Friday, July 25th, 2008
When you were growing up, how many children were in your family? How many brothers do you have? How many sisters?
Could you list all the ways that you and your brothers and sisters were alike? Could you list all the ways that you and your brothers and sisters are different? ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
There are few texts that show more clearly the importance of leadership in the early church. It’s to the elders Peter specifically writes, and he, who was the chief apostle, doesn’t hesitate to call himself a fellow-elder. He could have worn the title apostle, or friend of Jesus, but he ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
What is the "price" we Christians must pay to be Christians? Jesus indicated in many ways that the "price" existed. The fact that a "price" exists should not surprise us. If his sacrificial life and death on a cross was his "price" for becoming our Savior, it should not surprise ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I hope you have had at least one of those moments when you "see" something you never saw before. What you "see" is not new. It has always been there for you to "see." Yet, for some reason (or a number of reasons), you never noticed it before. Once you ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
People always have had problems with relationships. Relationships have confused every past generation. Relationships confuse us. That confusion becomes more evident every year. People experience difficulty when they try to get along with other people. More know how to argue and fight with others than they know how to enjoy ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
What form of injustice irritates you more quickly than any other form of injustice? Call it a pet peeve, or a major frustration, or an insult, but whatever you call it, this form of injustice instantly angers you. It is unfair; it is a deceptive distortion; and it certainly is ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Life is a sequence of inevitable moments. An inevitable moment is a specific point in time that must come. Inevitable moments are unavoidable; they must happen. The question is never, Will the moment come? The question always is, When will this moment come?
We know that life's major transitions always involve ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I am currently on vacation. But wanted to re-broadcast an earlier Podcast, one of my first. That was originally published on September 11, 2007.
Life is often confusing. We are constantly trying to figure life out. Quite often we think we have succeeded. About the time we think we have life ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Do you like to use your imagination? If you build things, you do. If you solve problems, you do. If you are creative, you do. If you provide leadership, you do. If you play competitive sports, you do. If you hunt or fish, you do. There are very few people ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
There are people in life we choose to be with or not to be with.
When we are young, parents commonly choose for us and force their decisions on us. Often children wonder why they can or cannot be around the people their parents approve of or reject. Often children are ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Sacrificing animals, animal blood, the first fruits of a crop, and crop products to God was a way of showing dependence on and appreciation for God. For generations, people who sought God and depended on God sacrificed. Abel sacrificed. Abraham sacrificed. Sacrificial acts were a part of worship for Isaac, ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
How long has it been since you focused on or gave serious attention to the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) when God spoke those commandments to Israel?
Then God spoke all these words, saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
In the past few weeks, I have shared four lessons on Sunday mornings:
A New Me in a New World
A New People
New People Leadership
Decisions: New People Ownership
In these four lessons, we have noted that Christ died to produce a new people, a people who are unlike any people who existed. Each ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Recently I watched part of a news documentary that had a segment on kidney transplants. It specifically focused on a business in China that specializes in kidney transplants.
China has built a modern, well equipped hospital that utilizes western technology and is specifically designed for transplant surgery. The primary purpose of ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Place yourself in this situation. You have a very important decision to make, and this decision must be made. This decision will affect your future significantly. The truth of the situation is this: it will be impossible for your future not to be affected though this decision. One of two ...
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