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Pastor's Corner: Remember the Big Jake Principle

2 Timothy 4:7 — “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

If the Christian life is a race, have you ever felt like quitting?

I recently taught a class on the second book that the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy. The author of the study guide, Matt Proctor, says that every time he reads the above verse he thinks of “Jake.” Jake was a teammate of the author’s when they were in high school. Matt ran long distance; Jake threw the shot put. Everyone called him Big Jake because he was, quite frankly, massive. He’d been shaving since second gra...

 

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