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Luther. Calvin. The Mantle and Ruth who brought out the boomsticks of church reform. The Superman and Batman of the Justified League. Their names are mentioned in the same breath with the word “Reformation.” Zwingli. Oh yeah. He was around too. I think. Like an Aquaman of Reformers, he remains a tad obscure. Most of us have a ripple of awareness he’s in the League.
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Differences, like life-stage and culture, often challenge us to see how we might contribute to each other’s walk with the Lord. During my sermon from our Family Worship Services at the Denton campus, I listed examples from Tim Chester and Ed Moll’s book Gospel-Centered Family to help us consider how everyone, whether young, old, single or married, can participate in building up the family of ...
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NOTE: Ryan Geyer has served as a Home Groups minister at The Village for the last two years, overseeing groups in the Fort Worth area. He will be transitioning off staff this month. This blog post was adapted from his resignation letter. The Village has been home for my wife, Emily, and me since before we got married and I came on staff as a Home Groups minister. The first Home Group we joined ...
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Israel wanted a king like the surrounding nations. God gave them one with a warning: “You won’t like him.” Samuel reported to Israel God’s words and said the king “will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. He will take your ...
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This race we’re running is tiring. In hunting our happiness and fulfillment, we’ve become the hunted. Our desire for approval and love – this disconnect in our souls – both promises and denies rest. We are trapped in a self-defeating cycle, trying to catch happiness at the expense of joy. As believers, Jesus is our identity – our daily footing and acceptance before God. Our hope in ...
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In walking with people bogged down by sin, I have noticed a consistent trend: an independence from God. This observation is further enforced in Scripture. Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 1:1-32, John 15:1-27 and countless other texts point toward the realities that exist when man operates outside of God. To sum this behavior up in one word, you could call it “pride,” but there are other factors at ...
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The world we live in is incredible. The same computer I’m using to write this blog can fetch video from any era, play music from any artist and put me in contact with almost anyone, anywhere in the world. The phone in my pocket contains more technology than the Saturn V rocket that sent the Apollo astronauts to the moon. Think about that. We, literally, have more power in the palm of our hands ...
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I recently felt accused and persecuted for something that I believed I did not do. I was hurt, angry and wanted to defend myself. I could not see these things that were being said about me. As I struggled through, questioning why this was happening, the Lord whispered a loud rebuke to me: "Only One is blameless. Only One stood before others and was accused of actions He did not do. Only One ...
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