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re:{relate} 4 She’s your sister!

What a great topic to deal with the weekend of Thanksgiving! The two becoming one-flesh; “It was very good!” Sexuality built into the marriage relationship, the oneness, unity, and intimacy was VERY Good. Our parents, Adam and Eve, were naked and not ashamed. And then, cue the music, Genesis 3 happens. The train-wreck, the Mac [...]

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In the Know for December

Happy Thanksgiving! We’ve been looking back at what the Lord has accomplished over the past year and looking forward with the same sense of gratitudetoward what He will accomplish in 2010. As many of you gear up for the last push of the semester, please note the following happenings around here: November 25th - No [...]

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“God, IF You’ll then I’ll…”

Have you ever tried to put God into your program? You may know what God has already said. You may have memorized it in your heart, but you’re still questioning what God wants you to do. The same was true for Gideon. Consider the similarities–an encounter with God, obedience to the command, and being clothed [...]

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Feasting on Thanks

November 22 * 12:00 * Campus West * 102 Join First Singles and First University for our annual Thanksgiving Feast. We’ll be celebrating God’s goodness together after church on Sunday. Cracker Barrel will be catering, the girls are testing their Martha Stewart skills by decorating tables, and you’re invited to celebrate with us. Come on, [...]

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What’s in your backyard?

“The Lord is with you; Oh Valiant warrior” and “Go in this your strength and deliver… have I not sent you” haunted Gideon. The task – Huge The risk – Insurmountable The companions – FEW How can someone go from being a fearful man in hiding, one who questions God’s faithfulness, to a man who [...]

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Paralyzed, Problems, and the Presence

Inadequacy Discouragement Insignificance Constantly being beat down everywhere you turn? Weak, faltering, doubting, faith-less? The children of Israel had lived in bondage for a total of 43 years. The cycle of sin continues, each time the progression of captivity and oppression intensifying. Within the worst oppression Israel has experienced, a strange hero with staggering faith [...]

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re:{relate} 1 origins

The only way to know where we ARE is to know where we have BEEN and where we are GOING. A wise man once said, “You end up going what you have your eyes on.” In order to understand how to re:{relate} with the opposite sex, we’ve got to know how God created us, why [...]

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