The Game’s Already Won—Take a Knee

Since I don’t have the SEC Network right now because of the YouTube TV and Disney dispute, I’ve found myself watching old game videos online instead. One of them was Miami’s heartbreaking loss last year when Coach Mario Cristobal chose not to kneel in the victory formation. All the Hurricanes had to do was take …

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When Grace Stooped Down (John 8:6-8)

(Reflections from Sunday's Message) They dragged her into the temple that morning.Dust swirled around her feet, shame clung to her shoulders.The crowd pressed close, their fists heavy with stones and hearts heavier with judgment. She was guilty, they said. The law was clear. The punishment was death. And then there was Jesus. He didn’t raise …

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Paul’s Story, Your Hope: How Grace Finds the Worst and Uses Them First (1 Timothy 1:12-17)

Some people wear their resumes like armor. Paul wore his like a scar. In 1 Timothy 1:12–17, we meet a man who never forgot who he was—or what Jesus had done to change that. Paul doesn’t airbrush his past. He doesn’t trim the edges or downplay the shame. He opens the drawer and shows us …

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Following Afar Off: When Love Hesitates (Luke 22:54)

This week begins the sacred remembrance of Christ’s suffering as He walks the road to Golgotha. Each year, I trace those final steps again—through the pages of Scripture, along the shadowed path of sorrow that leads to the Cross. And today, one verse stopped me in my trek: “Then took they him, and led him, …

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