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Episode 024 – Passover and Easter

Passover and Easter are two of the most significant memorials in two of the largest mono-theistic religions of all time. Passover for the people of Judaism and Easter honors the resurrection for the Christian. Both carry significance for two very different religions yet both symbolism redemption and freedom. Subscribe for more “I was Just Thinking” […]

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Freedom to Live Loved Not knowing, at a primal level, that we are profoundly loved is possibly one of the biggest problems in society today. Think about it…what is at the root of nearly every instance of someone acting out against others or sinning in a variety of ways? We don’t really understand that we […]

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Freedom to Live Intentionally While the other six freedoms are primarily about detoxing from the religious and social systems of our culture today and letting healing soak in, this freedom is about growing. It’s about choosing the way you want to be in the world, being intentional in your actions, and designing a life that […]

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Freedom to Enjoy Having fun is almost a bad word in some circles. Oh sure, it’s fine to take your annual vacation or play that game of golf on the weekends (as long as it doesn’t interfere with a church function or something equally important). And we hear lots of advice about taking time to […]

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Freedom to Be We live in a performance-driven culture. It’s the American way, the Puritan work ethic. We are taught to work hard, to perform, to produce. Performance is rewarded in school, at work, and even in our home life. The voices of judgment – both from our own internal critics and those around us […]

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Freedom to Choose Life is all about choice. Especially in America. It’ is our badge of honor, our right, to have the ability to choose. As such, we find that life rarely comes at us in black and white, with a clear yes or no, right or wrong. So, it becomes about the journey, the […]

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Freedom to Own your Own Faith People long ago lived by a system of rules and regulations that told them how to live their lives, and they used priests as intermediaries between themselves and God. Simply read through the Old Testament and be thankful that we no longer operate under this burdensome system. We are […]

grace

Most errors circulating in the Christian world today can be found in the New Testament era. In particular, the two main enemies of the gospel—legalism and libertinism (license to sin)—were both present in the early church. Galatians was written to legalists—hence the strong emphasis on liberty, freedom, and grace. James was written to libertines, those […]

Work of the Cross

The very presence of God was hidden from humankind behind a veil and only one man, a priest, could enter into that place once per year as a representative for all of man. That veil was torn when Christ died, exposing all of God’s presence to man directly. God exposing Himself and saying that you […]

Starts September

We are pleased to announce a new CounterPoint men’s gathering is starting in September. After taking a season to pursue other situations and a time of rest it is time to lay hold the guidon and press forward.For those who have not participated in a CounterPoint gathering let me simply say…this is NOT yo-momma’s-men’s-group. I heard […]