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Living in a World Where We Don’t Belong

The news is frightening. Some don’t watch it. I don’t very often, but once in awhile I get a sound bite from a radio station or Google News pops up on my phone, and I can’t resist. And sometimes tragedy in the news hits way too close to home. That’s what happened recently. My youngest son attends UNCC where a …

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Book of Ruth Bible Study ONLINE

(Don’t forget to scroll to the end to see who won the book giveaway from last week)! For the next seven months, the blog articles and Bite of Bread Bible reading plan will be based on my Bible study on Ruth. It sounds like an eternity, I know, but the study has 31 lessons with each focused on a Hebrew …

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How Do You Hear Jesus?

They had a job to do. She had a job to do with her friends. A few women and Mary Magdalene prepared to take care of the dead body of their Jesus, and they arrived to the tomb early that morning to do that, but He wasn’t there. We know that part of the story. Jesus’s body no longer laid …

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Hope when You’re Hopeless

If hopelessness sits deep in the pit of your stomach, and you’ve just about given up, maybe it will help you to remember Good Friday is coming. Isn’t it strange that we call such a horrific day, “good?” On this side of The Cross we call it good because this day changed the course of eternity. But for those who …

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If You’ve Been Hurt (God is Faithful)

A long time ago a door to ministry slammed in my face. What had looked like a blessed pathway to a dream and calling fulfilled turned into heartbreak. But God’s timing was perfect as it always is, and just as those doors shut, Mike got a new job that required moving which lent the opportunity for new starts and fresh …

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