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Goliath versus Bathsheba

By Chris Jackson
April 4, 2019
2 Mins read

So who would win in a fight, Goliath or Bathsheba? Actually a better question might be, which of them would pose the greatest threat to a king? King David would think the question is a no-brainer. He would say, “A giant on a battlefield is far less dangerous than a…

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You will never get snared if you do not stray

By Chris Jackson
December 19, 2018
2 Mins read
You have certainly discovered how dangerous life can be right? Surely, by this point in your story, you have faced both demons and human treachery. You have had your back against some walls, and you have found ways to break through other ones. You have won and you have been…
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Won't Becomes Can't

By Chris Jackson
October 1, 2018
2 Mins read
Anne Frank, whose Holocaust diary was posthumously published as the famed Diary of a Young Girl, stated, “Our lives are fashioned by our choices. We first make our choices. Then our choices make us.” Miss Frank was a mere fifteen years old when she died in a concentration camp and…
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Resting from work or working from rest?

By Chris Jackson
January 26, 2017
1 Mins read
How would you describe your time off from work (and by work, I don’t just mean your job, but also all of your personal/family projects and demands)? Do you typically rest from your work or do you work from a place of rest? There is a gigantic difference between the…
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I want a rule; God wants obedience

By Chris Jackson
July 3, 2016
1 Mins read
How many drinks can I have? One? Two? More? Or none at all? Can I watch certain kinds of R-rated movies? Like the ones that are only rated R for violence? Or maybe just language? Or other stuff too as long as it isn’t too bad? What are my rules…
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