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December 5, this coming wednesday... wow, I am so excited. We should all dress up like ninja's or something. In fact, I'll give a sweet prize to the person who comes in the best Ninja costume next wednesday, December 5.

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A Southern Baptist Pastor and Chuck Norris fan... He can't lose!

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Yeah, I know that I just talked about the commercialization of Christmas... but... there is an opportunity to shop for gifts for your friends and families coming up this saturday from 5-10pm.
We will be meeting at the church and leaving by 5 and then returning to the church by 10. We will be heading over to the King of Prussia Mall and getting dinner there if anyone is interested.
I'm almost ashamed after my last post.

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So I'm really struggling with Christmas this year in a way I never have in the past. God has been teaching me a lot of things these past few months, and much of them have to do with my answer to the question "Is Jesus enough?" The quick Sunday School answer is, "of course Jesus is enough, he is all I need." Yet, if Jesus is enough, why do I need stuff. Why do I long for junk? In my own mind, this desire goes way beyond a want, and becomes a need, and maybe even beyond that, it becomes a necessity for living.
i have to admit that I have bought into the lie of the world for way too long. It has been a hard journey for me, but I am coming to realize that I don't need the latest and greatest to be happy or fulfilled. Just when my mind is turning around on this issue, here comes Christmas. A holi(holy)day that is supposed to center on the birth of our savior and God, but has somehow gone the route of presents, and stuff, and basically excess. It hit me when I was basically making up things for Sarah to get me this Christmas. I though, "what am I doing?" This is ridiculous, I'm just thinking up stuff I don't need for Sarah to get me.
And where is Jesus in all of this? Where is Jesus on Christmas morning? Where does he fit into the picture?
I don't have all the answers, or maybe any at this point. And maybe this doesn't even make sense to you right now, but I hope it will.
Here is the question I want you to think about... how can we separate the commercialistic mindset of a modern Christmas and the actual celebration of the coming of Jesus? How are you doing that in your own life? How are you keeping Jesus at the center of his holi(holy)day that the world has removed him from and calls it xmas?

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Thanks to all my guest bloggers while I was away on vaca... I appreciate you keeping things alive while I was gone. Feel (*Fell, there I fixed it) free to keep on posting!

Josh

Here are some pictures from this Jr High event from this past weekend...

















(What am I doing here?)

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It's all over, vacation is done. I'm def glad to be back though... here are a couple pictures from my trip that I thought you all would like :)

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So Josh is on vacation and he has left a bunch of High Schoolers in charge. We're going to try to keep this place "Alive and Happening" while he's gone but you'll have to forgive us cuz we've never done this before. None of us that I know of at least.

So Game night is next Wednesday and ya'll should come out! We always have some sort of crazy games, food, and even some normal games. And I'm sure we have a great speaker lined up to speak so come on out! And remember, if you bring someone that hasn't ever been before or who hasn't been in a long time, there's a prize.............................................

For those of you who have not seen......

Here is the video I put together for tonight...

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So starting tomorrow, Thursday, November 8th, I will be on vacation. This will be the first vacation that Sarah and I have taken that didn't involve going and seeing family. We will be heading down to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and I am very excited.

Don't worry, I am already missing you guys, luckily I will get to spend some time with you all tonight, which I am also looking forward to.

I am going to leave a few of you in charge of blogging to keep it alive while I am gone. And maybe I'll make a surprise appearance while I'm down south.

See you tonight!

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So in our series on the Armor of God, we are going to be talking about the shield of faith tonight. As I was studying, I began to think of this movie clip.



What is faith?

How do you know you when you have it?

If you don't know when you have it, how can you know if you lose it?

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