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The CLC is updating a once popular pamphlet series called, “The Bible Speaks On …” Each pamphlet dealt with a specific ethical issue. We do not plan to reproduce these as pamphlets but will update and release them as online resources that may be downloaded, shared electronically, or printed. Full Story »
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There are some places I love to go and sit and enjoy being present there. You know, those places where you feel safe, relaxed and at home. The places where you long to be present when you are away. I’m sure you have a few of those spots too, or I at least hope you do. Full Story »

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I live with an overwhelming sense of being truly rescued.

If you took my family and went back one generation to my grandparents and my husband’s grandparents then listed every sin in the Bible, it could be matched to a name and face on my family tree.  Murder, stealing, lies, big things, small things – we are the faces that represent the destructive choices people make. Full Story »

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When we combine the teachings from Matthew 25:35 and James 2:14-17, clearly the actions of our faith are to include taking care of the needs of others. In Matthew 25 we read that the Son of Man will come and make a separation setting some on the right and the others on the left. Those on the right side are those who, when they see the hungry and thirsty do something about it. Full Story »

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Two years ago if you would have told me that I was going to ride a bicycle 450 miles I would have told you that you were nuts. Isn’t it funny how God has this amazing way of directing our paths and we don’t even know it. Full Story »

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When we think of hunger, we often think of a third-world country where families are living in shacks with no running water or electricity. We think of families stricken by disease, war and famine. Hunger definitely resides here, but it also resides somewhere much, much closer… in your neighborhood, in your back yard.  Full Story »

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Today begins Bike Out Hunger, a 400-plus mile cycling effort to raise awareness about hunger issues in the state and to help these issues through giving to the Texas Baptists Offering for World Hunger. The following post is by one of the Bike Out Hunger riders. 

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