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Ian

Devoted?

๐Ÿ”Ž Focus โ€Œโ€œThe one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you havenโ€™t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you…

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Ian

Successfully Unsuccessful

Psalm 144; Song of Solomon 8:5โ€“14; John 11:45โ€“57 ISV A great deal of water cannot extinguish love, rivers cannot put it out. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would surely be viewed with contempt. Song of…

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Ian

Too Busy To Live

Exodus 5:7-9; Romans 8:5-8, 12-17 Recently, there was a song going around the internet called the "Rich Men North of Richmond". It mostly speaks to the anguish of a working man who is striving and working and is not making ends meet, and, yes, there…

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Ian

Be Our Guest

Psalm 111; Exodus 24:1โ€“11; Romans 15:22โ€“33 If you were invited to a US presidential affair, you might be surprised. Unless you roam such circles or are connected to them, usually you wonโ€™t have any expectation of being invited to sit at the table with the…

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Ian

Burning Call

Psalm 145:10โ€“18; 1 Kings 19:19โ€“21; Colossians 1:9โ€“14 One of the issues that has come up in the last year in church-ish circles is the ordination of women. Saddleback took a bold step and ordained women which went against the predominant grain of their partner body…

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