Mar 10
Stella is a great Golden Retriever. She has been at our home for three years now and is the most friendly dog you will ever meet. In fact she loves people so much that it is sometimes a problem, because she greets everyone and begs them to pet her. Stella wears a collar that works …
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Mar 02
I was reading through 2 Chronicles when this verse jumped out at me which was speaking about King Jehoram the son of Ahab and Jezebel. “He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city …
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Jan 13
I believe we are often misleading in our use of the word “gospel” in the church. We will typically say the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It is the good news of His coming, dying, and being raised for our salvation. But then when we teach Galatians 1:6-9 regarding people perverting …
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Nov 20
A church member who worked in the book industry gave me this Bible last night. It looks completely normal from the outside. But every page is completely blank on the inside. The publisher made a mistake in the printing. As I was showing Ryan, our youth minister this Bible, it hit us that many could …
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Sep 23
The Tuesday ladies’ class, which I teach, is studying through the gospel of Mark. We came across these curious verses: “And they all left him (Jesus) and fled. And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran …
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Jul 22
I have a great appreciation and admiration for Michael Whitworth. Michael started his own publishing company Start2Finish books a couple of years back. It is his aim to produce trusted, engaging guides to God’s word. He desires to cover every Bible book over the course of his lifetime. He is certainly making great strides at …
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Apr 11
It is irrational for two trains to be driving on the same track headed directly toward each other to think they will not hit, yet this is the exact thoughts of an adulterer! The affair will come out! You cannot remain in both relationships for long! The famous story of David committing adultery with Bathsheba …
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Feb 27
You the man!! I love this common slang to encourage other guys. We used to say it when playing pick-up basketball at FHU. I like using it to compliment or encourage a brother who has done something cool. I tell my boys – “you the man” and sometimes throw a little spanish on them “Tu …
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Jan 30
This is the third part of three posts on forgiveness. This section focuses on the benefits of forgiveness. To read the other posts see these links – Part 1 – Collecting Debt; Part 2 – A Decision of the Will Here is an audio sermon I did on the topic of forgiveness if you are …
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Jan 29
This is the 2nd of 3 posts on forgiveness. You can read the first post which introduced the topic here. This is the most important post of the three and offers, I think, some unique thoughts on forgiveness and considers it in ways not normally considered. Give it a read and let me know what you …
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