Month: August 2024

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Isaiah 41:10 – Fear & The Faithfulness of God

fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Is 41:10

We live in a world that often times fills us with fear and anxiety. The reasons are plentiful: Family. Finances. Work. Health. The moral deterioration of society.  The list could go on…and on…and on.

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Exegetical Notes 2: Corinthians 1:3-11

INTRO
My maternal grandfather, Papa, was a bit of a trickster and he was always teasing his grandkids and what not. He’d do the little thumb trick where it looks like you’re pulling your thumb off of your opposing hand, or he’d hide something in one of his hands behind his back and you’d have to guess which hand it was in.
Just like the guessing game my grandfather played, you never know what each day holds. It may be the best day ever. However, there are days that we encounter great suffering, difficulty, and heartache.
What do we do on the bad days? How do we help our friends in the midst of suffering? Paul gives us a great look at this in the passage below.

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Three-Dimensional Discipleship

Back when I was in my early teens, Dothan, AL built Wiregrass Commons Mall, and it immediately became a hotspot for shopping and more importantly for me, a place where teenagers flocked to hang out. In some of the display windows of the stores, you could often find a group of people staring at an autostereogram (Yes. I had to google it.). An autostereogram is one of those weird pieces of printed art that had thousands of odd shapes and if you looked at it long enough, crossed your eyes in just the right way, a 3D picture would emerge from the off pattern of shapes. I know this sounds weird, but it was the 80’s! 

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