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Step 5: Nobodies Who Are Somebody in Christ

Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. So I’m going to admit to you all about my own personal struggles with these 12-steps. For me, the moral inventory part … Continue reading

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Step 4: Moral Inventory

Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Startin’ Monday I’m cleanin’ the slate, gonna quit smokin’ start losin’ some weight tell someone I’m sorry, oh its gonna be great Startin’ Monday      – Terry Scott … Continue reading

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Step 3: Giving Up the Whoopee Blanket

Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. In the 1983 movie, “Mr. Mom,” Jack (Michael Keaton) losses his job requiring him to take over staying at … Continue reading

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We Came to Believe

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. There is an oral tradition in AA that is a play on the first three words of this step: “Came to believe.…” It turns it … Continue reading

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Step One: Stepping Down

Return of the Prodigal by Rembrandt Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. It has been estimated that over two million people worldwide are currently partaking in the assistance provided by an Alcoholics Anonymous … Continue reading

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12-Step Christians

I am firmly convinced, now, more than ever, that the 12-step program as originally adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous, is closer to capturing the true essence of a Christian’s attitude and relationship to God and to others than anything taught or … Continue reading

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Only Believe

You’ve heard the question many times: “If you died today would you go to heaven?” What’s your answer? The answer is another question: “Do you believe in Jesus?” If the answer to the second question is “Yes,” then the answer … Continue reading

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Memorial Day, 2026

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24)     [From an earlier Memorial Day comes … Continue reading

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Remember Libraries?

I passed our town library the other day and felt a pang of nostalgia. I used to spend a lot of time writing in libraries. There’s a certain feeling you have walking into a library that you don’t get anywhere … Continue reading

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From Born to Born Again

This will probably be the shortest “Catch” ever. But there is a reason for that. Shorter time to read leaves more time to think. And I want you all to think a lot about this. OK, I’m going to ask … Continue reading

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