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We see warfare on the news every day. Bombs. Terrorism. Afghanistan. Iraq. These words flood the headlines. What but what should Christians believe about war? While there have been varying opinions regarding a Christian view of war given by theological and pastoral leaders throughout history, Christianity clearly rejects the notion that war can be declared for any and every reason. Yet, ...

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There’s a wrestle in our hearts to live out the identity that God has given to us because there’s a temptation to demand fulfillment out of the things we buy and the things we do. For the Christian, this is a core issue. It is a battle that we can easily suppress in our waking hours sitting behind a desk or in front of a screen.

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In England during the late 1800s, there was a famous cricket player named Charles Studd. Charles was part of a morning Bible study and accountability group of six other men. God moved amongst these men in a powerful way, and it culminated when Hudson Taylor spoke at their college campus about all God was doing to reach the people of China.

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Imagine a world with no ambiguity or confusion, a world of black and white – utterly clear of gray. In each and every situation, you know exactly what to do and how to do it with impeccable clarity. Unfortunately, this is not the world in which we live. We want traffic lights and speed limits where the expectations are utterly clear, but the roads often announce “Danger: Curve Ahead” ...

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Watch this supplemental video for the upcoming weekend sermon, Rebuilding With Action, a look at Nehemiah’s compulsion to rebuild and how that calls us to action.

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In Judah it was said, “The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.” Nehemiah 4:10 My Lord and Father is good to never let me forget my first few years in pastoral ministry, of how the many walls I’d built up in my inner life regarding my calling and competency came crumbling down in those initial ...

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God has hardwired us for worship. It is an expression of our humanness. We worship what is uppermost in our affections. So the question is not whether we worship but what we worship. Idolatry is the worship of anything other than God. We see this misplaced worship in our culture at large. It is nothing new. We make sacrifices to and serve that which we worship. We even gravitate toward ...

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In elementary school I learned that Columbus sailed the ocean blue against the advice of all contemporary sages. Would he fall off the ends of the earth? His men and my classroom waited with bated breath on the edge of mutiny as the ships approached the edges of the known world. I was taught that everyone in the early church and the Middle Ages unreservedly believed that the earth was flat, but ...

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