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Thy Kingdom Come...

Every Sunday at the close of our service, we say the Lord’s Prayer together. During that prayer, there is a line that goes “Thy Kingdom c...

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Jul 2, 2020

Masks, Lockdowns, COVID-19, and the Christian Response

As we navigate these difficult times, there are a lot of voices telling us how to behave. One side tells us masks that wearing a mask wi...

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Oct 29, 2019

How to encourage your pastor

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciat...

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Oct 4, 2019

God's Got This!

This weekend, our R.E.A.L. Women's Ministry is going to be having a retreat with the theme of the weekend being "God's Got This!" I can'...

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Jul 4, 2019

Freedom

This writing is going to be a bit different. I am actually going to be sharing with you a thought from my mom, Chris Fiscus, who wrote t...

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Jan 16, 2019

What is the loving thing to do?

In Lake Shastina, California, there is a church called Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church. At this church, a sign was posted that stated,...

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Apr 27, 2017

Easter, Halloween, and Christmas

As we get closer to certain holidays, we start to hear a lot of noise. Noise about the secular parts of the holidays and noise about not ...

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Oct 14, 2016

Presidential Endorsement

This writing is one that I have wrestled with typing out and publishing because I understand its implications given the current political...

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May 17, 2016

But you will receive power...

Acts 1:8 - but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you... A pastor friend of mine asked me to write a little about...

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Feb 13, 2015

Is it possible to love someone and not agree with their lifestyle?

With "acceptance" and "tolerance" being hot words in our culture right now, I don't think there has been a more relevant question than ...

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