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ASAP
Outdoor church signs can be very entertaining. Some churches have signs to share thoughts, themes, or other messages. The signs can raise questions to make you think. They can relay beautiful statements of faith, or they can make you question where the church puts its faith. Some grab your attention and make you smile, while others make you grab your head and wonder what they are trying to convey. I enjoy reading them as I drive around town. I chuckle or am led to think a bit deeper about the message.
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Such a sign struck me this past summer. It said “ASAP” in large letters. We all know what that means, right? “As soon as possible.” Not in this case.
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Imagine a Lutheran pastor beginning a baptism service by blowing three times under the child’s eyes and then commanding the unclean spirit in the child to depart and make room for the Holy Spirit. Imagine the pastor then putting a pinch of salt in the child’s . . .
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Grace—God's unconditional, undeserved love—is a concept that used to be foreign to Anna Linden. Now it is a familiar concept: She receives grace from her heavenly Father and gives it to those she encounters in her life and work. Anna was born and raised in Belarus . . .
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You . . . are . . . forgiven. Jesus paid for your sin on the cross. He has made you spotless, blameless, and without any blemish. Rejoice! Right now, God looks at you and says, "You are my child, whom I love. With you, I am well pleased." By fleeing to your Savior in . . .
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