Duane T. Loynes Sr.

Read: Colossians 2:8-15 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses. (v.

Read: Colossians 4:1-11 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas. (v. 10) I love a good redemption story. I love a story where someone makes

Read: Matthew 11:1-11 Are you the one who is to come? (v. 3) Like most Americans, I remember where I was on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. I was getting married

Read: Psalm 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (v. 1) Horatio Spafford was a lawyer in Chicago in the middle of the 19th

Read: 1 Peter 5:1-7 Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (v. 7) In college, I was part of a vibrant campus ministry. We would meet

Read: Isaiah 40:29-31 They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength. (v. 31) One of the common issues discussed among college faculty is what’s known as impostor syndrome.

Read: Genesis 41:46-57 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” (v. 52) Do you know the inspirational

Read: 1 Samuel 17:41-50 For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand. (v. 47) In the Disney classic The Lion King, there is a

Read: Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (v. 5) Bruce Lee was a legendary figure. A phenomenal martial artist and actor, Lee used his