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film, Freedom, Human, slavery, Trafficking
When you think of slavery, what do you picture? Fields full of laborers on cotton plantations? Roman decadence riding on the working class? Ancient Israel trapped and forced to work in Egypt? Do you picture modern day? Do you picture 13-18 year olds forced to do unspeakable things just around the corner from your home? [...]
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New Building, Scripture
As we grow closer to opening this building, we wish to celebrate God’s faithfulness and the power of His Word. As a church we will be reading God’s Word over the property for the 24 hours leading up to the opening. This will mark the “rootedness” of our church identity in the Scripture in a [...]
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followership, leadership, membership, New Building, participation, perseverance, prayer
On Sunday I shared what I believe OGC needs from Nancy and me and the rest of our officers and their spouses. For the next two years, arguably among the most strenuous in our history, the church needs us to stay the course. OGC needs us to persevere through the hard work, the late hours, [...]
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affliction, angels, comfort, encouragement, sickness, suffering
This quarter’s edition of The Free Grace Broadcaster focuses on Comfort in Affliction. I have taken much of value away from the articles within, especially a sermon by Charles Spurgeon called Cheer Up, My Dear Friends. In it he addressed those discouraged that they could do nothing due to being laid aside by sickness or [...]
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church, Digo, ecclesiology, Missions
Following services yesterday we took a picture of a good many of the saints that comprise Orlando Grace Church. Our Digo survey team intends to take a framed print to Kenya as one of our gifts toward forging and strengthening ongoing connections to the church and people there. We want them to have some idea [...]
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community, Music, singing, worship
I’m no musician. Now don’t get me wrong, I love music! But somehow my musical training and prowess stalled when I was first chair in the recorder in fourth grade. I can carry a tune okay, but I don’t enjoy singing in front of others – at least not on my own. But if you [...]
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Autism, compassion, Disability, Sensory Processing Disorder
I sit here as a myriad of medical terms flow effortlessly through my fingertips onto the screen. I compose an in-depth handout to share my expertise about Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder. I attempt to answer many questions. To explain what proprioception and vestibular input are and how they can help. To condense six years [...]
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During my sermon yesterday, I mentioned an image of an Egyptian protestor. Here is that image: (This image comes from The Atlantic’s In Focus photojournalism blog. It’s an incredible series, but not without some disturbing images of the protests.) Amidst the barrage of water cannons, the protestor seems to be standing firm, holding the peace [...]
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gospel
During the final Gospel in Life equipping hour class on Sunday I gave a quick summary of each of the eight sessions that we have studied. I thought it would be helpful to post the synopsis; especially for those who were unable to attend the final class (all quotes are attributed to Tim Keller’s Gospel [...]
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community, Gospel in Life, love
This morning during the Gospel in Life Equipping Hour class, we finished Session 4 on Community: The Context For Change. We learned about authentic community, how to cultivate that community, and the ultimate Creator of that community. One poignant question Tim Keller poses is the following: “How can we love people we do not naturally [...]
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