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My Thanksgiving Gift(s)

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Two Thanksgiving gifts for you!


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Is ‘Thanksgiving 2020’ an Oxymoron?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | How do we celebrate a holiday that focuses on being thankful in a time like this? There seems to be so much to be unthankful for. Give thanks in 2020?


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Going ‘All In’ – My Election Response

By Dr. Scott Rodin | In my blog today, I want to ask how we, as followers of Jesus, will respond to the results of the election.


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Maintaining Perspective on Election Day

By Dr. Scott Rodin | It’s finally here! Even though there’s a reasonable chance we may not know the winner of the presidential election anytime soon, the campaigning ends today.


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Cancelling Grace

By Dr. Scott Rodin | In reading through Matthew 1 with the lens of our current cultural moral decay, there was one gem in the middle of it that astonished me.


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The Ownership of Faith and the Silencing of the Church

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Imagine you’re sitting at the end of a dock with a close friend. You know he can’t swim. He turns to you and says, “I think I’ll jump in.”


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A Most Amazing Prayer Meeting

By Dr. Scott Rodin | There are no caveats to this call and command to pray. You don’t get a ‘pass’ once you enter politics or reach some level of power or authority. In fact, the more power and authority we are given, the more critical our prayer life becomes.


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Our Sanitized Jesus

By Dr. Scott Rodin | If we are to be stewards of the word of God, can we continue to be ashamed of some of Jesus's teachings in the midst of this adulterous and sinful generation?


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Where Does the Line Pass for You?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | By seeing others as ‘the problem’ we exonerate ourselves from the requirement to change if the problem is to be solved. In our self-assurance we believe there is nothing required of us. We have it right. We are the solution. We have it figured out.


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Envisioning a New Way to be the Church: A Proposal

By Dr. Scott Rodin | I'd like to propose a new way of considering what it means to make disciples, share the gospel, and serve our neighbors as a local church.