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Like a fish fresh out of the water, a new believer’s first reaction after accepting Jesus is usually a hunger and desire to devour God’s word. As time moves along however, if that new spirit is not fed, then the initial longing will begin to dissolve and fade away leaving ...

I know how to ruin a perfectly good weekend. I just bring up taking our kids to the dentist. That’s all it takes. Whatever joy that was filling the space of our happy, home-full of children departs. One moment, we delight in the smile of a two-year-old laughing at his own jumping ...

I had a baditude.  And it was an extremely nasty one.  But I found the remedy, and I took the medicine that cured it.  I share this story with you because I have to ask, do you have one too? A baditude is pretty much what you may think it is ...

“And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever ...

The Lutheran Church in the USA has two main branches, the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America), and the more conservative LCMS (Lutheran Church/Missouri Synod).  The ELCA is larger, but the LCMS is still the 8th largest protestant denomination within the states.  In this article, we will take an inside ...