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Merging faith and politics

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Four years ago in his televised interviews with then presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, Pastor Rick Warren aptly stated: “We believe in the separation of church and state, but we do not believe in the separation of faith and politics.” One of the beautiful freedoms in our American…

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Deliverance or dominance?

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What proverbial mountain is staring down at you right now? How intimidatingly tall is it? How much of your world has it cast in shadow? What would it look like if God leveled it for you? What would it look like if He helped you climb it? Sometimes, like in…
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Burning incense revisited

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Well, unfortunately another little woodland creature decided to die inside the wall of our church office and reek out the building. Last year Pastor Jerry’s office was their favorite dying site but this week it’s been mine. Luckily, Jessica recently bought me a cupcake-scented candle and it’s been helping me…
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Trapped in yesterday

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You would never know it’s fall in Los Angeles. The leaves haven’t changed, the temperature is in the 100s, and I didn’t know my body could produce this much sweat. And yet it’s officially autumn—the calendar told me so. Sometimes the seasons of our lives are like that too. The…