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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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Tonight I want you to consider a third lesson from Matthew 16:13-23. In the first lesson we noted that Peter understood the fact that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God. But he did not understand God's purposes in Jesus. Therefore, he rebuked Jesus when Jesus said ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Have you ever felt desperately alone and completely empty? You felt absolutely nothing inside. Your life was so empty that you could feel the hollowness. You were certain that no one really cared if you were alive or dead. The loneliness was so painful you knew it was obvious, but ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Have you ever heard the expression, "Don't rock the boat!" I am sure most of us have. If one passenger in a small boat unnecessarily causes the boat to "take on water," the whole boat sinks. It is not just the person who did the rocking who finds himself or ...
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Hebrews 12:18-29
12:18 For ye are not come unto `a mount' that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 12:19 and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which `voice' they that heard entreated that no word more should be ...
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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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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
There are few things in life more meaningful than a sincere, obviously felt "thank you!" Almost everyone has a deep appreciation for genuine gratitude. When someone is sincerely grateful for a kindness we extend, that gratitude within itself is deeply rewarding. In fact, gratitude is one of the most powerful ...
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