Category: Christian Faith
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I’m sitting in a downtown coffee shop distracted by my constant overthinking. I’m drinking an overpriced chai tea that I’m not particularly impressed with. Overpriced is an understatement, $4.50??? It’s a beautiful Sunday...
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The Case Against Abortion
“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child...
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The Last Shall Be First
“The Last Shall Be First” Matthew 20:1-16 I know most theologians will tell you that this parable that Jesus tells us is about God’s grace—that God offers grace to anyone who comes to Him regardless of when they come to...
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Grace Hyper-Extended
There is a local church that has a long standing policy of never firing staff. You can lie, steal, sleep, be incompetent, create chaos or commit any other infraction that does not end in you being buggied off to jail, but you...
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Faith or Foolishness
Many Christians believe that God is just omnipresent and everywhere all the time. That isn’t true. God can be that, but he doesn’t dwell where he isn’t wanted. We get these false notions of God and Jesus based on passed down...
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“Jesus Peace” Matthew 2
The government was gunning for any child of his same heritage. Kill all the Jewish boys two years old and under. Kill them. Get them off the street. Herod’s policy was based on the fear of a person. It was the fear of a person...
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“The Real Meaning of Christmas”
from the sermon series: The Politics of Jesus newyorkcovenant.com Isaiah 9:1-7 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in...
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