“Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing. Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.” Paul the Apostle “We can impress […]
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I have a confession to make. I love to fight. I have been involved in some type of martial art most of my life and have trained in a variety of different systems. I own a second degree black belt in Wing Chun Kung Fu. As a police officer, nothing made me happier than some
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It is the eternal question. The optimists see the glass and say, “It is half full.” The pessimists see the glass and say, “It is half empty.” The faith person sees the glass and says, “It is completely full.” The faith person understands that the glass contains 50% water and 50% air. It is
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“A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.” We don’t see many cities in America with walls. That is not a common architectural feature today. Cities, however, used to be built with large, thick walls around them to keep the bad guys out and the good guys safe within. The large gate could
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“Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you. Go down and go with them without hesitation. All is well, for I have sent them.” How many of us walk around with dreams, visions, goals, or just good ideas for which we
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In this post we continue to take a close look at one of the early churches founded by the Apostle Paul. What did these Christian communities look like? What kind of people were they? The third Philippian convert that is mentioned in Acts is the Roman prison guard. He was tasked with housing and guarding
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From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women
Annie and I just spent almost a week with our good friends, Pastors Fabio and Dani, at C3 Church in Santos. They are building a great church there, just outside of Sao Paulo, one of the largest cities in the world. Santos is a beautiful city right on the beach! C3 Santos is a
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September 7th is Independence Day in Brazil. This is the message I preached that night at C3 Church, Curitiba. This was the first message in a three week series called “Independência.” What kind of politics does God’s Kingdom have? How do the politics of the world relate to the politics of the Kingdom? And did
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“Demas has deserted me because he loves the things of this life…” This is such a sad verse. Demas was Paul’s friend, yet he was able to walk away from Paul and, apparently, his own faith as well because, “he loves the things of this life.” I love the things of this life, too! I
