More Than a Religious Holiday
Christmas is more than a holiday or a tradition. Here’s why the true meaning of Christmas points to Jesus and changes everything.
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WHY OUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH DOESN’T NEED THE TIGER KING RIGHT NOW (OR EVER)
What does it mean, “to be found by him without spot or blemish”? (2 Pt. 3:14)
This is a pointer to Jesus, that He is the pure, spotless Lamb that was slain to atone for our sin. This points to His purity.
As we walk through uncertain times, we should try our best to be diligent in our personal purity, modelling Christ, as best we can. This can have a very positive impact on our mental, and emotional well-being.
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HOW TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
A Children’s Story. At Disneyland, there’s a famous attraction based on the movie, Alice in Wonderland called the Mad Tea Party. If you don’t know it, let me explain. (1) You and your family pile into a giant tea-cup. (2) Giant tea-cup spins like mad. (3) Experience more g-force than NASA astronauts endure. Okay, maybe not that…
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THERE ARE NO EXTRAS IN THE GOSPEL
We All Have a Lead Role. I want to do a follow-up post to yesterday’s post titled, “The Extras of the Gospel“. We started this week by imagining the whole Gospel story had been culminated into a film series. Then we looked at the final passage of Paul‘s second letter to Timothy as scene from the movie, “Letters…
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THE EXTRAS OF THE GOSPEL
Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia & Us. This week, we’re been exploring the final scene of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. In chapter 4, verse 21, we get to a few folks that send their greetings through Paul: “Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.” (4:21b) Believe it or…
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“LETTERS TO TIMOTHY” THE MOVIE
The Supporting Cast A couple of days ago, I introduced this concept of looking at the Bible and the Gospel story like film series. Moreover, looking at each book of the Bible like a single movie in that Gospel Film Series. Under that concept, we started looking at the final scene of Paul‘s second letter to Timothy: “19 Greet…
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THE GOSPEL FILM SERIES
“Letter To Timothy” The Movie. Today, I’d like us to look at the Gospel as a film series. Today, let’s imagine that the whole Gospel story, God’s plan to save humanity has been culminated into an entire film series. Of course, this is film series is massive! (Maybe even as big as Star Wars will be…
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THE FORCE AWAKENS…
…A New Generation of Star Wars Fans This Christmas, the Star Wars saga continued into its 7th film. All over the world, a multi-generational audience flocked to theatres. From elementary school kids, all the way up to grandparents; they all had to see it. My first Star Wars film was actually the 2nd in the first…
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PETER’S PERSPECTIVE BY SKITGUYS.COM
PETER: The Expressive Sanguine We’ve been working our way through this series on Biblical Leadership, under the title, “Leaders Are Everywhere”. We’ve been looking at a different Biblical leader each week, and this week our focus is Peter. And today, we’re going to focus in particular on Peter’s background. I want to take a look…
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Lessons from Star Wars and New Ideas
Star Wars leadership lessons remind us not to overcomplicate simple things or hold too tightly to bad ideas.
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What Hollywood Gave Me Through Noah
Hollywood’s Noah missed the mark, but our response surprised me.
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Why You Should Watch Son of God
This movie helped me see Jesus with fresh eyes. Here’s why Son of God is worth your time.
