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For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you read Matthew 6:14-15The significance of these verses is directly tied to a portion of The Lords Prayer (read 6:7-13) when Jesus says, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors (12). Jesus offers commentary on the forgiveness […]

Give, and it will be given to you. Read Luke 6:37-38The above verse comes at the tale end of a section of one of Jesus most important sermons focused on Christian love and charity (6:27-38). It is interesting that Jesus standard regarding our disposition and actions towards our enemies, and others, is like is His […]

It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35I heard a wise man once say, You show me someone wrapped up in themselves and I will show you a pretty small package. In Acts 20:35 Paul is concluding his message to the Ephesian elders, after which he will depart for Jerusalem and never […]

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I try to run several miles three to four times a week and once a year my wife and I have committed to run a marathon. I do this not because I enjoy running like so many I pass on the trail or see at the races. You know the ones who think Steve Prefontaine […]

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Mission is not just one of a list of things that the Bible happens to talk about, only a bit more urgently than some. Mission is, in that much-abused phrase, what its all about. Our mission (if it is biblically informed and validated) means our committed participation as Gods people, at Gods invitation and command, […]

It is a curious question and one that I have wrestled with for sometime now. It is also an important question because the words or terms we often use carry with them significant meaning based on deeply held convictions. Therefore if one uses the wrong words one can communicate the wrong message, and communicating the […]

  Youth Pastor Exclusive from SLU on Vimeo. Brent Crowe, Vice President of Student Leadership University inviting youth pastors to join SLU for an Exclusive Youth Pastor Summit on September 29, 20119:00-11:30am atiamslu.com  

How to Think, Dream and Lead like Jesus (part 3) To Timothy, my beloved son 2 Timothy 1:1A tour de force through the last will and testament of an old leader to a younger oneThis week is the final installment of the blog series: Remedythe cure for the common: How to Think, Dream and Lead […]