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Four More Years… Of Exile (Responding to the Obama Re-Election)

Four More Years…of exile. But there is hope. Please read my thoughts on where we go from here. –Steve

I’m writing to you to explain why, even after a late and discouraging evening that stretched past 1am on the east coast, I was back at the office before 8am this morning.

And why the sinking feeling i felt last night has already been replaced with a deep determination.

And why I’m going out to buy equipment for our new office this afternoon.

And why we are going to build, build, build — despite a stunning and, for me, unexpected defeat.

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By: Kristen Davis

In my life vulnerability has always been a dirty word. It meant to expose weakness; it meant to put power in the hands of those who I knew would use it to hurt me. It meant to put my trust in another which I have never done, have never found safe. But in the hands of the Almighty, vulnerability is perfection and beauty, its power and life. Vulnerability in the hands of the Creator and Sustainer of life always returns reward, it never returns empty and broken. Isaiah 55:11 says “My [God’s] word that goes out from my mouth; It will not return empty, but will accomplish what I [God] desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” And so when God says to Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that “My [God’s] grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness,” He means it. Paul’s vulnerability allows God to perfectly work out His powerful plan.

By: Kristen Davis

This week’s post comes out of response to my class reading. We were reading a section on the mediatorial office of Christ in a book by William Shedd. In reading this reading I found inspiration for my own walk with Christ and my struggle with submission. Hope you enjoy!

The mediator between God and man cannot be God alone for by definition a mediator is one who can empathize with both parties and bring about a common good. He must be capable of intervening between the two parties and as God alone, Christ would not have been able to intervene for the opposing side, having only relation to the one side, the divine side. Thus the dual natures of Christ are a necessity for the position of intercessor or mediator.

By: Shade' Brunson

This article will focus on How to Handle Hurt and Betrayal in a Positive Way.  God brought this topic upon my heart after realizing that the Body of Christ is hurting, and one of the main reasons why they are hurting is because of each other.  Instead of encouraging one another, we are breaking each other down with words, and betraying one another.  I believe this is an apologetical topic because it teaches us how to treat hurt in a Biblical way instead of the worldly way.  The world teaches us to get even when people hurt and persecute us.  This is not Biblical.  God is actually the one who takes care of the wrongs that happen to us as we correct them in love and not in revenge.  I want to assure everyone that I know as well as God knows that all of us have experienced hurt and betrayal by someone who was very dear to our hearts.  We never expected this hurt to happen.  I understand.  There really is a better way to handle the hurt, and I look forward to sharing with you some wisdom that I have learned through the Word of God. 

By: Kristen Davis

So I was in the car the other day and Billionaire by Travie McCoy came on the radio. As I was listening to the catchy beat I started to notice the lyrics. This song hit me. It reminded me of so many people I know and what our culture tells us is most important in life. As I was thinking on the lyrics, “I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad; Buy all of the things I never had; Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine; Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen” I started to think about what really make a difference in life. Does money, notoriety and fame really make someone happy? Would McCoy really be satisfied and feel his life was complete if he obtained these things?