Thanks to the shared passion and concern of Odessans, Midlanders, and others from around the Permian Basin a conversation has started. We have begun the process of coming together for our greater good and excellence.
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A few thoughts about helping in crisis… Effective Helping As Christ-followers, we are called to be generous and make sacrifices for the benefits of others and the Gospel. However, we are equally called to be patient and wise. Often, in the midst of widespread photographs, news reports and concern, our emotions can start doing our [...]
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Thank you all for making our first MR & MRS marriage workshop a great success. We hope that these notes and videos will be helpful in strengthening your marriage. Once again please don’t hesitate to contact us if you feel a need and please feel free to join us at reengage on Wednesday nights. - Joe Russo [...]
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Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast as a Category 4 storm on Friday, August 25. Damage from the storm and subsequent flooding is widespread. It will take months, and in some areas years, to restore the Gulf Coast to its former state. As a part of our mission to make disciples, specifically through gospel-centered service, [...]
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At the beginning of this week’s class, the class agreed the Bible is trustworthy. So then I asked if it is trustworthy, why do we still sometimes choose not to read it? These were some of the answers: “It makes me feel bad about myself.” “It’s hard to understand and it seems to contradict [...]
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Who was Jesus? This question is probably one of the most important ones anyone could ask. At the center of Christian theology is the belief that Jesus is God—the one, true, and living God who created all things and will, one day, return to judge the world. But is such a claim really defensible? Isn’t [...]
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On Sunday mornings in Building D as we study and discuss whether we can trust the Bible, we’re also looking at those same questions here on the blog. In last week’s post, I summarized the evidence we have for the historical preservation of the New Testament documents. The conclusion was that what we hold in [...]
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This past Sunday we started a new class on campus called Can We Trust the Bible? The goal in this class is to examine the evidence supporting the truthfulness of the Bible, while at the same time interacting with claims of skeptics. The goal of this post (and others that will follow) is to give [...]
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Many believers have been led to believe they are winners in life and in their walks with the Lord after a great start and a few early victories. But in matters of ongoing maturity, growth, advancement and effectiveness—winning, if you will—continual growth is measured in critical, often unseen, hard-fought, small degrees rather than leaps and [...]
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At seminary, Stonegate’s Groups Pastor, Luke McNeely, learned a great way to read through the Psalms in a month. He shared it at one of our morning staff prayer times, so we wanted to share it with you. Psalms in a Month To make it through Psalms in one month, you’ll have to skim through [...]
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