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Falling Upward! The way Down is the way Up
Have you met your Waterloo or your Stalingrad yet? I know that seems like a strange question. Waterloo was the decisive engagement of...
Randy McKenzie
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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Are you Successful or Unsuccessful? Does it Really Matter?
You probably want to be a success. And that's alright-it's a very reasonable thing to desire. The question "Am I successful?' or "What...
Randy McKenzie
Nov 29, 20234 min read
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Evil is Evil
Among the many objections to Christianity that have appeared over the centuries, one of the most common is known as the problem of evil....
Randy McKenzie
May 4, 20233 min read
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Creating Space for God
The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient, and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can...
Randy McKenzie
Nov 10, 20223 min read
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Go!
Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says the jail card in the game of Monopoly. You can't play if you don't go. Life is like that. You...
Randy McKenzie
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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What is Your Life? You are a mist...
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then...
Randy McKenzie
Feb 3, 20223 min read
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Who Gets the Credit?
I am in the publishing business. This week we had our semiannual Sales Meeting with the secular publishers. This involves two days of...
Randy McKenzie
Dec 2, 20214 min read
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A Sparrow Alone
Sparrows are very small birds, usually 4-8 inches in size. They are persistent, resourceful, and intelligent. For many people they are a...
Randy McKenzie
Oct 13, 20213 min read
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50 Years Later
At the end of August, Gwendolyn and I made a trip back home to see our families and also to attend my 50-year High School reunion. Some...
Randy McKenzie
Sep 15, 20213 min read
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We are Different!
Fellow Christian, have you ever had someone criticize your way of life? Make fun of your beliefs? Insinuate that you are stupid? Boring?...
Randy McKenzie
Jun 10, 20214 min read
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"It's One Thing"
In the movie City Slickers, Billy Crystal plays a confused, dissatisfied thirty-something character with a vague sense that life is...
Randy McKenzie
Apr 7, 20213 min read
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Rules, Laws, Commandments? Who needs them?
Admit it. None of us really like rules or laws and especially not commandments. We are ambivalent about rules even when we know they are...
Randy McKenzie
Mar 10, 20213 min read
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Goodbye to Guilt
"You can shine your shoes and wear a suit You can comb your hair and look a quite cute You can hide your face behind a smile One thing...
Randy McKenzie
Jun 14, 20204 min read
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What Spiritual Leadership Requires
With VBS being this week I thought I would post this blog earlier in the week since it is very applicable to our team of VBS...
Jared Stern
Jul 9, 20193 min read
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A Wife of Abandon
One character who often gets overlooked in the Bible is Sarah, Abraham’s wife. She appears from time to time in Genesis, but often...
Jared Stern
May 3, 20195 min read
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You Were Made to Pray
I have had many believers say to me " I know prayer is important but I just don't have the time". I respond, how can you not have time to...
Randy McKenzie
Apr 4, 20193 min read
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