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The Truth of Jesus in Your Life As followers of Christ, we are called to believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Contemporary Christians often shy away from confronting this blatant biblical truth. 2 Timothy 3:16 states it bluntly: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” (NIV).

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Belief Matters It seems fashionable in Western society to embrace almost anything not connected with “orthodox” or “traditional” Christianity. Celebrities tout their unusual belief systems, (with equally unusual names) as the new fad of the day. Fans follow them into these belief systems like mindless lemmings running over the cliff. In the middle of this argument steps the new humanist philosopher who says that none of it matters as long as

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Lead Without Apology There is no apology needed for discipling men and women “God’s Way.” In Genesis, God shows us how. As a potter shapes clay, God formed Adam out of dust into the shape of a being, and majestically breathed life into him through his nostrils (Gen 2:7). This is a loving God who cares about every part of your being; including discipling you to your greatest potential.

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‘Tolerance’ is not ‘Love’ Tolerance and true love are not best friends. On the surface it may seem that way, but a visit to just about dictionary and a cursory glance at God’s Word quickly contrast the two. Tolerance isn’t really even forbearance; it’s simply “allowances in deviations” (Merriam-Webster). Does man pine for allowance or acceptance? Love is where you find acceptance; not tolerance.

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Discerning Reality

Our contem-porary culture beliefs include the concept that whatever one believes whole-heartedly is truth for them. This approach to relative truth is convenient for those of us who are conflict avoidant, but it does nothing for those seeking life-changing...

The Truth of Jesus in Your Life

As followers of Christ, we are called to believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Contemporary Christians often shy away from confronting this blatant biblical truth. 2 Timothy 3:16 states it bluntly: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful...

Local Outreach

Cru Impacts Western North Carolina

Campus Crusade for Christ, founded by Bill Bright in 1951, promotes evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countries by empowering over 25,000 full time missionaries and training over 225,000 volunteers on campuses worldwide. Locally they operate under the direction of missional team leader Josh Bolden.

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Creation Science

The Foundation of Science is Absolute Truth

Truth is not a collection of subjective opinions. Neither is scientific knowledge. Scientific understanding is best described as a collection of man’s explanations and theories about objective reality that is based on observed or predicted phenomena.

It assumes reality can be known, and that objective laws and truth exist and are verifiable.

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Leadership Spotlight

Truth in the Homosexual Community

National speaker and renown counselor Meleah Allard is the founder of Truth Western North Carolina, a satellite of Truth Ministries. She maintains a frontline counseling and educational ministry that helps individuals, families, and churches work through the issues surrounding homosexuality.

She is uniquely qualified to share the healing truth of Jesus Christ with those struggling with same-sex attraction.

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Marriage & Family

Diversity: The Spice of Life

Diversity can certainly add ‘spice to life.’ When God fashioned man, and woman, in His image (Gen. 1:27), diversity sprang forth from what His wisdom and creativity wove together as He fearfully and wonderfully created mankind (Ps. 139:14)!

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Devotional

The Miracle at The Kitchen

As a Community Chaplin volunteer, I try to make myself more available during the holidays at the Community Kitchen in Canton, NC.

In hard economic times, the holidays don’t always give everyone warm and fuzzy feelings. The atmosphere in the kitchen was festive that afternoon. The Friends of the Community Kitchen were preparing a great meal and the guests were conversing and laughing at the antics of a little boy who just turned one.

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Faith & Wellness

Rest: The Missing Ingredient to Total Well-Being

We schedule meetings, lunch, doctor visits, exercise, soccer practice, sleep -- the list goes on. But do we schedule rest? In this over-stimulated society, evidence is adding up that rest – the kind that recharges mind, body and soul – is something we need to be intentional about.

At the beginning of the human story, God was intentional about rest.

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