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MORE ABOUT DNOW WEEKEND

As DNOW weekend approaches, we took a few minutes to chat with Alberto Santiago, Interim Minister to Youth, here at FBCTLH to learn more about the upcoming DNOW weekend. Here is what he had to share. First Focus: Tell us, what is DNOW? Alberto Santiago: DNOW stands for Disciple Now. It’s a weekend where students, […]

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THE POWER OF JESUS’ CALL

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not good advice, it is good news. This is an important difference. Advice is something we hear, we consider and then decide how much of it, if any, we want to follow. If someone says “let me give you some advice about how you should get weeds out of […]

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GOING PUBLIC WITH JESUS

GOING PUBLIC WITH JESUS

In our day and age of never-ending news and updates, with so many news shows and channels, websites, and social media accounts that need the churn of constant content, press conferences have become commonplace. If you have a big announcement you think people will care about, you invite the reporters and the photographers to attend, […]

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MORE THAN CONQUERORS

MORE THAN CONQUERORS

Temple Grandin is a scientist who has been profiled by numerous media outlets, even having a movie made about her life by HBO. What has made her famous is that despite being autistic, she has become one of the world’s leading experts on livestock behavior. As a professor at Colorado State University, Dr. Grandin spent […]

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FOLLOWING JESUS IN BAPTISM

I was saved when I was fifteen years old. It was the first week of August, the summer before my sophomore year in high school, and I was at a youth camp with our church. The best way I can describe what happened is that God in his grace showed himself to me. Listening to […]

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OUR GOSPEL MISSION

In John 3 we read about a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus is troubled, concerned, and dissatisfied with his life. He’s wondering about the foundation he’s built his life upon and if there is something he just might be missing. Nicodemus has built his life on a certain way of thinking about God and […]

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WORTH THE READ

As we begin a new year, it’s an appropriate time to consider where we are in our relationship with God. Two important practices that help us stay close to God are regular times of prayer and reading Scripture. I want to recommend a recent book that combines both of those practices and might help you […]

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CHRISTMAS IS FOR WORSHIP

This past Sunday we held our Christmas musical, Jesus Our King. On Christmas Eve we will have two special services. First will be our Family Christmas Eve Service at 4:00PM, where our children will play Christmas songs, participate in a spontaneous nativity, and help communicate the true meaning of Christmas. This will be followed by […]

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THE PROMISE OF CHRISTMAS

A few years ago, the day after another awful and tragic mass shooting, the New York Daily News put several comments of high-ranking political figures on the front page of their paper, stating that they were praying for the victims, or that their thoughts and prayers were with the victims. Pretty standard responses as these […]

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THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS

We need hope. We all have a sense deep down that things aren’t as they should be. Not everything is right and good. We typically learn this early on when we’re kids. Someone takes your toy, pushes you, calls you a name, or punishes you for something you didn’t do, and we cry out, “That’s […]

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