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Monday Meditation–Learning
What have you learned lately? There are a many different learning styles and several ways we can define learning. Learning, as I’m advocating in this post, has two main categories: cognitive (intellectual understanding) and formative (behavioral application). Western Culture/History has… Continue reading
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Medicine for a Deserted Heart
Depression. Anger. Despair. Sorrow. Grief. Darkness. These emotions and experiences are often life’s traveling companions. I’ve had my share of these emotions over the past few years. My dad passed away in January after a two year battle with multiple… Continue reading
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8 Prayers You Can Pray for Mission Teams
The students at our church, Wilkesboro Baptist, are heading out to El Salvador for a mission trip this week. We have an ongoing partnership with La Red ministries and will be working with them. As a missions pastor (in my… Continue reading
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Monday Meditation–Habit
Who would you like to be? That’s a powerful question and one that warrants answering. Some of us would like to be stronger, smarter, or healthier. Others would like to have a different career, income source, or life experiences. There… Continue reading
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USA’s 250th Birthday: A Christian Perspective
This year, the United States will celebrate 250 years of freedom. With the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the colonies announced their intention to be independent of the British Crown. It took a war and… Continue reading
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Monday Meditation–Courage
Later this week, I will share a post regarding the 250 year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Those 56 signers exhibited courage and sacrifice as they pledged their lives and fortunes to the cause of independence.… Continue reading
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God’s Sovereignty and Divine Appointments
At a recent writer’s conference several of the presenters talked about divine appointments. The context related to appointments with literary agents or book publishers. Several in the faculty also mentioned the necessity of prayer, humility, and connections for aspiring authors.… Continue reading
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Monday Meditation–Responsibility
What is it that makes a man? That is a haunting question. Of course we live in a day where gender definitions are wanting. We have politicians and pundits unwilling to define what it is to be a man or… Continue reading
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“For the sake of his name”
We just finished Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Wilkesboro Baptist. We had hundreds of people at our church this week with several children making decisions to follow Jesus. Statistics indicate around 75% of decisions for Christ happen before someone turns… Continue reading
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Monday Meditation-IDENTITY
Contemporary culture is hyper-focused on identity, often defining it based on gender or sexuality. God designed us to be far more than either our gender or our sexuality. For more on this particular subject, let me commend several books to… Continue reading
Monday Meditation–Learning
Leading others to follow Jesus one word at a time.