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Eternity as a 23 Year Old

My reflections on eternity as a 23 year old.

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Michael Jordan made the number 23 famous. 23 was coined as a token of his greatness.

I’m thinking about my life now that I’m no longer 22. I’m passing by continual landmarks on the tick-tock of my wrist watch. 

And with eternity in view, it becomes difficult to maintain an appearance of cool. Though I’ve learned…

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Fictional Memoirs: Value

God chose whom he willed. Unconditional love, how is it real?

Through and through, you must learn to base your value in what Jesus has done for you. 

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When you think that your value is determined by the immediate feedback you receive,then you will never look past the empty seats during your speech. Leave your selfishness behind. Go past the manufactured mental mold that immobilizes you from being bold. You try to impress people…

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Heavy Truth

This is directed towards Christians. Is your study of God man centered or God centered?

Preface: This writing is directed towards those who are brothers and sisters by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Aside from one use of the literary device onomatopoeia, everything in quotes is meant to indicate something pertaining to the man centeredness of faith theology.  If you are not familiar with a certain reference feel free to leave a comment for clarification.

Everyt…

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Common Grace: A Tree

The ground is sturdy. The roots go deep. It's been there for years and when you cry it weeps.

There is a tree in front of you. I hope you see it.

It is towering overhead. The trunk reaches over 20 feet. It’s branches lurch and stretch high and wide spanning a good length. The leaves are a vibrant yellow, red, orange, brown, and green.  A comfortable shadow is cast; providing shade all around it’s trunk and beyond its leaves.

The ground is sturdy. The roots go deep. It has been there for…

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You Are Not Bored. You Are wicked.

No, not bored, But wicked. And yet, Savior Lord. Acquitted.

Think of the last conversation you thought was boring: the last person you quickly found conversationally deploring. What made you come to that conclusion? Take these next statements as a warning. 

The self serving thoughts of “This person is strange” and “These conversations are lame” are an indicator of your self confirming loss: Loss of friendship and growth in the message of the cross. The…

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There Is No Choir

There Is No Choir

To assume that the choir has been reached or to assume that the choir is not to be preached, is to assume that the choir is in correct and unified understanding with you. This simply is not true. As the idiom goes, “preaching to the choir,” I believe we should understand something: there is no choir. (Not in the sense of the phrase at least).

Similar social societal constructs like driving…

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Not A Game

This is not a game. 

This is serious business. This interaction is the realist. This run enables us to differentiate the legalist from the hedonist from the nihilist from the theorist. Each person is in part a trialist.   

No sit-ins or kick-outs, in this arena there are no doubts; there are no fouls and there are no time-outs. This event goes the distance independent upon whether or not you…

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Decide Now

Decide now.

You will never have all the answers. There will always be uncompensated for variables. Even the constants are changing. What will you gain by driving and straining to only make a decision after everything has settled and the opportunity has died before you even tried?

You will never have all the answers.

Decide now who you will be.

Will you live in freedom or constant misery? When…

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