Monday, May 5th, 2008
God gave you and me, as Christians, some incredible promises. Because we were baptized into Christ, God promised that He would forgive and forget all of our sins (Hebrews 8:12). God promised if we maintain faith in Christ, maintain our commitment to live in God's ways, and maintain a heart ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
When the topic of discussion is follower, how would you describe yourself as a follower? Do you know how to follow? What is your concept of following? To you is following keep your mouth shut, try to stay out of the way, and don't create a problem? Is your concept ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
What a week! What a roller coaster ride! Something unbelievably successful happened and created one of the most exciting moments in your life! There was an adrenaline rush that created a fantastic, natural high. It felt so good, so right that you floated above the every day world. It was ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
He is a changed man. From the time he was a freshman in college, all he did was chase women. For him, life existed to have a good time, and to have it any way you could find it. You could not depend on him for anything. He did what ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
I want to be a Christian. What does that mean? It depends on who makes that statement. If the person making the statement has not entered Christ, has not made the commitment to follow Christ, the statement means that he or she has decided to enter Christ and commit his ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
If I use the phrase, "blood bought institution," what do you think of? I make these predictions. First, I predict that anyone unfamiliar with the Church of Christ visiting is wondering, "What ever is he talking about?" . Second, I predict our most of our teens and twenty year old ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
This week I have been grieved at heart. My heart grief does not come from any personal tragedies. Personally, it has been a week rich with blessings. The heart grief comes from knowing what is happening in the lives of some Christian friends. It arises from seeing what continues to ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Perhaps among the most difficult spiritual analysis to make is the analysis of the anatomy of faith. What is faith? Most Christians are more proficient at telling people what faith is not than they are at telling people what faith is. I often fear, with all of us, our concept ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
I almost named this series, The Agony of Failed Expectations. Among us as a church, things are not at all what we expected them to be. If fifty years ago people knew for a fact that the 2000's would begin with: (1) more financial worth in buildings, parking lots, and ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
A person cannot read the book of Acts with open eyes and open heart and not be amazed at the actions and activities of men and women who were the first Christians. Can you imagine people so converted to Christ on a pilgrimage that they refused to return home when ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
From the time of early childhood, we began asking the question, Why? Preteen kids ask why most often out of pure curiosity. To ask why to seek understanding is considered a good thing to be encouraged.
As a teenager, the motive of asking why changes. Often a teen asks why in ...
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