Category: Mentoring
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Four Parts to the Fire
Recently, I met with Ryan Stacey, who is my website designer and a professional fire fighter. Our conversation turned to what makes a fire burn. Ryan told me that there are four elements necessary for it to burn. It takes (1) fuel, (2) heat and (3) oxygen to start the fire. Then Ryan said that…
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Do the Right Thing.
Our integrity or lack of integrity is always seen in what we do. I have heard it said that it is never wrong to do what is right; and that it is never right to do what is wrong. Simply put, we are always to do the right thing, because it is right to do…
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Love is found in Unexpected Places and People.
Recently I was with the Living Streams Chinese Church in Brooklyn. In the congregation was a young woman, about twenty years old. She had come to New York from a background of rejection by her mother in China, who regretted she had not been born a boy.
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Stand Fast and Firm for Freedom.
I recently heard former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum say, “The more we restrain ourselves, the more free we are.” I thought to myself, “This is profoundly life-changing wisdom.” I realized
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Making Choices that Work
I recently heard Dr. Condoleeza Rice, the former American Secretary of State, say something like this: “You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.”
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A Crisis of Commitment
I was recently talking with my friend, Bishop John Cummings, who is the Senior Pastor of Restoration Temple, in Brooklyn, New York City. We were discussing how much society has changed and how the Christian church has reflected these changes. We agreed that,
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Basic Teaching for new Christians
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God does not need Proof.
Have you ever had someone try to argue with you that God does not exist? Perhaps they did not argue, but told you they could not convince themselves that He is real. I have found
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Victim Status
I was sitting in the home of Dr. Keith Pettus, who is the Senior Pastor of Truth Center Ministries in Long Island, NY. He had written in his ministry blog and showed it to me on his computer. Here is what he wrote. “Victim status is
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At the Expense of Morality
My good friend, Pastor David Briggs recently said, “Intellectualism is celebrated at the expense of morality.” This statement is profoundly true. All we need to do is look around at what is happening in the world. Nations, governments, families and other elements of society are being redefined by
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