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10 Attributes Plaguing the Established Church:

1. Christians make preferences and feelings more important than biblical principles and what is right. 2. Unable to celebrate spiritual transformation in others. 3. Willing to withhold their tithes and offerings when they disagree with leadership. 4. Willing to disrupt a worship service to make a point about their unhappiness.

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Christmas Peace

The Christmas standard “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” contains the familiar line “War is over if you want it, war is over now.” Lennon captured the sentiment of peace activists during a time in our history when many attempted to help us imagine a world free from war and strife.

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Peru, Poverty, and Riches

A spiritually rich life begins with a confession of spiritual poverty. That is my understanding of Jesus’ words in His Sermon on the Mount. He began a series of 8 blessings with this statement: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” What does it

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Help Flood Victims

Church Family, All of us have been shocked by the images of the devastation throughout South Carolina caused by historic rains and flooding over the weekend. We will be working alongside current American Red Cross relief efforts to meet the immediate needs of those who have been displaced. You may

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SEEK

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”- Jeremiah 29:13 God has said that His house was to be called a House of Prayer (Matthew 21:13). The Temple represented the presence of God among His people in Scripture. It was to be a

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