Thursday, October 18th, 2007
I want to begin tonight with a sports analogy that is not specific to any particular sport. I wish to refer to a particular statement all of you have heard if you have ever watched in sporting event in which the teams were tied.
The sporting event may involve two competing ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
James 1:19-27
1:19 Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 1:21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
We all know the power of being upset. I doubt there is a single one of us who has not been upset at something. Sometimes people get upset for reasons that do not merit such a powerful emotional reaction. Sometimes we all get upset because something that really matters happens.
The ...
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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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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Everything changes! Ask anyone 60 or above, and they will confirm that truth. For generations, the American elderly have talked about "the good old days." Mostly, when we talk about "the good old days" we talk about pleasant childhood memories.
With serious, honest reflection, the old days were not so good ...
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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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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Please get your Bibles and read with me.
Matthew 9:14-17,
9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 9:15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
This evening I want to do something I have wanted to do for some time. This evening we will discuss the concept of integrity." I want us to think from the scripture together much as we would in a class. I want you involved in our thinking together. I want ...
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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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Friday, September 14th, 2007
A common concept among Christians is this: "It is physically profitable to live a godly life." Thus, if a person wants a guarantee of 'the good life,' he or she needs to be a godly person. If a person wants protection against disease, he or she needs to be a ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
There was a time when the sense of "community" and the sense of "family" were powerful. In this time, it was not unusual for a person to allow each of these to affect his/her behavior. The bond with one's community or the bond with one's family was more powerful than ...
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