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Idolatry

Idolatry is all around us, among believers.  This may seem to be a shocking statement.  Very unfortunately, it is true.  We are worshipping, giving eye, ear, heart and affections to the worthless idols of this age, and all the while we largely have no idea or awareness of our spiritual fornication.  We are being devalued from within, by taking things and ideas into our affection that are temporal and destructive.  How can we do this?  Callousness guards our sensitivities to such a degree that we do these things in oblivion, all the while largely unaware.  We will answer before God for our wayward hearts, and we will also bear the consequence with devalued hearts and insignificant lives.  Hear, embrace and respond to the only remedy that is provided for such sin – repentance.

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America’s Future: Christ or Chaos

There is a chosen race. However, this race is not born of ethnicity or fleshly pride; its origin is heavenly. It is spiritual and its citizens come from every “tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev. 5:9). Individuals who have been purchased by the Lamb of God and are now united by His blood. Their homeland is Heaven, and in their love for each other, they display Christ as God's answer for ethnic strife and conflicts. Continue reading “America's Future: Christ or Chaos”

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An Out-of-Building Experience

When I was in high school, I went on my first foreign mission trip.  I was part of a small team from a local congregation in a really small town in Southeast Texas.  We drove, what seemed like a very long time, from the lush forests of our region, thru prairie, coastal plains, and into what was scrubby desert-like country, that, like it's inhabitants, was hardened by difficulty.  I had started kindergarten, and was about to finish high school, in the same little town we had left some hours before, so I was seeing so much for the first time.  It was a lot to take in. Continue reading “An Out-of-Building Experience”

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My Trip to TheCall Detroit 11.11.11

As one of twelve, I made the venture from Fort Mill, SC, to Detroit on the Thursday prior to. Another 2 shuttle buses full of MSU students and chaperones arrived a little later.

Around 1am, we landed at a Church not too far from the main city. It was cold! We actually saw flurries! Certainly, snow was unaccustomed to Charlotte folk. Being from the midwest myself, it was no surprise, but a big deal when you haven’t had winter in eight months. Still, we were warmly greeted by two very grateful young gentlemen, Major and Matt, who worked with church youth. They set us up with air mattresses, showed us the facility, and blessed our sleep. In the morning they made us breakfast. Continue reading “My Trip to TheCall Detroit 11.11.11”