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    Michael Jakes
    • Oct 19, 2016
    • 5 min

    About the Seasons of Life…And Avoiding the Convenient One

    Winter. Spring. Summer. Fall. What’s your favorite season? Depending on who you are, and no matter what your seasonal preference is, you’...
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    Michael Jakes
    • Oct 17, 2016
    • 7 min

    A Word To My Hyper-Holy Brethren:Caterpillars Can’t Fly

    No, I don’t have an axe to grind. I’m not angry at anyone. And I don’t for one second presume to think I know better or am better than an...
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    Michael Jakes
    • Oct 15, 2016
    • 5 min

    The Missing Ingredient

    Imagine your favorite food. You taste, and it’s just not right; something is missing. You go and get that one ingredient that will make i...
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    Are You Paying Attention?
    Michael Jakes
    • May 23, 2016
    • 7 min

    Are You Paying Attention?

    We live in fast paced world. Everything and everyone is on the move, and everyone seems to be busy doing something, and who’s to say what...
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    God Needs No Help:A Word For The Hyper-Holy and Accidental Pharisees Among Us
    Michael Jakes
    • Oct 2, 2015
    • 4 min

    God Needs No Help:A Word For The Hyper-Holy and Accidental Pharisees Among Us

    Luke 18:9-14; 1 Peter 1:14-16 Can holiness be enforced? Or rather, can it be forced upon people? Can people be told that by following a s...
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    The Illusion of Vindication
    Michael Jakes
    • Jun 27, 2015
    • 3 min

    The Illusion of Vindication

    Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for ...
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    The Cure For The Saddening Blissfulness of Sinfulness
    Michael Jakes
    • May 8, 2015
    • 3 min

    The Cure For The Saddening Blissfulness of Sinfulness

    Years ago at my job, one young man got up and announced to all within listening distance, how much he was looking forward to Friday. He s...
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    Cutting It Straight
    Michael Jakes
    • Apr 21, 2015
    • 4 min

    Cutting It Straight

    Oh the joy of studying the bible! There is nothing like having a pile of commentaries and dictionaries stacked up on my desk just to go o...
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    You Know It Makes Me Wanna…!
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 21, 2015
    • 2 min

    You Know It Makes Me Wanna…!

    Rather than bowing to the flesh and its sometimes rather gaudy displays of pseudo-spirituality, we should remember that there are those w...
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    Careful What You Pray For-You Might Just Get It!
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 13, 2015
    • 3 min

    Careful What You Pray For-You Might Just Get It!

    There’s a great quote I read on social media recently, it said, ‘Sometimes God will give you exactly what you wanted just to show you it’...
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    The Madness of the King’s Children
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 11, 2015
    • 2 min

    The Madness of the King’s Children

    There are many other words and acts of madness being perpetrated by men and women of God among God’s people. In most cases, they are well...
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