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Second Chances

Yesterday, Georgia and Alabama played in the SEC Championship (yesterday from your perspective, assuming you are reading this on Sunday. As I write this, the game is still two days away). A few Decembers ago, Georgia and Alabama played in this very same game. Like this year, Georgia was #1 in the country at 12-0,…

What Comes Out

By the time we reach the middle of the gospel of Matthew, the confrontation between the Pharisees and Jesus is in full swing. Time after time throughout the gospels, religious leaders oppose Jesus. They ask him questions in order to try and trap him in his words. On at least one occasion, in fact, we…

Near the Cross

Have you ever had to pay the price for something that you did not do? Maybe as a child, one of your siblings committed an offense and got away with it. Somewhere down the line, however, it was discovered. Somebody got busted. But, instead of Dad and Mom punishing the actual perpetrator, they were convinced…

Making A Difference

Paul wrote in Phil. 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” But that is the rub, I think. It is an inherent human quality—it is part of…

Stranger Things

It is an interesting exercise to have conversations with fellow church members about our hymns. As far as preferences go, people are all over the map. This applies not only to style, but also to the messages of our songs. I have found that even though the words in a song might be absolutely biblical,…