Category Archives: Kingdom Values

Boundaries: Setting Healthy Limits, Part 3

Boundaries are good because they were a part of God’s originally good creation. God’s entire act of creation can be characterized as establishing proper boundaries. But in the biblical story, there is another player, one who disregards these boundaries. Satan … Continue reading

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Boundaries: Setting Healthy Boundaries, Part 2

Boundaries are biblical. Boundaries are important because God has created them. They are a part of the good world God created. In fact, boundaries are as old as the world itself. To see this, we’re going to look at the … Continue reading

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A Violent Kingdom

Francois Fenelon was a French Catholic theologian and writer who lived in the late 1600s. He had quite a career, serving as a priest, a missionary, and as a tutor to the grandson of King Louis XIV. His spiritual writings … Continue reading

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Pedro’s Story

I don’t think I will ever forget Pedro’s story:

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Baja 2024

We had a great time on our Baja mission trip this year. I especially enjoyed the opportunity to preach on the theme of “Returning to Your First Love.” I’m grateful to say that we had several restorations and one baptism. … Continue reading

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How We Grow: Time in the Sanctuary

I want to close out this series by looking at a passage of Scripture that has really taken on a lot of meaning for me in the last few weeks. Psalm 73:1-3 Truly God is good to Israel, to those … Continue reading

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How We Grow: Rest

I was talking with someone last week and I was saying to her that our final spiritual discipline in this series was rest. And she said, “OK, rest is right in my wheelhouse! I know how to do that one!” … Continue reading

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How We Grow: Service

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. The word translated as “workmanship” is the Greek term poiemo. Our English word “poem” is derived … Continue reading

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How We Grow: Training, Not Trying

To some people, the word “discipline” can be a bit off-putting. It can sound harsh, a bit demanding. Even worse than that, talking about spiritual disciplines has the potential to induce a lot of guilt. Most Christians already feel like … Continue reading

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Bible Study as a Spiritual Discipline

Somebody once said to me, “I’m really pressed for time. I’m super busy but I want to read my Bible. How can I study the Bible quickly?” “You can’t,” I said. Like anything else worth doing, Bible study takes time. … Continue reading

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