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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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Selfishness can be one of those horrible flaws that is obvious to others but is not known to the person who is selfish. Selfishness is defined as excessive concern for self or exclusive concern for self without regard for others. It is a total contrast to selfless. Selfless is defined ...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
CHRISTIANITY AND RELATIONSHIPS
(Part 1)
1 Timothy 5:1-8,
5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father; treat younger men like brothers, 5:2 older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity. 5:3 Honor widows who are real widows. 5:4 If a widow has children ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Do you know what basic problem is in the world? Do you know what the basic problem is in our society? Do you know what the basic problem is in the families of our society? It is the same basic problem in all of them! The basic problem is people.
Do ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Since the end of World War II, America has increasingly grown into an education oriented society. The basic objective of education was dedicated to acquiring knowlege. For many decades, as a society, we have been convinced that proper, accurate knowledge is the most important factor in resolving problems.
We are told ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
One of the eternal struggles in human existence is created by the ever present reality of established thinking clashing with new thinking. In every age, established thought patterns exist and new thought patterns emerge. In every age, people struggle because when established thinking tries to grasp new thinking.
Why the struggle? ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
I am not seeking an agreement with my perspective. All I want is to move you to think. I am convinced that when people think, they move closer to understanding each other and God. The result is that faith in God and Christ grows. All I ask you to do ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
If I asked you to list some Christian concepts that are simple to study and easy to understand, what concepts would you list? Let me give you a list to choose from. Which of these concepts would you say were simple to study and easy to understand?
The word of God
Accepting ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Three teenagers who had good fathers were discussing what their fathers expected of them. Without their realizing it, their conversation made the subtle shift from what their fathers expected of them to what it took to keep their fathers happy.
The first teen said that it really wasn't too hard to ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
It is comforting to believe that all people think like we think. They see things as we see them. They reason as we reason. They understand as we understand. Our perspectives are their perspectives. Therefore, anytime they think, or reason, or understand differently, they are consciously rejecting the thinking, the ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
The standard for identifying the kind of faith that God wants people to have is the faith that is seen in Abraham. Rare is the person who equals the faith that Abraham developed. No one surpasses the faith that Abraham developed.
That fact is incredible for two reasons. First, Abraham had ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
This week will be a very difficult week for many people in this area. The first anniversary of a tragedy is commonly an emotional, grief filled occasion. A year ago today, everything was normal, opportune, and progressing well. Things were stable and routine within the community. People's lives were following ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
I want you to focus on your relationships. I particularly ask you to focus on your best relationships. Would you please call to mind your three best, most successful relationships? By name and by face, focus on the three people with whom you have your finest relationships. Do you have ...
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