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A Rebuke to My Praying Before Meals

October 12, 2016Mike Leake 2 Comments

I’m hungry. My wife and kids are hungry. Supper was a bit later than expected and everybody wants to dig into these tacos. But there is one thing our family has to do before we eat though. We have to… Continue Reading →

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The Cure For the Broken Heart

October 16, 2015Mike Leake

I did something really silly awhile back and I’m fortunate that it didn’t turn out worse than it did. I was in a rush at home. The kids were screaming, the Royals were playing, my mind was somewhere else and… Continue Reading →

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Brothers, Our Daggers Won’t Do

September 28, 2015Mike Leake 1 Comment

Tucked away in John Bunyan’s little book on broken-heartedness was this little gem which relates to preaching: The Word of God, when in a man’s hand only, is like the father’s sword in the hand of the sucking child; which… Continue Reading →

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The Slough of Despond (2/2)

June 26, 2012Mike Leake

Yesterday, I quoted from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress concerning the Slough of Despond (otherwise known as the Swamp of Despair).  This swamp of despair is the place that many who set out to follow Christ and remove the burden of… Continue Reading →

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