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“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”…

I find it difficult being a mother. Very difficult sometimes. And I feel guilty that I find it difficult! There are some ladies who would……

Do you easily discard things? Do you ever feel as though you have been discarded? In America, many things are thrown out without a second thought. We even have a phrase here of, “One man’s junk ……

Mark 2 vs. 17- On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Several people live in s……

“Pastor Ron, my life is a mess and I don’t know what to do to fix it.” I received a call from a frantic young man recently. He had made some serious mistakes and now desperately wants to bring the broken pieces together again. I’m not worried about exposing someone’s identity, because that exact scenario is repeated dozens of times in the course of a year. It happens nearly once a week. While I’m no longer shocked anymore at the severity of someone’s struggles, I still am often surprised when I find out who some of the people struggling are in my church. This young man seemed to have everything going for him. Some of us become good at playing church. You’ve seen it many times. The person on Sunday gives the appearance that everything is fine, but when you really get to know them, you realize that things aren’t always as they appear. We’ve become skilled at pretending everything is okay, but when we do so, are we really allowing the church to be the church? Jesus said He came for the sick….the broken…the wounded. (Paraphrase of Mark 2:17) Here are 4 ways I’ve seen people play church and mask the reality of their life:…

Salvation is obtained solely through faith.…

Salvation is obtained solely through faith.…

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“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners”” (Mark 2:17). In Mark 2, Jesus hea……

“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners”” (Mark 2:17). In Mark 2, Jesus hea……