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Satan attempts to drag us down via deception. He is, after all, the father of lies (John 8:44). He will lie about many things. But I think one of the more impactful lies he tells is that our plans are better than God’s plan for our lives. Our society (particularly American culture) places a strong…
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What is involved in the process of building muscle? And I don’t mean “what do you have to do to build muscle?” We know that requires weight training and discipline. What I mean is what is involved in the biological process of building muscle at the cellular level? I’m not a biology professor (though one…
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In last week’s blog post, we talked about how the Pharisees targeted Jesus regarding various things He and His disciples were doing on the Sabbath, things they viewed as a violation of Jewish law. They did this repeatedly in an attempt to find a way to charge Jesus with a crime and to silence Him.…
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The Pharisees of Jesus’s time were quite hard-headed. There are many examples of why this was the case. Here is a series of four on a central them: The Pharisees repeatedly tried to argue with Jesus, lay charge against Him over things He did on the Sabbath, their holy day of rest. In all of…
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This episode continues my conversation with Micah Richeson where he tells us about the chiropractic missions he’s done in Honduras and Thailand. His work serves as a reminder that we can use our talents in many ways to serve God, plus sometimes evangelism is as simple as asking someone if they have any questions about…
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Living our faith every day can be challenging. This world, at times, tries to tell us that we should keep our beliefs to ourselves, that we should “go along in order to get along.” Society tells us that hard truths should not be shared out of respect for another person’s safety. Here’s the thing: we…
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Episode 10 is live! 10 episodes! Thank you to everyone who has tuned in. And, especially thank you for your patience as this episode was delayed by a week. We’ll be resuming our biweekly release schedule now (next episode is already edited, assembled, and scheduled to publish on 7/28!). Medicine and healing take on many…
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It seems to be the goal of some people to get even. “You did wrong to me, so I’ll do wrong to you.” Perhaps it even goes a step further and the goal is no longer to get even but to one up the other person. “You made me look bad in front of a…
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This past weekend there were big celebrations all over the United States as we celebrated the 250th anniversary (or the semiquincentennial for those of you who really like the details) of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. Our founding fathers sought freedom from a number of things that we won’t go into here since…
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In just a few days, the United States will celebrate our Independence Day. That day 250 years ago, delegates from the colonies gathered in Philadelphia in what is now known as Independence Hall, drafted, and signed a document designed to separate us from the rule of England. Among other things, they wrote: We hold these…