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Don’t You Dare

January 9, 2012 by Pastor Mike

The phone rang. On the other end was a daughter’s desperate plea. “Dad is dying. And he’s backslidden.” His parents had been pastors. And they were gone. (“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”) They had been praying for their son a long, long time. And can you just […]

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On a Dragon, a Boy, Sinners and Forgiveness

January 6, 2012 by Pastor Mike

“Sleeping on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” In the Narnia series book, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, the boy Eustace is confronted with “himself.” Having become alone on an island, he’s cornered by a hideous creature. It has awful […]

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If Only I Could Be Like… (video)

January 4, 2012 by Pastor Mike

(For the entire Men Jesus Called teaching series by Richard @mcProdigal and Mike @aheartforgod, click here.)

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2012, the Mayans, the Media and Collapse of the Planet

January 1, 2012 by Pastor Mike

Well, it’s here. 2012. The year the world ends. The year of the collapse of the planet. At least according to the Mayans. And dare I say the media as well? (Clue: If the media promotes it, it’s probably not true. Remember Y2K?) And so let’s just say the Mayans ARE RIGHT for the sake […]

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God’s Plan for Me and You, Too

December 30, 2011 by Pastor Mike

“‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’” (Jeremiah 29:11) It’s important to have a plan. A plan is like a target. It gives you something to aim at, shoot for, strive after. It offers […]

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Ministry Moments 2011 [infographic]

December 28, 2011 by Pastor Mike

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Hope for When You’re Feeling “Blue”

December 26, 2011 by Pastor Mike

Down? Depressed? Bummed? “Blue?” No matter how you say it, it can happen to all of us (and does). Even the most “spiritual.” Especially after a big holiday (like Christmas) or a “high” in life (like speaking before a crowd or doing an outreach). There’s a let down, a “sadness” that can overtake. And we’re […]