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Gracious Generosity: The Best Gift this Christmas
By
chadhovind
Ever feel like Christmas has become too commercialized? It’s more about getting than giving? This is the second Christmas since Beth’s grandmother passed away. She was a woman of few words. She served others to show her love. She grew up in Kentucky but loved her farm in Michigan. One day, a few months before…
Christianity as the Source of Civil Rights and Call to Help the Hurting
By
chadhovind
One more Biblical Reason why human rights and civil rights are so key to Christianity: The idea that life is sacred. and life begins not only at conception, but before conception is also found in the story of Christmas. Luke 1:39-44. 39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with…
Is the Spirit of Saint Nick Only for December?
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chadhovind
What is Christmas all about? What is life all about? (Give unto others as you have had it given unto you.) Christmas is about the generosity of God. He gave of Himself generously and sacrificially to come to earth to rescue mankind. He came to offer them “peace on earth” and “good will toward men.”…
You Can’t Pray Your Way Out of Things You’ve Behaved Your Way Into
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chadhovind
Prayer is powerful. Prayer is key to success. God hears the prayers of the hurting, the troubled, and those at the end of their rope. Prayer is also used as an excuse. Magical thinking. A way to blame God for not coming through after we’ve painted ourselves into a corner. As a pastor, I have…
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