IN HIS IMAGE – RELATIONSHIPS…MESSY NASTY STUFF – MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND HIS CHURCH – PART 2
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A few years ago a much-respected pastor walked into my office to discuss a conference hosted at his church several years before. We entered into a wonderful conversation about marriage, family and church that led him to share that two of the elders in his church had moved away and he was having trouble filling those positions. He shared that there were two elders still in the church but they really needed at least four to best serve the needs of his church. He had... Read More
January 3, 2020
IN HIS IMAGE – AGAPE RELATIONSHIPS… MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND HIS CHURCH – PART 1
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As we begin the New Year of 2020, let’s do so with a 20/20 vision and begin where God did…no, not in the Garden of Eden but in the first and highest of relationships… one man and one woman in the covenant of Marriage. Love begins in the heart, then in God’s design, flourishes in marriage and in the home/family. It then comes together in the Church as we mature in the integrity and authority of Christ’s Love and Lordship in our lives and relationships... Read More
December 17, 2019
The Blessing of CHRISTmas
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In CHRISTmas Memories we recognized both the ups and downs that CHRISTmas can bring. In CHRISTmas Stories we shared a unique perspective from the “least” of the CHRISTmas players, the Bethlehem shepherds, and the role they played as well as lessons we can learn from them. In this post, I want to turn our focus directly to the choice that Jesus made which makes CHRISTmas a reality and in doing so gave us the model for our lives and relationships…that of humility and sacrificial love.... Read More
December 12, 2019
CHRISTmas Stories
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Let me take you back to that first CHRISTmas and just briefly recount the well-known narratives and names. Then I want to spend the better part of this article on a part of the story that you may have never heard and the lessons we can learn. Matthew 1:18-23 – Mary and Joseph are engaged; Mary is found to be pregnant; Joseph chooses to privately divorce Mary which was an honorable thing as he could have had her stoned or exiled from the country and... Read More
December 5, 2019
CHRISTmas MEMORIES
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Before we start this article and CHRISTmas series I want to let you know to look for a Top 10 CHRISTmas list at the end of each article! As I begin this article my beautiful wife comes in the room and plugs in (or flips the switch) and on comes the CHRISTmas lights (you’ll notice I always spell CHRISTmas in this fashion on purpose). As she does so she asks, “Does that help?” Of course it does, so I give her a hearty, “YES!” Don’t... Read More