Are you a morning person or a night owl? That’s probably a question you’ve been asked before.  Depending upon how you answer will likely influence your answer to the next question: When do you spend time with God in the Word and prayer? There seems to be an unwritten code amongst Christians which says, “You should read the bible whenever it is best for you.”   After all, there never is a bad time to read the bible, right? So as long as people are reading, we want to encourage them.  If its at 6am, cool.  If its at 11pm, thats cool too. But what does the history of our faith and scripture say about when we should seek God? While I was reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book “Life Together”, he makes a compelling argument that all Christians should seek God first thing in the morning.  On what basis?  First, the [...]

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Missional Idea for Advancing the Gospel: Jesus had compassion on more than 5,000 hungry people and fed them by multiplying five barely loaves and two fish.  He used this miracle to point to His love and power.  You and I may not be able to feed

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Missional Idea for Advancing the Gospel: While Jesus was on this earth, all of His miracles, John the Baptist’s testimony, and God the Father all bore witness that He was the Christ, God’s Son.  Everyday our attitudes and actions should als

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What is a good church member to do?  Fight or Flight?  Well, we all know that fighting in the church is wrong (Titus 3:1-2), therefore whenever we are confronted with an issue or doctrine in the church that we don’t agree with or like, then we shou

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