Miles G. McPherson

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  Nov 8, 2022

  What it means to have a heart for God's house

  You can study the Bible all you want, but if you do not do what God says, you are not living out true faith. True faith is not just about information; it is about action!

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  Aug 31, 2022

  For the sake of the Kingdom, we will be doers of the Word

  God has sent the Church into a world that is in critical condition, but how often do we ask ourselves if the Church is actually helping? How often do we stand there with our Bibles and our theology and not actually do something to serve the world in practical ways?

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  Jul 4, 2022

  This July Fourth, remember the victims of sex trafficking

  As we contemplate and celebrate our spiritual and physical freedom over the month of July, take a moment to pray and ask God what He would like you to do with that freedom. Christ set us free for something — so that we would use our freedom to serve each other out of love and grow in deeper levels of freedom each day through the Holy Spirit.

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  Jun 19, 2022

  On this Father's Day, try to emulate your Heavenly Father

  Whether we fully understand it or not, our fathers impact the way we see God. And God intended for our fathers to demonstrate His love, as Matthew 7:9-11 indicates.

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  May 8, 2022

  The mother who shaped history

  I know that much of this is conjecture, but the main point I want to hit home here is this: most of the biblical heroes in the Bible — including Moses, Ruth, Mary, and Jesus Himself — were raised and shaped by the care of their mothers. And that means that the mothers of the Bible are very much heroes of the Bible, as well.

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  Feb 20, 2022

  Choosing to be in community, even if you've been hurt

  Being made in God’s image has many implications, one of which is that human beings are uniquely designed to have dominion over the earth. But note that the passage states, “Let Us make man in Our image.”

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  Jan 17, 2022

  How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired this boy growing up with racial wounds

  This quote from Martin Luther King Jr. has truly marked my life. As a young boy, I incurred all kinds of wounds related to racism. Because I grew up in a racially diverse family, I never fell comfortably into any one racial category in the eyes of others.

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  Dec 24, 2021

  Christmas spirit: I can't shake this boy's selflessness

  As I reflected on this story after the event, I was so moved by this little boy’s self-sacrifice that I couldn’t shake it.

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  Nov 25, 2021

  Finding sincere gratitude amid a hard year

  The Bible makes it really clear that there is a direct correlation between gratitude and generosity. Before Jesus fed the multitude, he gave thanks for the five loaves of bread and two fish that he had in his possession (John 6:11). He modeled what it looks like to give thanks to the Father and give generously from a place of faith.

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  Oct 9, 2021

  Racism and police: What a father of a black officer has to say

  Both of my grandfathers were black, while one of my grandmothers was white and the other was black and Chinese. I also grew up in two very racially distinct neighborhoods. The area that I lived in was 95% black, but the neighborhood in which I attended school was 100% white. I was criticized for both being black and for not being black enough.