Friday, May 2nd, 2008
All of us tend to exaggerate our loveableness. First, we exaggerate our personal loveableness by asking what each of us considers a rhetorical question: "Why shouldn't anyone love a person like me?" We tend to think "everyone should love a person like me!" If I love me, why shouldn't you ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Today I want to focus us on the concept of gifts. At first mention, you might not think that is a very important concept. I hope when you finish thinking with me, you will find your insights and thoughts truly helpful.
I suspect all of us have received gifts. What concept ...
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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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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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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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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
If you are observing a person's faith, how can you tell if that faith is strong? That sounds like a very simple question that should have a very simple answer. But neither the question nor the answer is simple.
We do have some ready made answers for that question. Ready made ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
When we observe faith in different people's lives, we observe a fascinating phenomena. Two Christians who have placed faith in God go through near identical types of crisis. In both, the crises produce a period of questioning, confusion, and doubt.
From this common struggle with doubt, one Christian's spirituality enters serious ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
If there is a single theological concept, a single Christian principle that the majority of Christians think they understand, it would be faith. Ask any Christian, "Do you know what faith is?" Rarely will you find a Christian who says, "No." We might not know the answers to many questions ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Have you wanted to be someone else? As children, we all probably wished we were someone else. A very common fantasy of children is pretending to be their hero or superstar.
As an adult, have you ever wanted to be someone else? Some of us would say, "No, I have never ...
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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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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
The most powerful force in human life is love. Love will motivate people in ways that nothing else can. A husband who loves his wife will do things for her that he will do for no one else.
Love will endure in ways that nothing else can. Nothing can equal the ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Four or five times a week I work out at a gym. A Friend graciously and patiently allows me to workout with him. This is not a new experience. I been involved in exercise programs for over 20 years.
Why? Why exercise all that time? Why go to a gym and get into ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Focus verse: Hebrews 11:6--Without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of those who seek him.
College football is big business in this country. Some of the one-game losses in the top five teams ...
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