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Lead Pastor of Upwards Church: Leander & Jarrell, TX

You are Gifted – I Corinthians 12

Posted on October 10, 2018 by dkoop

Have you heard of the term “child prodigies?” Although educators often label them as “gifted and talented,” they are young people blessed with unbelievable intelligence, or amazing artistic talents, or seemingly unnatural physical abilities.  Examples of child prodigies would include … Continue reading →

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Want to Discover Your Spiritual Gifts? You Can Here.

Posted on October 6, 2018 by dkoop

This week we are looking at the topic of Serving and Spiritual Gifts.  Do you know your spiritual gifts?  Would you like too?  Take the survey from the web link below and you will! http://www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi?intro=1 The following Spiritual Gifts Survey is a … Continue reading →

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Flee! And Other Ways to Resist Sexual Immorality.

Posted on September 21, 2018 by dkoop

Why should we avoid sexual immorality?  In 1 Corinthians 6: 15-19 Paul gives us two truths to help us resist sexual immorality and then two action steps.  He expands on this idea of how our physical selves (bodies) are connected … Continue reading →

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Sexual Immorality? – 2 Questions to 2 Rationalizations

Posted on September 20, 2018 by dkoop

“It’s my life I am free to do what I want!”  That’s the first common rationalization. In verse 12 Paul gives his response to this kind of thinking. He says, “Yes–I have the right to do anything,” but not everything is … Continue reading →

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