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What Our Longing For Heaven Says About Our Engagement in Warfare

August 22, 2018Mike Leake 1 Comment

Normally the lad whines about bed time. He still has energy left in the tank and wants to fight for every moment of wakened life that he can. But on this particular day he happily collapses into his bed at… Continue Reading →

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A Suggestion For Accountability Groups

July 25, 2018Mike Leake 2 Comments

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. –Erasmus (sort of) If I were making a Proverb for accountability groups involving young men, I would say something like this: “In the land of sex-crazed perverts, the guy… Continue Reading →

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Is Your Sin Just Playing possum?

July 18, 2018Mike Leake 1 Comment

You look out onto your deck and notice a possum rummaging through your garbage, so you grab a broom to shoo him away. Instead of running away like any decent marsupial the possum decides to go into full rigor mortis.… Continue Reading →

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Two Truths for When You Don’t Feel Like Preaching

April 2, 2018Mike Leake 2 Comments

“A man only preaches a sermon well to others if he has first preached it to himself. If he does not thrive on the ‘food’ he prepares, he will not be skilled at making it appetizing to others. If the… Continue Reading →

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