Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez

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  • We must dare to start holy confrontation

    We must dare to start holy confrontation

    When we exercise the mantle of holy confrontation, we may, like Elijah, be viewed as a troublemaker and instigator. Our opponents may call us names or try to influence others so that they may join forces against us. Our adversaries will silence us by any means necessary. That is when we must dare to start holy trouble.

  • 'Pushing the Plow' as a millennial or Gen Zer

    'Pushing the Plow' as a millennial or Gen Zer

    As we assess the plows we are pushing, we must ask ourselves about both the motivation and the end result: Why are we doing the work we are doing? For whom? For what goals or results?

  • 4 ways we can develop the next generation in 2021

    4 ways we can develop the next generation in 2021

    The choices we make now will shape the lives of future generations in ways we cannot yet understand, just as our forebearers’ choices have shaped our own lives. That is why we should pass down our stories to our children and grandchildren — the stories of our hard times as well as the stories of our victories.

  • Pentecost people know how to wait — and worship

    Pentecost people know how to wait — and worship

    As we celebrate the birth of the church this Sunday, I think there is a major lesson for believers or, as I like to say, “Pentecost people”: Pentecost people know how to wait — and worship.

  • AT&T stadium and Promise Keepers: This is what the world needs right now

    AT&T stadium and Promise Keepers: This is what the world needs right now

    And what provoked the torrent of hate unleashed on Christians in this editorial? The audacity of Promise Keepers and Harrison for calling on men to come to AT&T Stadium to become better men, better husbands, better fathers, and better members of their churches and communities.

  • Keep up the good fight, mothers. The world needs you.

    Keep up the good fight, mothers. The world needs you.

    The blessing is for the mother who wakes up in the wee hours of the morning to feed her children and the blessing is for the mother who wakes up when that baby is now a teenager or an adult, interceding and weeping for her child.

  • Teaching our children to pray — the Micah 6:8 way

    Teaching our children to pray — the Micah 6:8 way

    This starts with prayer. How we teach our children and grandchildren to pray — not just telling them to pray but showing them how to pray — will have a mighty influence on the world they will inherit.

  • It’s dark outside, but the tomb is still empty

    It’s dark outside, but the tomb is still empty

    She ran not when things were pristine or perfect. She ran while things were still dark. It's what we do in the darkest hour that truly defines us.

  • This new year, let’s remember how to live healthy

    This new year, let’s remember how to live healthy

    As we begin a new year, many of us are cautiously hopeful as we anticipate a return to normalcy after the chaos of 2020. The problem is — we may have forgotten what normal, healthy life looks like.

  • COVID-19 will not cancel Christmas

    COVID-19 will not cancel Christmas

    Perhaps for the first time in many years, we will truly understand the meaning of Christmas: God coming to bring light and life to a world mired in darkness and death.

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