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Conflict Resolution
Family

Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution No matter where you’re at in your spiritual journey, one of the things I think everyone can appreciate about the Bible is that it’s just so shockingly real in every area it touches on including relational conflict. The

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How Would Jesus Vote
Faith

How Would Jesus Vote

How Would Jesus Vote Jesus is a Democrat Jesus is a Republican People will try to make you think they know who Jesus would vote for or that they know which party Jesus would belong to. Some people will say,

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Faith

How To Read The Bible

How To Read The Bible How To Study The Bible Author: Gene Appel Have you read any of the “Twilight” books? Did you know that the Twilight book “Breaking Dawn” sold 25 million books?  “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows”

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why does God all suffering?
Faith

Why does God allow suffering

Why does God Allow Suffering Why does God allow bad things to happen? If you could ask God one question, what would it be? Our team surveyed thousands of people, and we asked them if they could ask God anything,

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End Times?
Faith

End Times

End Times Israel News Today With Israel back in the news today many are asking, are we living in the end times? We experienced a global pandemic, an attack on Israel, earthquakes, rumors of war, and unrest around the world.

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Women

metoo

Church and #metoo Where does the church stand on the #MeToo movement? A little bit of historical context about the #MeToo Movement. Revelations came out in waves in 2018, with allegations of everything from harassment to rape by a Hollywood

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Smart Goals
Life

Smart Goals

SMART Goals 4 Tips for GOAL SETTING Author: Gene Appel We’ve all heard that SMART Goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.  But I don’t know if you’ve given much thought to the power of goals in your life…I’m

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What does Heaven look like
Faith

What Does Heaven Look Like

What does heaven look like what is heaven like? Author: Gene Appel What awaits me on the other side? Even though life can be difficult, painful, frustrating, and heartbreaking at times, I think the truth of the matter is most

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Family

Do Dads Still Matter

Do Dads Still Matter? Author: Jake Barker Have you ever taken a kid to the beach or do you remember visiting the beach when you were a kid? Our family has four children and unless you’re paying for parking, the

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Judah shares his story from desperation to finding hope
Faith

Is Suicide A Sin

Is Suicide A Sin? Author: Gene Appel When I was 21 years old I became the associate pastor of a small church of about 250 people in West Central Illinois. I spent the next four years of my life serving

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Jesus Christ
Faith

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ Who is Jesus? There may be a lot of disagreement about who Jesus is, but there is no disagreement about whether he existed in history. So the controversy about Jesus is not about his existence, or even about

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is drinking or doing legal drugs a sin
Recovery

Is Drinking or Doing Legal Drugs A Sin

Wondering if legal drugs and drinking alcohol are a sin? Most of us have at least one question that comes to mind whenever people talk about God, faith, or church – that question that makes us unsure of God and

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Can you lose your salvation
Faith

Can You Lose Your Salvation

Can you lose your salvation? Have you ever wondered can a saved person lose their salvation? Is ‘once saved, always saved’ biblical? Is our salvation eternally secure? If a person is a Christian but falls into sin and dies before

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Care Groups at Eastside
Women

Is The Church Anti Woman

Is the church anti woman? Many churches place arbitrary restrictions on women’s contributions to the church. The fact is many women have gotten the message over and over again, not just from some of the men in their lives, but

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A angel is flying over the crowd, are angels real?
Faith

Are Angels and Demons Real?

Are angels and demons real? What do you believe about angels and demons? Most of us have at least one question that comes to mind whenever people talk about God, faith, or church – that question that makes us unsure

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