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When Christians speak of categories of people, we use many different labels: Lost or saved Christian or non-Christian Believer or non-believer To call someone a non-believer is misleading. I’ve met many “non-believers” who actually do believe in something -- it's just not what I believe in. They might believe in ... Will power Self-determination The law of attraction Karma Superstitions Homeopathic drugs The Golden Rule Survival of the fittest Tony Robbins Luck In other words, they are very much believers — they just don’t believe in the same source of power that a Christ-follower believes in. By nature, all of us are believers. I’ve never met anyone who held absolutely no beliefs. They might be strange beliefs or not-well-thought-out beliefs, but they were still beliefs. In today's passage, we meet two blind men who are following Jesus. To be blind in that culture was to be a social outcast. In both the…

When I was in kindergarten, I broke my leg trying to climb a neighbor’s retaining wall. The only thing worse than having a teenage girl carry me home was the long recovery process. The cast ran from my toes to my upper leg. Even with crutches, it was almost impossible to walk without someone helping me. Initially, I couldn’t stand up on my own. To go to bathroom, I had to call for help. If I wanted something to drink, I had to call for help. Eventually it got better and I learned how to milk the situation to my advantage. As I saw signs of progress, I had hope things would change. What happens when there’s no hope? Perhaps you find yourself at a low point in life – or you love someone who is losing hope. Here’s what I didn’t know in kindergarten: If we really want to…

Ever since I gave my life to Jesus, I’ve wanted to serve him and to help others know him better. I am 47-years old and still learning. One thing I’m still learning is the difference between stewardship and ownership. One thing I do know is this: All I am and all I have is from God – it’s not mine. The same is true for you. As Christians, we were meant to be channels of God’s blessing, but too many of us are content to be reservoirs. I want us to take a short journey through the Bible and see what it says about stewardship. Here’s why … You don’t just need money to live on. You need something to live for. The principle of stewardship emerges early in the Bible. 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And…