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I get so frustrated with the older brother in the story of the prodigal son.
Here he is, pitching a temper tantrum because of something his father never gave him (a goat, for crying out loud).
We can learn a valuable lesson at the expense his ignorance:
Your Father can’t give you what’s already yours!
This brother had access [...]

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Got plans for Christmas Eve?  We do too, and we think you should join us.  An Uptown Christmas is going to be unlike any Elevation experience you’ve had.  We wish we could explain it, but this one you’ll just have to experience  for yourself.  It’s a (free) ticketed event and they are selling out faster [...]

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When people visit the doctor, they expect a direct and accurate diagnosis.
If the physician doesn’t identify the disease and recommend drastic enough measures, it’s called malpractice.
But when people come to church, and the preacher diagnoses sin, recommending the radical remedy called repentance, people are offended.
They call it intolerant, narrow-minded, and judgmental.
I don’t want to stand [...]

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