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Proverbs 22:10-16 says, 10  Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.  11  He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. 12  The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but heoverthrows the words of the traitor.   13   The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!  I shall be killed in the streets!”   14  The mouth […]

The General Camp Committee (a 12 member committee) voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 General Camp. This decision was not made lightly, but with great regret. However in light of the covid-19 pandemic and the potential for spreading this horrific virus, especially to our seniors, we feel like it is the only decision we could

Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. In his book “Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome,” Kent Hughes asks some probing questions: “1. Are we being desensitized by the present evil world?

The General Camp Committee (a 12 member committee) voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 General Camp. This decision was not made lightly, but with great regret. However in light of the covid-19 pandemic and the potential for spreading this horrific virus, especially to our seniors, we feel like it is the only decision we could

Habakkuk 3:2 As I was preaching I heard a large clap of thunder.  Then I heard what I thought was a downpour of rain hitting the roof of the church.  No one else seemed to notice and so I immediately dismissed it as I continued to preach.  After the service as people were leaving the

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 My parents and my grade school teachers had one desire in common.  They wanted me to do well in school so that one day I could graduate.  I came to understand that just because I had been allowed to become a part of Emerson Grade School I was not ready to graduate. 

1 John 5:1-7 The word “testify” is a court term meaning “to affirm as true.” This word carries with it the idea of having absolutely irrefutable evidence. A witness testifies about certain facts in a case.  His opinion, speculation, or recitation of hearsay is not allowed.  His testimony has to be about what he has

2 Corinthians 1:21, 22 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. Verses 21, 22 use four key terms to describe the assurance that we have in Christ. 1.   He “establishes” us.  This

Acts 10:44-47 (44) 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Bernard Palissy the French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman struggled for 16 years trying to find the secret for making fine china.  He wanted it to be beautiful, translucent and indestructible. He was a poor

2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. One day some boys caught two chirping finches.  They enthusiastically determined that they needed to teach the two chirping finches to sing.  They owned a pet canary that could