Blog · Four Myths of Giving · Series
Myth #3 – I Give in Other Ways
August 20, 2026
Several years ago, a stay-at-home mom went viral on TikTok. In her first video, she explained the way she approached her marriage. As she […]
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Four Myths of Giving · Blog · Series
Myth #2 – I’m Too Poor to Give
August 13, 2026
Many years ago, I heard a woman in her late 40s share a story about the time she truly surrendered everything to God. She […]
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Four Myths of Giving · Blog · Series
Myth #1 – God Doesn’t Want My Money
August 6, 2026
When I went to Kenya in 2019, local missionaries said the greatest threat to the spread of the gospel was the teaching from local […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Jesus’ Knockout Punch
July 30, 2026
Today, we come to the end of our Punch in the Face email/blog series where we have been looking at the shocking words of […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Knocked Out of Heaven
July 23, 2026
If you pay attention to what is typically said at a funeral or visitation in the Midwest, you would discover most “Christians” are actually […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
The Slap of Judgment
July 16, 2026
There are a handful of Bible verses that have slipped into the common vernacular of Americans, but without a doubt, the most used and […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Love Not Slug Your Enemy
July 9, 2026
Every once in a while, I come across some statistic or fact that shocks me so much, I have to read it again to […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Take the Slap
July 2, 2026
Because I follow a few college wrestling accounts on Twitter/X, the algorithm thinks I want to see other combat sports, primarily boxing and MMA. […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Pulling the Divorce Punch
June 25, 2026
Many years ago, I ran into Tom* whom I hadn’t seen for several months. Naturally, I asked how things were going, and he replied, […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Punch in the Eye
June 18, 2026
One day before high school tennis practice, my brother and I were warming up with two of our teammates before Coach arrived. My brother […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
The Angry Punch
June 11, 2026
As my seventh-grade football team sat on the bleachers in the hot August sun waiting for the photographer to arrive to take the team […]
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Punch in the Face · Blog · Series
Punch in the Face (from Jesus)
June 4, 2026
During my Junior year of high school, the Science Club (of which I was a member) went on a weekend field trip to explore […]
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