Category: Sold Out

| Sold Out | What’s Your Story?

I’ll never forget when he tip-toed down the stairs a little too early one morning, with sleep still in his eyes as he stumbled and squinted his way into my bathroom. No “Good Morning” greeting. No drama. No frills. He just walked up to me and matter-of-factly whispered into my

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Jesus is God

Jesus is the son of God. But, Jesus is God. The Trinity is one of the divine mysteries I don’t think we’ll ever fully understand this side of heaven. One of my favorite explanations of this is in a children’s book by Joanne Marxhausen, A Picture of God 3 in

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A Man Named Philip

Welcome to Week 6 of our study of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Today we are going to take a look at Philip, and like many of the other disciples we aren’t given much information about this man. His name is mentioned in every Gospel, but the only real account

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How Is Your Hearing?

I imagine if someone had tried to sell Thomas tickets to a timeshare he would have been skeptical. It seems like Thomas’s personality lent itself to being more cautious, thoughtful, and at times, doubting. I imagine Thomas being more quiet, taking things in, and thinking things through. Of course I

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When We Struggle With Doubt

Your doubts do not trouble God. He is not surprised by them nor do they make Him pull away from you. When you find yourself struggling with doubt, you find yourself among some of the “Greats” in the Bible like Job, Abraham, Sarah, Gideon, and Thomas, just to name a

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Overcoming Unbelief

There’s one in every crowd. You might have heard them referred to as the: Party Pooper. Debbie Downer. Pessimistic Penny. Negative Nancy. I once knew a girl named Vanessa whose friends called her “Depressa”. No one wants to carry these labels, but it seems that they just can’t help themselves. No

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Simon the Zealot, Jesus the Cure…

“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great

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Resist Greed. Be Generous.

“Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10 “Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” – Hebrews 13:5 “It is a sin to despise

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Sharing Meals With Sinners…

I don’t know about you, but reading about each of the disciples these past three weeks and learning more about them and their backgrounds just makes me fall more in love with Jesus. I love that He chose men no one else would. Men like Matthew, who was by far

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The Bottom Line

At the end of every month, millionaires and single moms alike look at the books to examine the bottom line. A rich man wants to know if his well-planned investments yielded a profit. A single mom on a budget is praying she has enough pennies to pay the bills. When

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