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A Quick Summary Of James 3:17-4:12

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This week, we are reminded to pursue God and not the world. How…
Luke 7:40-47 - Sinners are not forgotten, their souls matter too

What If I'm the Sinner, Not the Saint?

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Do you ever wonder who Jesus would be hanging out with if He were with us in the flesh today? Who are the “outsiders” that we’d be astonished to see Him with? The down-on-their-luck, left-behind and forgotten, sick and outcast whom He’d notice with compassion?

The Day God Convicted Me of My Pride

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A few summers ago, I woke up one morning greatly burdened. I opened my Bible and read it as I normally did each day. Though God’s Word often brings me peace, that day my mind was spinning.

When Pride Lingers After An Accident

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There’s nothing innately wrong with being proud of something or someone. Pride can be a good thing. But we have to be careful with it because it can become very dangerous when it's misplaced.

Should We Give Help but Not Receive it?

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During dinner some days ago, my father lamented about how times have changed. It used to be that bosses care about their workers even outside of work.

ODB: Pride at the Core

“He thinks he’s really something!” That was my friend’s assessment of a fellow Christian we knew. We thought we saw in him a spirit of pride. We were saddened when we learned that he soon was caught in some serious misdeeds. By elevating himself, he had found nothing but trouble. We realized that could happen to us as well.It can be easy to minimize the terrible sin of prid

ODB: The Two Bears

Some years ago, my wife, Carolyn, and I spent a few days camping on the flanks of Mount Rainier in Washington State. When we were returning to our campsite one evening, we saw in the middle of a meadow two male bears boxing each other’s ears. We stopped to watch.There was a hiker nearby, and I asked him what the conflict was about. “A young female,” he said.“Where is she?&r

ODJ: crashing down

We got really good,” Raleigh Becket bragged. He and his brother piloted a “Jaeger”, a huge battle robot that fought massive, dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju as depicted in the movie Pacific Rim. In their arrogance, the brothers defied orders and went on a reckless mission battling a huge Kaiju alone. The massive beast destroyed their Jaeger, causing it to come crashing down in d

ODJ: destructive pride


In the classic 1991 animated movie Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is the town’s strapping, egotistical hero.He’s a ‘manly man’ admired by the locals and desired by many of the town’s younger women. Most seem to be huge fans of Gaston and overlook his obnoxious ways, except for the young and beautiful Belle. 


At the start of the film, Gaston meets Belle on the street