial understanding of the Bible can easily develop into false doctrine. Care must be taken not to take a Biblical truth (for example, “God is Love”) and exalt it above the other

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Baptism 2: Electric Boogaloo

This Sunday I was Baptized. If you’ve known me for a while that may seem odd. Let me tell you, I wasn’t expecting it either, but God has an awesome way of bringing the unexpected into our lives. I made the decision to follow Jesus when I was eight years old. I was baptized then

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Truth is Truth

Here’s the truth about Truth: real truth never changes. It can be painfully harsh or beautifully consistent, but it does not change. Ever. Our understanding of truth can be broadened. We may discover something we once believed was in fact wrong, but the truth was there the whole time… we just had to be able

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Understanding the Old Testament

In reading Mark Discoll’s Doctrine this excerpt really stuck out to me: “Unless Jesus is the central message of the Scriptures, many errors abound. The most common is moralizing. Moralizing is reading the Bible not to learn about Jesus but only to learn principles for how to live life as a good person by following

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