Myths about California

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“California, particularly Southern California, is my favorite place I have ever lived. It beats out Oregon, Missouri, and even Texas….Yes, secular cultural ideas and ideals dominate the mindset – but that’s true in every global mission field.” - BPNews

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This World Is Not My Home

Psalm 62:1b, “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I…”

One of the hardest things about planning for my retirement is realizing that, for many people, my presence as pastor of Highland Park Church has been one of life’s few “givens.” I feel sad about that. Many folks have known me as their pastor for their entire lives, while others have known me for all or most of their adult lives. So much around us is changing, and we especially appreciate the people and things that do not.

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Showing Mercy in A Feeding Frenzy

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“God calls us to share the world, to share our homes, and to share our churches with people who are weak…. And we ought to be gentle and patient and merciful in those weaknesses.” - Challies

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Is It ‘Ministry Failure’ To See a Counselor?

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“instead of protesting the ‘rights and wrongs’ of counseling, let’s start from a point of agreement that our holistic health contains aspects—physical, spiritual, intellectual, and emotional health—that God created in us and are, thus, worthy of our care.” - Lifeway

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On Philippians 4:8's “Think on these things.”

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“First, it’s not presented as exhaustive; there’s no command to think only about things on this list. Second, there are times when the Bible itself tells us to think about manifestly negative, even sinful things—to consider the way of the fool, for example.” - Olinger

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How to Avoid Misinformation and Disinformation Online

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“In one week, I narrowly avoided one case of misinformation and two cases of disinformation. But rather than feeling pride, I asked myself, how many falsehoods slipped past my radar? Probably more than a few.” - TGC

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