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Ian

Paths To Choose

1 Samuel 5:1–6:12, Jeremiah 42:1–43:7 Asking God what to do can be a “dangerous” prayer. It may lead to something that puts you outside of your comfort zone. It can also be the most fulfilling thing you ever do. Fulfilling God’s plans sometimes means that…

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Ian

What God's Will?

Genesis 37:16–27, Deuteronomy 30:15–20, Matthew 12:46–50 One of the most heartbreaking things taught by certain Christian traditions is that God wills bad things to happen to people. One of the reasons they draw that conclusion is that we are able to look back at stories…

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Ian

3rd Friday after Pentecost

Psalm 40:1–16, John 7:21–24, Acts 15:1–21 To this very day, churches (and thus the church) struggle with what exactly their faith means and its implications. Certain things appear to have been settled, but others haven’t. Although, perhaps it is better to say that when push…

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Ian

Third Thursday of Lent

Psalm 22, Genesis 28:10–22, Luke 20:27-39 Jacob’s vision encouraged and assured him that God was real, and God had something planned for him. What the vision didn’t do was say everything was going to be easy, and that he (and his family) would always be…

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Ian

Worth or Hardly Worth Doing

Psalm 1; 2 Kings 5:1–14; Luke 3:1–18 Let's reword Psalm 1:1… How happy is the one who walks in the advice of the holy and righteous, who walks on the path set by God, and sits in the company of those who follow the Lord.

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