We've been too timid. We have been coerced and bullied. We've hidden in the shadows and

wanted to deny who is Lord of our lives.

We've used terms like we want to be inclusive.

We don't want anybody to feel rejected.

Well, I don't want people to feel rejected but the truth is important.

If there is a God and Jesus is his son and I believe that to be the truth, we have to have the

courage to tell that. And we can't just live our lives as we prefer.

We've been given the designer's intent. And that's our message in the world.

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Pastor Allen. Be blessed.

We've been sharing some little videos with you of the show the journey of the church.

It's a kind of a normal conclusion whenever you arrive someplace you imagine

it's always looked like this.

You know people say to me that something about they didn't want to come to a big church or be a part of a big church and I said I understand neither did I

or I'll be visiting with some pastor that's newer to the community and you know I'll say well I haven't always been a part of the large church.

She's oh really where'd you used to serve? And the truth is our church began as a home

Bible study for more than a dozen years they met in a home and it was Easter 1980 when the

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