The Torch & The Trumpet

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The Woman Behind the Curtain

The Woman Behind the Curtain

Introduction What if I told you that everything you have always known as "normal' was an illusion? What if I said that we've all been living in a matrix...that the way the world truly operates has been hidden behind a veil for centuries while those who operate the...

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The Dragon Behind the Woman

The Dragon Behind the Woman

As followers of Christ, one of the most important realizations we can have is that the adversary has no self-manifested power. His power comes from what already exists in the form of deception and illusion, and therefore it is mostly only perceived power. With no...

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Vision Without Sight

Vision Without Sight

Have you ever felt like you knew where you were going, but you had no idea how you were going to get there? Yeah...me too. The question you find yourself asking is, "I know what I saw. I know what you showed me, God. WHY CAN'T I JUST GET THERE?"  Frustration and...

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Shadows With No Substance

Shadows With No Substance

"An empty man is full of himself" - Edward Abbey I've always been a big fan of Genesis and Phil Collins, and recently, I discovered a Genesis song that I'd never heard before...or at least I didn't remember it. It's called Home by the Sea, and it was actually a big...

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Don’t Let Reduction Be Your Deduction

Don’t Let Reduction Be Your Deduction

We have to be very careful about taking a reductionist view of everything. It's actually a rather childish way to think.Growing up, my sons' responses to complex problems would often be, "Well, that's dumb! Why don't they just not do that?" I remember coming to the...

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You get what you tolerate

You get what you tolerate

I saw this post yesterday in a dad’s group. I looked through some of the comments and there were a lot of “happy birthday” comments, but there were also a lot of “I thought I was the only one” type of comments.

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