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4 Steps to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Bible Reading

REAPING is all about the harvest, and I pray that these simple steps that someone told me so many years ago would benefit you in the harvesting of truth into your life. Remember, there is no formula for growing a relationship with God. He is real and alive, and the fact that you want to grow in relationship with Him actually makes His heart happy!

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The Power of the Context

What does it look like to live inside the answer to someone else’s prayer? It is understanding our place in the context of God’s story

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The Seed is in Itself

Inside of every apple is the blueprint for the orchard. Often, it is the process of dying to ourselves that allows the dream God planted

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Living a Running Homily

One of the questions that I am asked most often by young leaders is what I think about seminary as a way of preparing for ministry. More than a few friends have been surprised by my emphatic responses that have discouraged that path. While I see the value of continuing an education, our culture has somehow made the leap that obtaining a degree qualifies a person for leading the church. Seminary is not inherently bad by any means, but it, in and of itself, can never qualify someone to lead.

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