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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Who has Your Heart?
There have only three times that I have moved. The first time happened when I was ten years old. We left El Salvador to come to America. I remember our departure. The feelings are somewhat nostalgic. This move opened a new life for me and my family. The best of it was the fact that […]
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The Life of a Pastor: Service, Stress, Solitude, Sacrifice
This weekend, my wife and I traveled to New Mexico to join a dear brother in Christ, my friend, mentor and pastor and his family for the memorial of his 22 yr. old son who died in an accident. My friend Jimmy (his testimony of how he came to Christ is also an incredible story […]
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Grace and Legalism
When Christ saves us, he saves us by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-10). Christians acknowledge and believe this without a doubt. It’s how we live in this world that becomes problematic for many Christians. On one side there are those who believe they are now free to do anything and thus abuse the grace of […]
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Jesus My Love
Here is a poem from “Poems For The Journey” Jesus My Loveby eig Oh Jesus, you are my first loveI wish that I wouldn’t only remember you as someone aboveBut that you are in my life, my only true loveI remember the day when you saved meI felt you so close and free as a […]
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Disagreeing with Jesus
I don’t often disagree with Jesus. This was the case the other day when I was reading Matthew 6:25-34. I have read this passage many times. I have heard sermons about it many times. I have read commentaries about it. But recently God has been pointing out some things I have never seen before. I […]
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Following Jesus in an Age of Super Stars
The title of this post is misleading. When I mean Super Stars I don’t mean the Hollywood crowd. I mean the Christian stars. Bear with me as I explain. When I was a new Christian I was immediately taken under my youth pastor’s wings. I admired him a lot. Naturally, I began to imitate him, […]
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