Oct 30
Many families focus on having a well-manicured yard. Some dads spend hours fertilizing and mowing the lawn. Many mothers love to work in the flower beds. A well-manicured yard is the expectation for many nice sub-divisions. Last year, I was at an elite country club surrounded by a private housing community. The yards looked incredible. …
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Oct 24
Christians value courage. Americans esteem courage. We seek to be courageous and teach our kids to be courageous. So this has formed a natural link in our minds that courage is always right and good. Being courageous isn’t necessarily right or good. Just because someone has courage, in the sense that they do something that …
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Oct 18
Stephen Hawking final book was published this week. It is called Brief Answers to the Big Questions. He died this past March after a long bought with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Of course he tackles the most important question anyone can ask, “Is there a God?” He writes, “We are each free to believe what …
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Oct 12
In sports, it is offensive for anyone to question your motivation. No one wants to be accused of not being motivated to play hard and win. But what about with our faith? Motivation is the key to the success of everything we do in the church. Every ministry depends upon motivated people. Every classroom depends …
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Oct 04
Acts 27 tells a fascinating story about Paul and his companions being on a ship during the midst of a tremendous storm. Paul had warned the captain of the ship not to sail because it was winter and the sea was not fit for sailing. While trying to make it down the shoreline some 40 …
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Oct 03
“I just want an escape!” “I just want a way out!” “I can’t bear it anymore, I just want it to be over!” Have you ever said or felt these words? Most likely you have experienced a time in your life where you were experiencing a great storm. You just wanted relief from the pain! …
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Sep 26
Samson, the famous strong man of the Bible, made plenty of mistakes early on in his life (see Judges 13-16). His problems tended to revolve around women. He was a strong man physically, but a weak man morally. He struggled with pride, sexual temptation, and anger. He failed to listen to his parents when they …
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Sep 14
Brooke, our 11 year old, loves riding and working with our horses. Her and Landon, our 9 year old, ride them every chance they get. They like to ride them fast, which can sometimes make us nervous and the horses tired! We have two horses and a pony. Chief is our gelding horse who has …
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Sep 12
We see life in color. The first thing we notice is color. We notice the color of someone’s clothes, hair, and skin. We have thousands of color choices to use in painting a wall. Marketers consider background and font colors when printing advertisements. We want to use color printers, because black and white is too …
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Sep 04
Do you know Joseph of Arimathea? He is a name that might come in handy in trivia sometime. He was the man who asked Pilate for the body of Christ. He then would proceed to bury Jesus in his own tomb. But there is more to Joseph than just a trivia answer. He was important …
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