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Passing along a great blog post about if Chick-Fil-A was a church ...

I've been asked to speak at LifeChurch in South Aurora on May 2.  My topic?  Ahab and Jezebel.  In over 2o years of preaching, I think this will be the first sermon devoted entirely to Ahab and Jezebel. In doing research into this odd couple, I came across the following encounter between God and Elijah.  Jezebel has sent a death threat to Elijah and he takes her at her word -- and runs for his life.  Unfortunately, it's not quite the response God had been hoping for.  After letting Elijah gripe about being "the only righteous" person left, here's what God says to Elijah: The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not…

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As part of a church that has a vision to help plant church and launch new campuses, the following quote from a credit union has great meaning: "Before we put up branches, we put down roots.”

I heard this commercial on the radio for Head and Shoulders: "You don't have to live up to your potential as long as your hair does." What an encouraging message!  Slack off, eat more ice cream, get carpal tunnel from playing too many video games.  It doesn't matter as long as you have nice hair. For what it's worth, I didn't know my hair had potential.