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Author Martin Cicero

Martin Cicero is a Pastor in Sacramento. He is married and has four grown children.
Fine-tuned heart
Categories God-Thoughts Lead Up Leadership

Fine-tuned Heart

  • By Martin Cicero
  • October 31, 2022

The heart is an organ, a muscle at the center of our circulatory system. It is the size of a fist, weighs less than a…

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Fine-tuned eye
Categories God-Thoughts Lead Up Leadership

Fine-tuned Eye

  • By Martin Cicero
  • October 27, 2022

The eye has been fine-tuned in ways that evolution could never do. Seeing didn't happen by accident. Success comes through the Creator.

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fine-tuned water
Categories God-Thoughts Lead Up Leadership

Fine-tuned Water

  • By Martin Cicero
  • October 12, 2022

Today I want to continue by looking at something we tend to take for granted: water. Without it there would be no life!

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fine-tuned world
Categories God-Thoughts Lead Up Leadership

Fine-tuned World

  • By Martin Cicero
  • October 5, 2022

When talking about evolution versus creation, there is a phrase that makes all the difference in the world: “fine-tuned argument.”

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Word Meanings and Worldviews
Categories Culture Lead Up Leadership

Word Meanings and Worldviews

  • By Martin Cicero
  • September 9, 2022

Years ago, I read that if we change the meaning of our words, we end up changing history if we aren’t careful.

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What is the Gospel?
Categories God-Thoughts Lead Up Leadership

What is the Gospel?

  • By Martin Cicero
  • January 28, 2021

What is the gospel? Before I answer that, we need to understand that many people answer the question with much excess baggage.

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ACTIVE prayer
Categories Lead Up Leadership Restoration

6 Elements of ACTIVE Prayer

  • By Martin Cicero
  • October 12, 2020

ACTIVE prayer is helping me. It has kept me focused so that my mind doesn’t so easily wander. This has greatly improved my time with…

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Is God still in control
Categories Culture Lead Up Leadership

Is God Still in Control?

  • By Martin Cicero
  • August 31, 2020

I am not sure what God considers the last days, but to me, it sure seems that we are approaching those days rather quickly. As…

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Critical Thinking
Categories Culture Lead Up Leadership

Is Critical Thinking Important Today?

  • By Martin Cicero
  • August 17, 2020

With all the information that is available to us today, we can’t believe something just because it is in writing or because someone on TV…

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Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers
Categories Lead Up Leadership Restoration

Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers?

  • By Martin Cicero
  • August 7, 2020

Do you ever wonder why our prayers don’t seem to be answered? Reality is, God answers prayer but we may not like the answer. He…

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Touching Jesus (Mark 5:24-34)

Touching Jesus (Mark 5:24-34)

  • By Chris Ahlemann
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • April 21, 2025
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Reflecting Sunset

Reflecting Sunset

  • By Kayla Cannon
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • February 24, 2025
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What is meant by “Do not quench the Spirit” in 1 Thessalonians 5:19?

What is meant by “Do not quench the Spirit” in 1 Thessalonians 5:19?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • Estimated read time 3 min read
  • April 21, 2025
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John 6:53-55 says we must eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus. Isn’t this transubstantiation of the bread and wine, instead of only a symbolic representation?

John 6:53-55 says we must eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus. Isn’t this transubstantiation of the bread and wine, instead of only a symbolic representation?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • Estimated read time 3 min read
  • February 24, 2025
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