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How Can We Live in Sin if We Died to It?
How Can We Live in Sin if We Died to It? “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus…
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Learning Skills Quickly: One Habit at a Time
One Thing at a Time Learning skills quickly is the process of mastering new habits. In my last year of speech competition, I decided to focus on developing my speaking skills. I grabbed a few of my friends who were exceptional speakers and had them listen to my speech. When I was done, they gave…
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I’m Back.
I stopped blogging towards the end of the year when I had COVID and a final to do. I didn’t get back on the horse. I wrote an about page for this blog, but that’s about it. I’ve been thinking like a classic perfectionist. I’ve been thinking, “I can’t write or post this yet because…
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Suffering: A Different Take on Thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a special time of year for giving thanks as we reflect on all God has given us. The cliche is that everything is great, therefore I praise God. When the harvest is in, the table is full, and we have no apparent lack of anything. What about when the harvest…
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A Letter to a Friend
The following is a lightly edited excerpt from a letter I wrote to a friend on joy, suffering and making our lives count. I recommend reading it as if I wrote it to you. “…I will be praying for you and encourage you to focus on what cannot be seen. What God is doing in…
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I Quit.
I set out to post a blog post every day for 30 days. I’m 28 days in, and I quit. I quit because I want to write. I quit because I don’t want to just post nice quotes, I want to share what I’m learning. It’s not my goal to have a, “Hey, look at…
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11 Self-Improvement Books
This is a spur of the moment word vomit. A shorter description don’t mean I’m less excited about a book, I just probably haven’t written about it before. #1: The Bible The Bible has had more influence on shaping me into who I am today than any other book. It is the source of God’s…
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A Sweeter Song
We are easily lulled into sin by our flesh and the world. They sing a sweet song that brings us to the rocks to die. They sell slavery under the guise of “Independence”. But, there is a sweeter song. A greater Savior, a greater Purpose, a greater Meaning, a greater joy beyond measure. A beauty…
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Where Else Could We Go?
It is so easy to set our expectations, and in a sense, our lives into a person, activity or possession. But, it never satisfies us. Even when we stand on the height of achievement, when we get all we want – we feel so empty. The Bible shows us that there is a single Purpose,…
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When You Don’t Feel God
Most of the time I didn’t feel God was when I was struggling with habitual sin. It was heart-wrenchingly painful and I felt so far from God. I would do the same things, over and over and over again no matter how much it hurt. But, sometimes, we feel far from God even when we…