• Lighthouses in the Fog

    Navigating the Storms of Life

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  • Authentic Communion

    Whose table do you choose?

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  • A New Day Is Dawning

    And it's worth it!

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  • Worship Is Warfare

    The battle is not ours

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Dr. J. Doug Stringer
Founder and President,
Somebody Cares
America / International

Dr. J. Doug Stringer is founder and president of Somebody Cares America/International, a network of organizations around the globe impacting their communities through unified grassroots efforts. Doug began identifying community needs through his work in the inner-city of Houston, Texas in 1981.

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Youth: Hope of the Future

A Church that is soft and apathetic will never succeed in reaching a lost and hurting world. People, young people in particular, are reluctant to give their lives for something that is shallow and hypocritical. Even unbelievers and the unchurched are tired of the hype and pretense. Our young people are looking for reality and […]

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Communion: Whose Table Do You Choose?

Paul wrote: “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.” (1 Corinthians 10:21) The same is true today. We can attend church and profess Christ, but if our hearts remain divided, we cannot walk in the fullness […]

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The Deception of Self-Righteousness

Legalism or License: Two Extremes, Both Rooted in Self-Righteousness BY DOUG STRINGER “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts.” (Proverbs 21:2) When we hear the term self-righteousness, many of us immediately think of the Pharisees—those religious legalists of Jesus’ day who were more concerned with […]

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The Simplicity of the Gospel

The gospel is simple, but it’s not simplistic. It requires our whole life, but begins with a simple “yes” to Jesus. The power of the cross isn’t found in eloquent words or clever theology, but in the life-giving, world-changing truth that Jesus saves. In a world filled with noise, distractions, and complications—even in the Church—it’s […]

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