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The Vice President’s Son Died, And I Think Nobody Noticed
The internet has exploded once again, thanks to Bruce Jenner’s interview in Vanity Fair where he laid out his decision to identify as a woman named Caitlin. There have been articles, tweets, and “Open Letter To…” blog posts that Jenner will never read. My twitter timeline became a long list of what people are against. Vice…
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Colossians: Week Three
We Are Free In Christ: Because of Who He Is, And What He Has Done Every year I take my entire family to our city’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade. We dress up in green, bring some snacks and watch the parade floats go by, occasionally catching free goodies they throw into the crowd. I…
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Colossians: Week Two
Jesus is our Hope, Now and Forever. Last week we began our way through the Book of Colossians to answer the Question: “What Does God Want From Me?” Since our first evening together in Colossians, we have seen headlines that include the words “Ebola” and my home “Frisco, TX” in the same sentence, as well…
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Colossians: The Most Important Thing You’ll Ever Read
The Most Important Thing You’ll Ever Read If you had a chance to tell a complete stranger the most important thing to know for their daily life, what would it be? This actually happened. The Apostle Paul had one shot to tell a group of people everything they would need to know… and he flat…
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We’re Moving to Dallas and Joining the Staff Family at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship
After a very prayerful and thorough search, Jennifer and I are blessed with the opportunity to join the staff family at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in 2014. After some very positive conversations with Pastor Pete Briscoe and Zach Lambert, we prayerfully accepted the opportunity to join the Pastoral Launching Pad at Bent Tree as a…
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I Need, Trust, and Follow Jesus: Sermon Video & Discussion Questions
I Need, Trust, Follow Jesus from theWELLbuffalo on Vimeo. I was blessed to be the guest preacher at a great church in Buffalo, NY called “The Well” this weekend. I had a chance to be part of their annual “I Heart Buffalo” series and brought a conversation out of Colossians 1 called “I Need, Trust,…
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Quote of the Week: Johnny Cash
“Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin’ in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What’s done in the dark will be brought to the light You can run on for a long time… …sooner or later God’ll cut you down.” -Johnny…
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The Bible: How Was It Written?
We’ve discussed what the Bible is, now we’ll touch on how it was written. Direct Revelation. This has to do with those instances where God speaks audibly, literally and directly to one of the writers in Scripture. A specific example of this would be found in the book of Revelation, where God tells the Apostle…