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August Meditations - Jewell Utt
The month of August usually highlights the end of relaxed summer days for the return to a more ordered schedule. But this year is different. The Covid virus ushered in an age of uncertainty and perhaps lasting change. History has never seen the challenges we face today. Shut in for five months and counting, businesses... [Read More]
Jewell Utt,
Cheater-Speak: "You never.... You never...." - Divorce Minister
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. – I Corinthians 14:33, KJV “You never ___ [fill in favorite grievance].” -Cheater When you hear something repeated enough times, it is hard to shake its message. You may know the statement to be false. In fact, … Continue reading “Cheater-Speak: “You never…. You never….””
David Derksen,
Out of Order
Sermons can come in different forms and formats. Today’s came from the First Church of Hollywood. Yep, a movie. It was about a man who followed the rules and insisted others do. He would get upset …
Mark Brady,
The One In/One Out Method of Achieving Goals (and Progress on NY Goals, Week 4) | Dreaming Beneath the Spires
So I’ve spent some time browsing around my blogosphere and social media world to ferret out my friends’ most common New Year’s resolutions. […]
Anita Mathias,
A Daughter of the King Declutters | Dreaming Beneath the Spires
A Daughter of the King DecluttersMy friend Paul Millerwho teaches and writes on love and prayer has this advice for settling in to times of prayer.Ask, “So, how am I? Am I sad or happy? Anxious? What is the state of my soul? The state of our union? From these answers flows a quiet time […]
Anita Mathias,
The Spiritual Discipline of Simplicity
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 When we say yes to one thing, we are also saying thousands of nos to other things. As a natural “yes” person who wants to say yes to everything and to have it all, this is a hard reality for me. Maybe this is why it’s so hard for me to pick a place to go out to dinner. There are so many options it overwhelms me. Saying yes to our favorite taco spot means saying no to barbecue, italian, and literally every other restaurant in N
Molly Wilcox,
God in the Hands of Giddy Sinners
Many charismatics today claim that the Great Awakening was a forerunner to their own movement, marked by the same emotional outbursts and experiences that dominate their worship. Moreover, as we’vealready seen, they argue that the movement was quenched by an emphasis on theological precision. But such arguments betray a woeful misunderstanding of the Great Awakening—a
John MacArthur,
Is women ordination biblical?
1 Corinthian 14 vs. 33-35- 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.34 Let your[d] women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted …
Babatope Babalobi,
Be Still and Know I Am God
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) In the com…
Russ Sharrock,
Do As I Say AND As I Do 4: Observe and Respond to Your Son’s Words and Actions About Body Image
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Heather Creekmore,

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