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Shepherding Thoughts
by Pastor Ben Francis
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Ben Francis
Aug 3, 20226 min read
Is My Life Too Busy?
Is my life too busy? Probably… Busy; busyness: The state of having or being involved in many activities I remember stepping off the plane...
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Ben Francis
Jul 29, 20223 min read
What I'm Reading - July 22'
What I'm Reading - July 22' July has been a busy month, unsurprisingly. Summer brings all kinds of activities, schedule changes, etc. Our...
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Ben Francis
Jul 25, 20229 min read
A Christian View of Dieting, Part 2: The Spiritual Aspect
Before we consider the physical aspect of dieting, which we often consider to be the primary one, as Christians, we need to think through...
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Ben Francis
Jul 15, 20228 min read
Christians Should Judge each Other...Right?
“Only God can judge me!” That’s what the license tag said on the car parked in front of me. It's not an uncommon thing to hear in the...
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Ben Francis
Jul 5, 20226 min read
The Pastor and the Dietitian...
Over the last year or so—as I have been reading and educating myself about food, diet, exercise, and the like— it occurs to me that...
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Ben Francis
Jun 21, 202211 min read
How Should Christians Perform their Weddings?
Thinking through Weddings from a Biblical perspective.
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Ben Francis
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Dealing With Food.
I titled it that way on purpose because for me, food has always been something to deal with more than anything else. It's always seemed...
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Ben Francis
Jun 7, 20227 min read
We're Living in Babylon...Not Heaven.
People Preparing for Exile… Christian faithfulness has taken on various shapes throughout the many chapters of history. In one sense,...
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Ben Francis
Jun 6, 20226 min read
Does Social Media Deny my Physical Body?
“Are you angry, Dad?” That’s what my 10-year old son asked me early one morning as I forcibly prepared his breakfast. I had not said...
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Ben Francis
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Is God’s Sovereign Control a Good Thing?
Thinking about God's Sovereignty... The Doctrine of God’s Sovereignty What is a Doctrine? -A doctrine is an objective truth; a settled...
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Ben Francis
Nov 2, 20216 min read
My Struggles with Food…
A personal journey of stewardship. We all have personal struggles that plague us. Often, it's multiple things that plague us. For me, one...
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