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He Started It!

Doesn’t it seem to you that our national discourse sounds like an elementary schoolyard?  We all do it.  Appalled by the insults and accusations coming

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Gospel

Being a Matthew 5 Church

What’s your favorite Bible passage? Judging from football games, scripture cites on car bumpers and even graffiti, the popular answer is John 3:16.  I don’t

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A Season of Prayer

Taking prayer seriously–it’s something a Christian should do; can’t argue with that!  But prayer itself–prayer that is more than a wish list of items for

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Bible Study

Holy Week Thoughts

Doing the same thing over and over? Whether it’s the same relationship drama or returning to the addiction, over and over, as if self-destruction were

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Bible Study

Did Lent Work for You this Year?

The one liturgical season focused on us, Lent is only a Christian name for self-improvement if we don’t encounter Christ in all that navel-gazing.  So,

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Gospel

Beginning Lent

Jesus doesn’t like hypocrites. Who does?  When we read the Gospel that always begins Lent, advising us to avoid the piety of hypocrites, we’re all

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