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How’s Your Training Going?
Physical fitness is something that we all need to pay attention to – God created us with physical bodies that need proper nutrition, rest, exercise, and care. important as physical training is, there’s another kind of training that’s even more important, even more vital, to our well-being. [powerpress] Video and full text available on our…
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Family Fun – It Is Possible
Why is having “fun” together so important to families? Family fun is an important part of building a strong family identity. When families have fun together, it builds a bond that can last a life time. Relationship with each other become stronger when we are having fun together. [powerpress] Video and full text available on…
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A Day at the Beach
I wonder how often we think about Jesus and the disciples doing something as familiar to us as enjoying a beach, grilling fish and eating and talking together. Notice who goes on this fishing trip in John 21: Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the sons of Zebedee, and two others. All of these men made strong…
Read MoreLife Is A Ball Game
Hall of Fame manager, Leo Durocher, said, “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” Durocher was known as Leo the Lip for his frank and outspoken speech, but he was correct that the game of baseball like church is deeper, more textured, and has a lot more going on than initially meets the eye.…
Read MoreFlags, Food, and Faith
Being careful about what kind of speech we saturate our mind and heart in is important to our soul. My prayer is what Paul says in Ephesians 4:29-31, “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give…
Read MoreLove: God’s Medicine
“So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 The Rev. Dr. Victor Scalise’s message. [powerpress] Video available on our Messages page.
Read MoreBeing a Credible Witness
It’s hard to imagine many things worse than living your life and believing with all your heart that when you die you’ll go to heaven only to find out when the time comes that rather than enjoying eternal life in God’s beautiful kingdom you’re being sent away into eternal punishment. That’s what happens to some…
Read MoreMaturing in Christ
Spiritually, the same is true, if we’re to be spiritually alive, we need to continue to mature. While I’m continually trying to mature in Christ myself, it’s also my responsibility to help others in the church to do the same. And these verses in Colossians are for the church. Paul’s writing to those of us…
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What’s the Most Important Thing to Do in Life?
When I was growing up, former New England Patriot running back Ron Burton came to my school in Brookline and gave a speech about life. He said the most important thing you could do in life was to run five miles every morning and if you did, it would change your life. He went on…
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