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What Fruit Do You Bear?

They say numbers never lie, but maybe, sometimes, they do.

Lakewood Church located in Houston, TX

I’ve never been to what people call a mega church, but I have seen plenty of videos, photos, stories about them and the huge number of congregations.  It’s easy to see a church like that, and think about how blessed they are, and hope that maybe someday your own church could be blessed like that.  However, I don’t think the idea of a mega church is…

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Old Doesn't Mean Obsolete

Just because something new has come along doesn't mean the old is obsolete.

Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.  Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it?  I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.- Isaiah 43:18-19 (NKJV)

This will be a pretty short post, because not really much needs to be said about this subject.  I haven’t personally heard or seen of it, but the verse…

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No Small Roles

No matter your part of the body of Christ, it is no small part. Check out my thoughts on why I feel that way.

For in fact the body is not one member but many.  If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?  And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where wouldbe the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where wouldbe the smelling?  But now God has…

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Pharisees Among Us???

Have Christians today become modern day Pharisees? Here is my view on the subject.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.” - Matthew 23:25 (NIV)

  How many times have you heard a pastor at church, or another believer, talk about how they don’t want to simply have religion, but a relationship with Christ?  I know I myself have said it, and it’s true.  I…

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Does God Still Punish Us?

Does God still punish us if we disobey Him? Here are my thoughts on it.

I must say, the past couple of days, I’ve been mulling on an interesting idea that was brought up during a conversation I had with my girlfriend, Cristy.  The idea was the question of if God still punishes us like he did in the Old Testament whenever people either disobeyed Him, or showed a lack of faith, etc.  My original thought was of that it’s not something outside the realm of possibility,…

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Fear or Faith?

When times get tough, does fear rule you, or faith?

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. - Psalms 23:4 (NIV)

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline - 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you;…

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Guess Who's Back?! (Part 2)

Part 2, discussing my new relationship, and vision for the future of this blog.

Well, as I stated in Part 1, I have had a life changing moment occur during my hiatus.  I started dating a woman named Cristy, who is a very intelligent, beautiful, and fun woman to talk to.  Our conversations have become the highlight of my day outside of my alone time with God, and it’s such a great feeling.  Before I ended Part 1, I was saying that I would discuss what else has me excited…

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Guess Who's Back?! (Part 1)

I have returned, but where was I? Part 1 discussion my blogging hiatus

Hola Hola Coca Cola!  Lol sorry i couldn’t help it, it was a very popular greeting my high school Spanish teacher liked to use that has just stuck with me.  I hope everyone has been good.  I know I said it wouldn’t be until the first week of November before I came back, but I felt the bug biting me, so I returned early.  Granted, I will be holding off the podcasting until then, but I will be back…

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What Have I Been up To?

An update on what I've been up to

I’m sure some of you may have noticed, but it has been quite awhile since I have posted anything on here, or recorded a new podcast.  Well, the trend will continue until November.  I will be sure to explain in more detail when I return, but just know that nothing is wrong, or nothing bad has happened.  In fact, the opposite has occurred and things are really starting to look up.  As I said, I…

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Heed the Silent Screams Part 2

Heed the Silent Screams Part 2

Today I’ve finished my discussion on domestic violence and depression.  It’s a topic I probably could have said much more on, but I don’t know if I could have done the proper justice, but I hope that in the end there is some more light shed on just how damaging domestic violence and depression can be.  You can hear part 2 of this on Podbean, iTunes, or Stitcher.

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Today I finish my discussion on domestic violence and depression

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Heed the Silent Screams Podcast Episode

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Just a reminder to check out today’s episode of my podcast, if you haven’t already.  Today I mainly focus on the effect that domestic violence has on the victim, as well as the collateral damage.  On Tuesday, I will continue on the topic of domestic violence and, time permitting, depression.  I don’t know if Tuesday’s episode will conclude my thoughts on the topics, or if more will be required,…

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On today's episode I draw on personal experience to begin discussing the effects of domestic violence

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Heed the Silent Screams

Subject matter for upcoming podcast episode

This will probably be one of the shortest posts I will write on here, because what I want to discuss isn’t anything that I can simply write about.  With everything going on with Ray Rice, and along with the suicide of Robin Williams, I find myself wanting to discuss both of these at length, because I have personally dealt with both domestic violence and depression.  Too many times I hear people…

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On today's episode I discuss how with the recent events in the Middle East it appears that Christians are starting to demonstrate a lack of faith

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Ray Rice Saga Continued...

My thoughts on the continuing developments of the Ray Rice saga.

Originally, I was going to wait until Wednesday to write this, but after hearing some things, I have to say something.  As most of you have probably heard by now, Ray Rice was not only released by the Baltimore Ravens, but suspended indefinitely by the NFL due to TMZ releasing the video of what transpired between him and his then fiancée, Janay, inside the elevator.  First off, I want to say that…

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Updates

Website and podcast updates

Hey everyone.  I know it’s been awhile, at least it feels that way, since I’ve posted anything.  I’m currently going through some things to try to update the look of my website, as well as my podcast, so my silence will continue for a little while.  I’m working on just simply having my most recent podcast episodes readily available on my “Welcome” page, as well as waiting to update my links to…

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