Abandoning our first love: What we have in common with the church in Ephesus

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. – John (Revelation 2:4) Prior to this statement, John wrote some good things about the church in Ephesus, he wrote that that he knew about their works, their toil, their patient endurance and how they can’t bear with evil. [...]

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Learning Christ’s love and forgiveness from our pug.

So our pug, Murphie, is pretty awesome. She’s really probably the coolest dog I’ve ever known and the only dog I’ve ever had. It’s crazy how much personality this little dog has. She knows when she’s in trouble and she knows when Liz or I are bummed and acts accordingly. I never thought that God [...]

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“What inspires you?”

This afternoon I wandered over to Frank Viola’s blog as I tend to do pretty often. His most recent blog post that he wrote today was asking people to comment about what inspires them. After some thought, I started typing out what inspires me. Below was my response to Frank’s question: The only really inspiration [...]

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Couldn’t have said it better myself

This is an excerpt from “Christ the power God” by T. Austin Sparks. I figured I couldn’t have said it any better, I hope it gives revelation like it it did to me. Enjoy God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been [...]

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Late night meditations on Christ

Christ is sufficient for everything we need that may arise, not that He will always “fix” everything, but He Himself is everything to us. So many believers struggle with self control and then we feel bad when we screw up because we have once again failed. Plain and simple…we are not good enough, only Christ [...]

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