Devotion
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Devotion: Wilderness Wandering and Spiritual Assessment
After spending 6 weeks dwelling with The Story, how do you feel? Just like the road trip we talked about Sunday morning in worship, the beginning of The Story has been exciting as we see the possibilities ahead for us this year. You may have found that The Story hasn’t been what you expected. You…
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Devotion: God’s Commands vs. God’s Love
On Sunday, I posed a couple of questions that have led to some great conversations: (1) When God interacts with us or judges us, which holds more sway – God’s Commandments or God’s Love? (2) Do God’s laws change? God’s commands and the obedience of God’s people are obviously important because God tells Moses to…
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Devotion: Deliverance
Could you be like Moses? I’m sure your first reaction is “No way!” Well … think about that … why not? Moses didn’t even think he should be able to do what God called him to do. But, God chose to reach out to Moses. Could we say that Moses may not have been…
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Devotion: Joseph – From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh
The story of Joseph is familiar to many of us because of Sunday School or dramatizations like Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This story also helps us see how God was indeed with Joseph and how God prospered Joseph even through some terrible situations. If you haven’t read chapter 3 of The Story, you could…
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Devotion: The Story – Abraham
The focus for this week is the story of Abraham and the building of a nation. I suggest starting with reading The Story, chapter 2. If you need a book, they are available at church. If you weren’t able to be in church on Sunday, we covered a lot in the sermon (see “References” below for…
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Devotion: The Story – Creation part 2
The wonder of Creation often becomes burdened with the politics of environmentalism, the deep questions of existentialism, and the theological dissection of precisely happened at Creation and how long it took to transpire. It’s good and natural for us to question and dig deeper – and I hope you do. As I see it, the…
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Devotion: The Story – Creation
This is where it all begins. Week 1 of “The Story” … Creation. Even now, so many people study and debate what happened at the beginning – where we all came from – what started it all. As a pastor, people often ask me about Creation: Was the universe created in a literal 7…
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