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The Cross as a Way of Life

Posted on June 29, 2025 by mitchteemley

To die to self, to keep the old nature nailed to the cross. It’s such a battle, isn’t it? And yet, in the end it turns out to be not just any battle but the battle. If we win this … Continue reading →

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Put the X Back in Xmas!

Posted on December 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week People often assume that the term “Xmas” is an attempt to take “Christ” out of Christmas. But did you know that: The term Xmas dates all the way back to the Middle Ages. X is an … Continue reading →

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Greater Love…

Posted on May 30, 2021 by mitchteemley

“Sacrifice…should be done from love…from necessity…it should be done for people who need your strength because they don’t have enough of their own.” ~Veronica Roth Tomorrow is Memorial Day in my country, a day when we honor those who have … Continue reading →

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Never Forget

Posted on September 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

Never forget It’s not what you know, but Who you know

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I Want to Know Him

Posted on February 26, 2020 by mitchteemley

Is Jesus still on the cross? Yes. No. Both. Read on. Ash Wednesday begins the traditional season of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter (Lent literally means “Forty”). So what? “Old, dead tradition stuff.” That was my summation … Continue reading →

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Crosswalk

Posted on May 26, 2019 by mitchteemley

“If you would be my disciple, you must deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.” … Continue reading →

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Discipleship is Dangerous!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by mitchteemley

There are record numbers of suicides. Record levels of depression. Record levels of domestic abuse. Our world has never been more desperate for followers of Jesus to show the way out of this growing darkness! But the workers are few … Continue reading →

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Let Us Run…

Posted on August 12, 2018 by mitchteemley

Paul, the traditional author of Hebrews (though some think it was his fellow apostle Barnabas), repeatedly used racing as a metaphor for faith. In an endurance race the real competitor is ourselves (“the sin that so easily entangles”). The key to … Continue reading →

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The Cross

Posted on May 20, 2018 by mitchteemley

The cross isn’t a means of forgiveness. It’s proof of it.

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Put the X back in Xmas!

Posted on December 11, 2017 by mitchteemley

People often assume that the term “Xmas” is an attempt to take “Christ” out of Christmas. But did you know that: The term Xmas dates all the way back to the Middle Ages. X is an abbreviation for Christ (it’s … Continue reading →

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