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“But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human?’ I Corinthians 3:1-4, NIV Think about...

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14, NIV) The road less traveled is the road to the Kingdom of God. It’s not that it is impossible to walk through that little gate or walk that narrow road, but because it is so small and so narrow, most folks choose the bigger gate and broader road. After all (or so...

John the Baptist One of the Bible characters we don’t talk about much is John the Baptist. Perhaps it’s because John the Baptist represents a holy man in whom we can’t easily identify. Unlike David or Paul, he appears to have lived an almost flawless life. And of course it was cut short by King Herod when he was merely 30 years old. But I am inspired by this man’s life and hope that you think about what his life represents. “In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness...