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Gods of Insanity and Addiction

2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light… I have met alcoholics, who though dying from alcohol, still found it impossible to stop.  Though they had turned yellow from liver failure, they would still sneak away to the bathroom to consume…
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I Am Becoming Death and Life

2 Corinthians 3:18 We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. When I first started at my gym, I found it maddening that so many people could do so much that I could not.  It was not just…
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When I Can’t See God

2 Corinthians 3:15,16 …A veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. I have a place in my head where I go to talk to God.  Though I am very fond of it, I do not like to describe it as I imagine it sounds silly to…
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Come As You Are: Sunday, September 17th, 7PM at The Goodness

James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. Everyone struggles with something.  We all do things we do not want to do and we fail to do the things we know we should.  Though we cause our own misery, we repeatedly return to our destructive behaviors and habits.  We all stumble and fail in many…
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Who Am I Selling?

1 Corinthians 2:17 We are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God. When in treatment, I tried to convince an atheist that he needed God.  I argued with and prayed for him.  I meant well, but if I am honest, I was primarily doing it…
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The Fragrance of Faith and Recovery

2 Corinthians 2:15,16 We are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. If you go to recovery meetings long enough, you will eventually encounter an intoxicated attendee. …
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My Perpetual Mess

2 Corinthians 1:8,9 We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself…  But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God. In Church, we love the story of the one who used to be a sinner but then came to Christ, was transformed and lived happily…
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Addicted to Isolation

2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Blessed be the… God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. When my drug addiction came to light, I wanted to hide.  Everyone knew…
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Cross Addiction

1 Corinthians 16:1,2 Now concerning the collection for the saints… On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside… In the process of writing this blog, I read a passage in the morning and then spend the day meditating on it so I have something to write about tomorrow. …
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The End of Death and Pain

1 Corinthians 15:51-55, We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye… this mortal body must put on immortality… “O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?” When in medical school, I thought I wanted to be a Family Practice physician.  As it turns out, I…
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