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35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” 39 “Come,” he replied, “and…
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“What you win them with is what you win them to.” This is a quote from a professor of mine in college, in a class on youth ministry. The discussion surrounded the idea of events, give-aways, games, etc. When doing these kinds of things, youth pastors should be careful because whatever it is that ‘won’…
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Why the Church? To glorify God in all things. (Part 1) How does this happen? Through placing worship first in the church. (Part 2) All of the church’s life is about the expression of God’s love toward us and our love toward God and neighbor. In Acts 2:42-47, we find a summary of the church…
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29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came…
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Is it really that simple? A few weeks ago, I wrote an article called “Why the Church”. This is a follow-up to that article. I had a conversation with a pastor friend of mine about that article, and the question that was posed to me was, “How?” How does a church shift themselves toward this…
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19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” 22 Finally…
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14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”) 16 Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness, 17 for…
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I once heard a random story about someone who shipped boxes upon boxes of frisbees to a third world orphanage. The response letter thanked this person for all the plates they sent, and informed him that the children figured out that, when the plates were turned upside down, they could be tossed and flew really…
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10 He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name, 13 who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of…
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One of my joys as a father was taking my youngest son to the local library on a weekly basis for storytime. At storytime, there was often singing. One of the favorites was a song called “The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming).” It is a fun song with lots of activity: pretending to ride a bicycle,…