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The Heir part 1

03/28/2019 19:43

I hope this Rant series will clear something up for us. That's why I Rant--to try to help us understand things. To try to help us experience this abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of God. The GIFT of God. Which is what I'm kind of planning to talk about for the next few days. I want...

Live and Let Live part 5

03/27/2019 19:50

Here's where we get into trouble, "You let the world, which doesn't know the first things about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2 MSG). We try to conform to the world. We listen to what the world is screaming at...

Live and Let Live part 4

03/26/2019 19:42

Bondage. Slavery. Being stuck in a rut (which we know is just a grave with the ends kicked out). This is where so many people "live." And its not really living at all. And here's the thing about being in bondage... here's the thing about being a slave... misery loves company. We, for the most part,...

Live and Let Live part 3

03/25/2019 19:45

Its kind of a weird concept--focusing on yourself. Especially when I preach so much and so often about being Christ-centered (people-centered) instead of being self-centered. But really, its more about just staying in your own lane. Look at Ephesians 4:1, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,...

Live and Let Live part 2

03/24/2019 20:04

When we used to play the Madden video game sometimes we would get mad at each other for questionable play calls. But my philosphy was always, "I'll run my offense and you run yours." Basically, if you're going to go for it on 4th and 15, its not my job to get mad at you for going for it... its my...

Live and Let Live part 1

03/23/2019 19:22

I think about the phrase "Live and let live" a lot. Its kind of a motto of mine. Along with "Go big or go home." But that second one is not what this Rant series is about. Its about my ministry philosophy. Which is, quite frankly, to let people believe what they want to believe. I've never been...

Purpose part 5

03/22/2019 20:21

There's a phrase I want to grab from an Old Testament Bible verse that I want to use to close this Rant series with. Its from Daniel 1:8, "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested...

Purpose part 4

03/21/2019 20:06

A life of purpose is a life of love. Because God's purpose--and subsequently OUR purpose--is love! We were created, by the God who is love, to be loved and to love one another. To receive and release the love of God. That's what its all about. Its all about love. Like I always say: If you don't...

Purpose part 3

03/20/2019 18:11

The purpose of life... is to live. With the understanding that to live is to love and to love is to live. The purpose of life... is to love! That's why all things work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose--when you're walking (living) in love... love never fails. And...

Purpose part 2

03/19/2019 19:47

I really like the beginning of this verse, but I usually don't address the last part of it too often. Until tonight. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). I like to hit the "all things work...

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