Stephen R Harrison
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Have you ever found it hard to discern God’s will for your life? Some people confidently live life in what they believe is God’s will while others are so paralyzed by the question that they accomplish nothing with their life. There are big questions in life. Who will we marry? Where will we go to…
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The foundation is the most important part of any building. It gives support to the weight of the entire structure. In some building designs a cornerstone was the first stone that was laid. A perfect cornerstone was necessary to ensure the building’s foundation started out plum, level and true. Builders would search for the perfect…
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The debate of lawsuits for Christians is answered in 1 Corinthians 6:1-8. The Apostle Paul instructed the Christians in Corinth not to take each other to court. Evidently the church members were suing one another frequently for Paul to include this in his letter to them. He starts off his letter in 1 Corinthians 1:10…
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Have you ever said anything dumb? Me too. The absolute worst time to do this is when someone is suffering. When people are enduring tragedy you may feel the urge to say something that will bring comfort. My caution is this: choose your few words extremely carefully and just be available. You don’t tell someone…
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“Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.” – Genesis…
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How does a Christian keep away from sin and grow in Christ? I place those two statements together because they are married – they belong together as simultaneous actions. In Galatians 5:16-26 Paul gives the answer to both. He begins by saying we should, “Live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires…
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I’ll never forget the time in college my roommate and I hosted a 48 hour lock-in at his church. It was the ultimate lock-in – 48 hours of games, bowling, laser tag, roller skating, food, movies, capture the flag and a host of other fun events. Did mention it was 48 hours? Without sleep? With…
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There is a real difference between a church that deals with sin in a biblical way to help people overcome it and one that chooses to ignore, overlook, or confront sin. The church at Corinth was such a church. In 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 we see Paul addressing them in their sin because they had failed…
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The great Apostle Paul writes in 2 Timothy, the last letter he would pen before his martyr’s death, a few profound statements that at first glance might be overlooked. A few of those statements really ministered to me this morning as I read them before and listened to them during a short jog. At the…
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What makes a friend good? We all know a bad friend when we live through it. A bad friend is someone who stabs you in the back, abandons you in tough times, and takes advantage of you. A friend is supposed to be someone you can trust in, depend on, and confide in. A friend…
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