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Following at a Distance
“But Peter followed him at a distance…” Matthew 26:58 Jesus was supposed to be the King of Kings. The Messiah. The Savior of the world. This wasn’t supposed to be the end. The man that Peter had dropped everything to follow for three years was now being arrested. He didn’t understand why. After all, Jesus…
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The Titus Ten: Investments
Chapter 10: Investments In the last chapter of “The Titus Ten,” the author writes about the importance of investing. However he’s not writing about investing money, but instead the importance of investing in relationships. He writes about a disciple of Jesus named Barnabas, which means “son of encouragement” (Acts 4:36). (Side note: his name was…
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The Titus Ten: Zeal
Chapter 9: Zeal Everyone wants to be fit. Everyone wants the six-pack, the bigger muscles, and the stronger body. But not everyone wants to work out. Everyone wants the results, but not everyone wants to do the crunches. I think sometimes we do the same thing with our faith. We want the joy, the peace,…
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The Titus Ten: Mission
Chapter 8: Mission We have all seen it. Those people standing on the side of the road with a big sign that says, “Repent or go to hell!” Or the people with a megaphone and a Bible constantly yelling the gospel on the street while everyone else is just trying to get to their destination.…
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The Titus Ten: Doctrine
Chapter 7: Doctrine Lately, I have been reading the Bible just for fun. I haven’t been trying to find something to teach others, write a blog about, or even find some deep revelation. I haven’t had an agenda. I have just been opening my Bible in the morning, spending quality time with Jesus, and just…
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The Titus Ten: Character
Chapter 6: Character When I was working for the facilities team at a church, we were tasked with a very daunting task: repainting the parking lot lines. This would have been fine if we had a machine that we could just walk behind, but unfortunately, we didn’t. Instead, we had to paint each line by…
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The Titus Ten: Authority
Chapter 5: Authority “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke. In Chapter 5 of The Titus Ten, the author writes about the danger of passivity among men today. He uses the example of Adam standing by and watching Eve be tempted by Satan in the…
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The Titus Ten: Assignments
Chapter 4: Assignments The last chapter of “The Titus Ten” was about our identity. Before we can understand what God has called us to do, we have to understand who we are in Christ. Identity always comes before assignment. But once we know who we are, we can begin living out what we were created…
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The Titus Ten: Identity
Chapter 3: Identity Identity is something I have struggled with throughout my life, and I’m sure many of you can relate. We spend our childhood trying to fit in with the right friend groups. Then we graduate from high school and are suddenly thrust into the real world. Some of us go to college and…
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The Titus Ten: Gospel
Chapter 2: Gospel Something my dad says is, “Everything is a piece of crap waiting to break.” It sounds a bit cynical, but if we’re honest, it’s true. Cars break down. Appliances stop working. Phones crack. Roofs leak. Nothing in this world stays perfect forever. The same is true about us. In the second chapter…
The Bigger Picture
