Many Christians feel a letdown and even feel “shocked” that we now have someone so liberal in the White House. Will unlimited abortions, same sex marriages, ultra liberal Reconstructionist judges and socialized medicine dominate the day? Will conservative talk radio be shut down through the “Fairness Doctrine” and will freedom to speak out as a […]

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I worked with a salesman once who would pick up a clients’ young child and make them laugh just after meeting them, and within a few minutes he would have everyone laughing. This type of person seems to have the confidence and boldness to reach out, take the initiative and start talking to strangers, make […]

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By Cyndi
This past weekend was supposed to have been the Summer Beaches Run, which is a five mile run here on Jacksonville Beach, but tropical storm Fay caused it to be postponed a couple weeks. Oh well, I guess I’ll have two more weeks to train for it. It will be only my second race to run. My […]

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The Normal Christian Life
Continual Abiding
Reese Howells and Smith Wigglesworth both had testimonies of simply walking near someone and people sensing a holy presence of God and even being convicted of sin around them. What did they find in God? Was it a special place in God that is not available to all?
I believe a place […]

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Will Worship - How many times have I set my will to do better, pray more, and eat in a healthier way? Can we change ourselves? Exodus 31:13 God is the Sanctifier, Jehovah Mekadesh. Only He can help us change.
Surrender - Without realizing it I end up worshipping my own will. There is a key […]

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“Can’t you see I’m working, why do you always have to interrupt me?” “Sorry Dad”, he said as he slumped his shoulders and walked away. Unfortunately, there was a time that these words often came out of my mouth to my seven-year old son.
“The Pharisees were committed to following God in a way that many […]

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Legalism
Luke 15 speaks of the older brother. He was always in his father’s house and never failed to keep one of his commandments and yet never knew him.
 Notice how this plays out in modern life in the following story:
“Our pastor, Jason L. Faircloth, offers you strong leadership and dynamic charisma. A seminary graduate with a […]

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It is Time To Advance!
By L. A. Joiner
One of the most poignant messages that came out of 9/11, were the words regarding firemen. People running from the burning towers were impacted by the firemen running in. Everything in the hearts and minds of the people fleeing was screaming, “run for your life”. Everything in the […]

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The Agape Road is a Great book on Agape Reformation
Fatherhood is coming to the church and will change everything. Not just fatherhood but a Father’s Love changing the churches very foundations. Bob Mumford says it will give an ethical base to Christianity. Bob Mumford lays out in his book differences between Eros love and Agape love. One […]

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Father’s Love Motivation 
There is in God a love motivation for the preaching of the Gospel and Christian living that supersedes everything else. We live in a fear-based world that seeks to use control to diminish its insecurities. So often this has colored our Christianity. Galatians 1:1 says, Paul was sent out not of man—not of his […]

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