Facing Opposition

Do not be mistaken or surprised. You will face opposition. You will experience struggle. You will face tough choices. You will walk through darkness, challenge, and fear. You will experience defeat, set backs, and obstacles. You will have hard times. Jesus said, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart,

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The Fact of God

The brazen desert sun reflected mercilessly off of every rise, wallowing in the gaps between the dry cliff walls and the tawny wilderness floor. The opening crags of jutting rock faces joining to form the rugged hillsides of the desert of Judea seemed to move toward the afternoon sun as the light played its way in

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A Few Little Keys to the Kingdom

Jesus left more than a few keys of the kingdom in the hands of his followers.  He never intended that anyone would horde them, or intentionally deprive others of them for their own selfish gain.  But starting with the first apostles, and then bishops, and then popes that is exactly what happened — people used the

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