• 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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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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Resisting the Spirit of Death: Forerunners in an Age of Compromise

For those who have EARS to HEAR! What does it reveal about a society when it begins to devalue human life—even celebrating the harm or murder of those it disagrees with? We are living in a time when anger and hatred are normalized, even glamorized. Jesus tells us that hatred itself is the seed of […]

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