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A Secret Weapon for Silent Battles

I quit drinking alcohol eight years ago this month. While sitting in a hospital bed, I was told by a doctor that if I loved life and I wanted to be around awhile I would quit drinking. I didn’t want to quit, and I honestly had no intention of quitting. I was in denial, but before I left the hospital I understood that I needed to quit. The doctor’s blunt statement was the slap in…
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Throwback Thursday: When in Rome…

Originally published on December 12, 2025.
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Wednesday’s Watch: J Warner Gives Four Proofs the Universe had a Beginning

In this week’s video J. Warner of Cold-Case Christianity discusses four proofs that show the universe had a beginning. These proofs are the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the expansion of the universe, cosmic “radiation echo,” and the philosophical problem of infinite regress.
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Monday Meditation: Ephesians 4:29

Today’s meditation is on Ephesians 4:29: Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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Sunday Morning Praise Song: ‘As For Me and My Home’

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. (1 Chronicles 16:23 ESV) This week’s praise song is “As For Me and My Home” by Brandon Lake.
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When God Says No

Jesus promised us that if we ask anything in His name He will do it. (John 14:13-14). Yet sometimes it doesn’t seem like our prayers are being answered. Have you ever been praying for something for a long period of time, but still don’t have resolution? Have you been praying about something for so long that you begin to question if God is listening to you? Does it make you feel like God doesn’t care…
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Throwback Thursday: You Will Always Have the Poor With You

Today we are going to look at Jesus’ anointing at Bethany. This is a story that some skeptics use to show that Jesus was not an all-caring person or an all-loving God. Some Christians have even twisted these verses to claim we don’t need to care about the poor, or that it is pointless to try to help them because we are never going to eradicate poverty.
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Wednesday’s Watch: The First 70 Years of the Christian Church

This is an interesting video that sums up the first 70 years of the Christian Church in the Book of Acts.
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Monday Meditation: Lamentations 3:22-23

This week’s meditation is on Lamentations 3:22-23: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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Sunday Morning Praise Song: ‘Reflector’

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. (1 Chronicles 16:23 ESV) This week’s praise song is Reflector my Jeremy Camp.
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How great the chasm that lay between us.
How high the mountain I could not climb.
In desperation, I turned to heaven,
And spoke Your name into the night.
Then through the darkness, Your loving kindness,
Tore through the shadows of my soul
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I appreciate how this series pairs scripture with a specific song each week. Opening with 1 Chronicles 16:23 sets a…

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Thank you so much for stopping by, and thank you for the compliment! I will continue posting a weekly praise…