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Erik Reed: There's Nowhere To Hide

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Monday, June 29, 2015. There's Nowhere To Hide. Friday was not the end of the homo crusade, or jihad (I'll let you pick your flavor of word choice since that is the kind of society we are now). If you believe the finish line was reached with the new court ruling, I have some swamp land in the Everglades I would love to sell you. The finish line was not reached, the starting gun sounded. Here enters the Church. For the first time in my lifetime, it ha...

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Erik Reed: God is in the Camp

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Tuesday, February 24, 2015. God is in the Camp. The last several months at TJC. As I was thinking about this phenomena we are experiencing and my own heart's yearning to not mess it up, the phrase, "God is in the camp" came to mind. As I google searched the phrase - as all pastors do when they are trying to remember where that verse they vaguely remember is - I came across a passage. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp.

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Erik Reed: TJC Will Never Be The Same

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. TJC Will Never Be The Same. I say this with all sincerity and excitement: I have NEVER been more excited about where we are as a church, and where we are going, than I am in this season of our history. Why am I so excited? Preparing our building to better accomadate people and growth. Transitioning our shepherding, discipleship, and care-giving focus to groups. Clarifying the role of elders, staff, and volunteer teams.

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Erik Reed: A Voice In The Wilderness

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Monday, July 6, 2015. A Voice In The Wilderness. There is quite a stir happening in the United States right now. We are a very unsettled nation. We are experiencing a moral revolution unlike any other in our nation's history. Whether you like it or not, it is happening. Many are cheering the revolution on; others are pumping the brakes, but discovering the brake line got cut somewhere along the way. Should be the answer of the Church now. Second, he ...

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Erik Reed: A Simple Reminder

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. If you had the power to write the story of your life and submit it to God for execution, I highly doubt you would script any trials, struggles, or pain. We are creatures of comfort. We don't want to hurt or experience suffering. We are as adverse to pain as Cousin Eddie is to a job or James Harden is to a razor. God's love for you is not measured in your level of pain. I don't know what you are going through today or wha...

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Erik Reed: Yes, Argue. But, Yes, Pray

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Thursday, February 27, 2014. Yes, Argue. But, Yes, Pray. In Colossians 1:3-6 Paul writes to the church there:. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,. Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,. Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,. Share with others if you believe they can benefit ...

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Erik Reed: A Fearful Thing

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. There is a pervasive trend that has developed within American Christianity, or at least a segment of professing believers. The development is terrifying. What is it? Where does this idea creep in? Many will scoff at such sentences, so narrow-minded and Old Testament-like. Yet the Hebrew writer (New Testament, by the way) says in Hebrews 10:31 " It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Husband to Katri...

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Erik Reed: An open letter to my social media friends

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Thursday, February 6, 2014. An open letter to my social media friends. There are many things I am still learning about life and maturity. So my open letter is not coming from the guy who has figured it all out. However, I want to issue a plea to all my fellow social media users. I believe we have allowed social media to distort how we deal with issues in our lives. Let me explain. What happens if you are in the wrong? People I went to high-school wit...

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Erik Reed: A Marriage Myth that Needs to Die

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Tuesday, July 8, 2014. A Marriage Myth that Needs to Die. But interestingly, I found one common factor in many of these situations. I have spotted a lie that is passed around and believed hook, line, and sinker. You want to know what it is? Good marriages don't have problems, bad ones do. FAMILY FEUD BUZZER SOUNDS]. In the words of the professor from Waterboy, "Well, folks, mama's wrong again.". No, the mark of a bad marriage is the one that has all ...

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Erik Reed: Why TJC is Partnering with The Haiti Collective

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A helping hand for your progress and joy in the faith. Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Why TJC is Partnering with The Haiti Collective. Recently finished a six month process of praying and fact gathering to discern where the Lord would have our church invest in global missions. It is our mission as a church to be a gospel-centered church that makes knowledgeable, obedient, and passionate followers of Jesus Christ. We focus our effort to this by 1. celebrating the gospel in WORSHIP. Where Are We Investing? We wi...