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Joe Dan Vendelin
Contributing sermons since Feb 10, 2024
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Trusted Trajectory
Contributed on Jun 6, 2026
Trusted Trajectory is the idea that life is clearer when you learn to trust the direction you’re moving in, even when the immediate results are still unfolding or unclear.
Trusted Trajectory One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is what I call the calm of calculus. We tend to look at life and judge it by what we see right now—the current result, the current situation, the current moment. And if it doesn’t look like much, or it doesn’t add up the way we ...read more
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Regulated Responsiveness: A Life Anchored In God
Contributed on May 30, 2026
Regulated responsiveness is the capacity to remain anchored under pressure so that we are not ruled by fear or fretting, but can respond rather than react in alignment with God in any situation He may put us in, by the power of His grace and for the glory of His name.
Regulated Responsiveness: A Life Anchored in God Regulated responsiveness is the capacity to remain anchored under pressure so that we are not ruled by fear or fretting, but can respond rather than react in alignment with God in any situation He may put us in, by the power of His grace and for the ...read more
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The Continental Divide Of Calvary
Contributed on May 23, 2026
There are moments where pressure exposes what identity is carrying under the surface. In those moments, what feels like internal tension is often not confusion, but a revealing of what I have attached meaning to in what I do—and where I am looking for that meaning to come from.
The Continental Divide of Calvary There are situations where pressure surfaces the significance of identity in the moment—competitive environments, comparison spaces, moments where what I do begins to carry meaning about who I am. What is actually being tracked in the moment—the task, or what ...read more
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Abiding Attention—christ In Me, Hope Of Glory
Contributed on May 20, 2026
Abiding Attention is the re-centering of the mind and heart in Christ, where fragmented awareness across past, present, and future is gathered into one stable place, which is Christ in me, the hope of glory.
Christ in me, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27) This is not just a statement of belief—it is the center that holds time together. Because without Him, attention fragments. The past becomes a loop of regret or nostalgia. The present becomes pressure or dissatisfaction. The future becomes fear or ...read more
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Careful Consumption: You Are What You Eat
Contributed on May 16, 2026
Careful Consumption: You Are What You Eat. You are what you eat. Scripture shows spiritual life as formation through what we take in—from new birth in Christ, to craving spiritual milk, to mature discernment. What enters the heart does not stay outside of us; it becomes who we are.
Careful Consumption: You Are What You Eat You are what you eat. Most people hear that and think about health, diet, or habits. What you take in shapes your body over time. But Scripture takes that idea much deeper. It’s not just about food entering the body—it’s about truth entering the soul and ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Calculus Of Conscience
Contributed on Apr 24, 2026
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Estudios De Palabras Para La Vida
Contributed on Nov 14, 2024
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What's In A Word?
Contributed on Nov 14, 2024
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7 Crucial Crucibles
Contributed on Feb 17, 2024