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Blood-Bought Jesus Communities

Our Prince of Peace is at the center of our world and communities of believers. What would it look like if we made a daily practice of letting Christ’s character […]

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Eternal Life Shows Up HERE and NOW

If we truly engage with Christ and His followers in the love Jesus modeled for us, our confidence in God’s eternal love grows!

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Slavery Today in the USA

This number is way low when we consider various kinds of sexual bondage beyond what I’m mentioning here, yet it is estimated that among our very own boarders there are […]

The City of Merced

Weak & Powerful

Yesterday’s gathering was the culmination of a week of missionary activity for our little missionary community. We saw God work through us to touch some lives in some really special […]

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Bound Together in Love

Our little Jesus community is growing in the best way possible, in love and devotion to Jesus Christ. It’s been special to watch individuals and families catching a vision for […]

Friends from around the World

Divine Friendship & Grace in Good Friends

It’s been less frequent that I’ve posted here to my blog, and part of that has been to be true to God’s call on the believer’s life to be connected […]

Friends from around the World

Men in Submission

Reading God’s Word this morning in 1 Thessalonians, I’m compelled by Paul’s example to this church. He was so submitted in his lifetime to God, so bowed before the Holy […]

Friends Who Live Near Us

The Power of Promised Joy

You’ve read the Good Book… not the humanist one but the Word of God… Maybe you haven’t? Well, the real Good Book wasn’t written by one chap wanting to defy […]

Friends around the USA

Fragile Friendships

Many people have trouble hanging on to long lasting and meaningful friendships where there is absolute trust and truth in the same friendship. I’ve had my own challenges at times […]

Gospel on the Ground

FIRST IN… LAST OUT… LAUGHING THE LOUDEST

What does it mean to be a courageous leader in anything? […]

The City of Merced

Bunch of Dudes and Lumber in the Road

Too cool today. I was out doing my goofy unicycling marketing around town for my business, and I came to the intersection in Merced where the Mall and Target neighbor up, […]

Gospel on the Ground

No One Can Take MY JOY

My son is always saying “Mine/My” about basically everything he runs into in life. One thing I’m learning to be this possessive about is MY JOY. This joy was given […]