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“Too Much TV, Too Little Training”
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“Too Much Conforming, Too Little Courage” - The empty self is like an emotional grease fire that we naively throw water on with well intentioned, but ill-advised Permissive or Authoritarian parenting styles. Purpose driven parenting is the courageous path forward.
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“Too Much Darkness, Too Little Light” - Cutting is the tragic expression of the empty self. Abortion is the monstrous expression of the idolatrous self, and the Gospel is the only light that overcomes our darkness.
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“Too Much Privilege, Too Little Purpose” - How much privilege is too much? Any amount that interferes with our purpose. Our epidemic of privileged yet emotionally sick kids is at the core a spiritual crisis, arising from our idolatry and materialism.
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“Christmas always shows us we’re worse than we thought, and more loved than we dreamed.”
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Christmas Eve Service
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“Light of the World”
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“Living Water”
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“The Bread of Life”
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“Leave Boldly”
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“Learn Humbly”
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“Love Completely”
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“Live Passionately”
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“Living the Dash”
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“History - Testimony 3”
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“History: Testimony 2 - Better Together”
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“History: Testimony 1 - The Gift of Admonishment - We can defend and deny, or we can accept the possibility that others see something about us that we’re missing. We can resent, or we can cherish those who love us enough to tell us what we need to hear, not what we want to hear”
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“Our most important steps of faith will usually be taken amidst swirling doubts and contrary emotions, or they won’t be taken at all.”
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Click here to access the three sessions from the 2010 Unite Conference on July 17-18.
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A road trip with God
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“It’s Safe for Me to Do Nothing”
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“Government is neither ‘public enemy #1’ nor our salvation. Rather, God rules over all and even uses government officials who don’t believe he exists to accomplish his purposes.”
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“No is to Hard for Me: Blowing through God’s financial stop signs is a losing strategy that produces poverty and shame. The winning strategy is to remember that every financial “no” from God contains a bigger “YES”.
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“It’s All Mine - The subtle, yet steady temptation for those who have more than they need is to derive their security and identity from the wealth God has blessed them with. Part of God’s solution is the truth about the tithe.”
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“The secret to connecting with Real Life is clearly laid out in the New Testament. The reason we so often miss it is because we do not understand baptism.”
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“Part of the Real Life that Jesus promised us will be experienced after we stop living on this planet. This look at what has God told us about this life will probably surprise you.”
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“Jesus rose on Easter to give us a whole new life. But so often this Real Life we are promised seems anything but real. To first step toward connecting to the abundant life is understanding death and the faithfulness of God to keep his promises.”
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“Getting Better or Getting Bitter” - Pain doesn’t leave us the same. We either resolve it well (get better), or not (get bitter). The keys to getting better are healthy grief, helpful friends and holistic faith.
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“The School of Suffering” God’s beautiful gift of free will is a double edged sword which brought the pain of moral and natural evil into the world. Still, God uses our pain to develop character, discipline us for our good and wake us up from sleepwalking through life.
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Finding hope in God when we don’t understand.
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Finding hope in God when we don’t understand.
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A message to teens and parents at the February 24th Vertical gathering.
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“The Pearl of Great Price”
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“My Sheep Know My Voice”
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“Feed My Sheep”
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“Long and Winding Road”
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“Love Speaks the Truth”
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“Love Matters Most”
“What is your #1 goal in life?”
Your answer to that question will reveal your dominant life value. Everyone has one. It’s what we unconsciously base our decisions on. God tells us that love is to be our dominant life value. In fact, Jesus once said that of all the commands in the Bible only two are most important. Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.
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