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So Many Flavors - #6278
You're on God's side when you're against whatever divides His body. It's not all vanilla. Its lots of flavors. It's all ice cream; but it's lots of flavors, and that's what counts. We're all the church. So, celebrate the variety in God's family. There are so many flavors.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/so-many-flavors-6278
The Cost of Overconfidence - #6298
The only way to stay pure is to daily, consciously wrap yourself in Jesus' righteousness and strength. The Bible says, "If you think you're standing..." Maybe you're there; you think you're doing okay. But you're hurtling down the highway with one finger on the wheel, eyes everywhere but on the road. You could be a spiritual accident looking for a place to happen. There's a very high price for overconfidence.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-cost-of-overconfidence-6298
Intimate Bonding - #6271
Have you played with God's bonding gift of sex? Well, confess that to Him. Let Him cleanse you as 1 John 1:9 promises He will, that "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us all our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Make it right. Reserve it for one relationship, and then use it unselfishly.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/intimate-bonding-6271
I'll Watch Your Back - #6262
Love always protects. Don't be one of those attackers in the underbrush. Commit yourself to the people in your world as a loving protector, and be remembered as the one who lived out love with this commitment, "I'll watch your back."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/i-ll-watch-your-back-6262
When the Quarterback's A Referee! - #6255
No spiritual leader should spend his time as a referee. There's too much ground to gain, and he's God's quarterback. And no team that wears Jesus' colors should waste their time in struggles with each other. We have a Savior to follow together and a sea of dying people around us to rescue. Let's fight for them and not with each other!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/when-the-quarterback-s-a-referee-6255
Turn Around, Don't Drown - #6221
The Bible doesn't say to fight with temptation. It says to flee temptation (2 Timothy 2:22). It may not look very deep. But, believe me, it has carried away people stronger than you. God knows where the road you're on is taking you. And He loves you. And you've heard His warning, "Turn around, my child. Don't drown." You still have time to turn around. You won't have time when the flood is carrying you where you thought you'd never go.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/turn-around-don-t-drown-6221
Drinking Dirt - #6223
Guard your heart as the spiritual reservoir from which you drink all day long. If it's a "bad one," you've got to turn it off if you're serious about really being His man or woman. If you don't want to let dirt into the Holy Spirit's house, filter what you let come in. You wouldn't knowingly let your mouth drink dirt. Well, then, don't let your soul do it!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/drinking-dirt-6223
1 Corinthians LifeGuide Bible Study
As Paul Stevens and Dan Williams lead you through this study of 1 Corinthians, you will see that the issues facing the Corinthian church are little different from the ones your church struggles with year after year. Here in 1 Corinthians is a portrait of Christian community not as it was meant to be, but as it often really is. But here too is practical advice for overcoming the challenges of life together.
http://ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3009
Catching Fish, Cleaning Fish - #6200
The problem with the lost people you know is not their profanity or their dishonesty or their immorality - they're lost and they're living like it! Their real problem is they need a Savior! Yes, they must repent, but that's part of being rescued by Jesus from their sin! Don't make their lifestyle the issue. Make Jesus the issue, and say with the great spiritual fisherman, Paul, "When I came to you...I resolved to know nothing...except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:1-2).
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/catching-fish-cleaning-fish-6200
The Highest Bid You've Ever Had - #6193
the price for you was very high. Jesus was beaten until His back was ripped apart. He carried a cross on that bloody back, a crown of thorns was jammed on his head, spikes were driven into His hands and feet, and worst of all, His Father turned His back on Him because He was carrying your sin so God would never have to turn His back on you.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-highest-bid-...