When the Problem Isn't the Problem
What we needed was the wisdom of an outsider to look in and tell us what was really going wrong before we could finally find a solution.
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Kenny Silva
- Feb 23
- 2 min
The Ministry of Showing Up
One of the most powerful ways we can bless people is by simply showing up and giving them our undivided attention.
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Kenny Silva
- Jan 26
- 3 min
On Growing Pains
The Lord is on the move at Hickory Grove. Our sanctuary has been fuller than we’ve seen for a while. Praise God for these signs of new life!
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Kenny Silva
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Dealing With Conflict in the Family of God
If we avoid conflict, we'll miss opportunities to build and be built. If we relish in it, we’ll tear down those for whom Christ died.
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Kenny Silva
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
A Ditch to Avoid
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord, who has entered into history to reveal to us the deep truths about the reality He made.
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Kenny Silva
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
More Than Just a Peaceful, Easy Feeling
If we’ve bowed the knee to Jesus, we are agents of shalom and Spirit-filled heralds of the Father who makes peace by the blood of His cross.
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Kenny Silva
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Don’t You Want to Thank Someone?
Tomorrow, we'll join our fellow citizens in a fleeting moment of national unity as we all give thanks. But to whom will we give our thanks?
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Kenny Silva
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Instruments of Kindness
The dynamic, extravagant kindness of God does not merely come to us; it moves through us.
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Kenny Silva
- Oct 19, 2022
- 2 min
More Than You Can Handle
God gives us more than we can handle because He loves us and knows our “best life” consists in learning we can do nothing apart from Him.
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Kenny Silva
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
On Economically-Induced Anxiety
We don't like it, but it’s in these times of uncertainty that God reveals the fickle nature of our hearts.
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Kenny Silva
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
Jesus Wants You to Stuff Your Face
Because God is infinite and the feast to which He invites us is boundless, we honor Him by stuffing our faces full.
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Kenny Silva
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
When Gonzo Became Gonzorella
If it seems like I’m out of my skin, that’s because I am. There are people out there who are trying to abuse our children.
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Kenny Silva
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
On the Incarnation
Jesus makes the impossible possible, the ugly beautiful, and the “merely” human evidently divine.
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Kenny Silva
- Aug 10, 2022
- 3 min
Are You Giving Yourself and Others the Chance to Give Thanks?
Even if we’re innocent of self-reliance, we may be guilty of denying our brothers and sisters the chance to give thanks when God shows up.
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Kenny Silva
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
Missed Opportunities
May the Lord help us to slow down and open our eyes.
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Kenny Silva
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Post Online
It’s when I ignore one or more of them that I end up with my foot in my mouth online.
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Kenny Silva
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Stolen Valor
We cannot steal valor before the eyes of Him who sees all (Prov 15:3). But, we can receive it.
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Kenny Silva
- Jul 7, 2022
- 3 min
Should We Be Named by Our Sin?
In a culture that insists on naming people by their sin, we ought to hold firm to our identity in Christ.
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Kenny Silva
- Jun 29, 2022
- 5 min
About Last Week's General Assembly
Be encouraged to know you’re part of a denomination that prizes biblical truth and goes to great lengths to keep in step with the Gospel.
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Kenny Silva
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Giving Full Vent to Our Anguished Souls
Don’t be a “good Christian” and pretend everything is hunky-dory. It’s not, and God knows it’s not.
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