Matthew 9:16-17 Resolutions? Change? What is there about a new year that makes us think that something is changing? What makes us think that we will change? We make promises to ourselves that we are going to alter our behavior believing that something magically is different this time. We long for change of significance. Will […]
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Luke 24:36-53 I could not get it. My head had begun to hurt proving that my brain was stretched beyond its normal boundary. I had carefully followed the procedure. I had worked the problem over and over. I had even tried some creative ways to come to a suitable solution. Finally my pride had to
Luke 24:1-12 This angelic announcement was a precursor to the Great Commission. It reminds me of an embarrassing reprimand. We were on break. We had enjoyed our cookies and coffee that our wives had packed. Our nail pouches and hammers lay on the ground beside us. We told stories and laughed. It was good to
John 21:1-17 We lost our cat. Oh, we know where he is. He is in the neighbor\’s house next to where we used to live. We lost our cat? Yes, because of love. He was a good old cat. I even kind of liked him. That is saying a LOT. My wife and boys loved
1 Cor 1:1-20 Luke stated Acts 1:3 that the risen Lord \”shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God\” KJV A student at the University of Uruguay one day asked Josh McDowell, author of \”Evidence for
Romans 1:18-2:16 In the comic strip, \”Wizard of Id,\” everyone knows that the king is very sensitive about the fact that he is short. It is important for the subjects of the kingdom to carefully avoid the subject of his stature. If the king can interpret any remark about his shortness as an insult dire
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Gen 2:24 God set the standard for the marriage covenant before there were in-laws. In spite of this fact, he did not overlook the fact that there might be problems with insecurity and dependency. Thus in Gen 2:24 God set the boundaries when He used two important words that we must never overlook or forget:
Matt 7:12 Have you ever been to The Golden Rule Store? Oh… I think you have. For years the J.C. Penney stores were called The Golden Rule stores. Why did they gain this distinction? Because James Cash Penney, starting with a small general merchandise store in the mining town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 1902, built
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Lk 17:5; Matt. 17:15-16 Thomas Carlyle said, \”The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. C.H. Spurgeon said, \”There are two sins of man that are bred in the bone, and that continually come out in the flesh. One is self dependence and the other is self exaltation. It is
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1 Cor 10:19-23 (22) It seemed like I was constantly getting into fights. As a ten or eleven-year-old boy I was not aggressive, abrasive or argumentative. I thought I was a nice guy. Older students at my elementary school, however, continued to pick on me. It didn\’t help that I had not lost a fight.