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My Chosen Addiction
You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is...
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Scriptures That Bother Me — Matthew 28:19
Are You a Disciple Are You Just Saved? “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” – Matthew 28:19 Can I share...
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Scriptures That Bother Me — Nehemiah 1:5-6
Nehemiah’s Prayer “O LORD, God of heaven…listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel” – Nehemiah 1:5-6 I read six verses into the book of Nehemiah the...
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The Trouble With Holiness
For four years I was an Assemblies of God minister AND a monk with the Brothers and Sisters of Charity in Eureka Springs, AR. This is an excerpt from my book about that experience called “Taking Off My...
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Scriptures That Bother Me — 1 John 3:2
Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 1 John...
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I Want THAT Gift!
“It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have”– 1 Corinthians 12:11 For many people, the Christmas season is their favorite time...
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More Than A Guest
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly—Col. 3:16 ‘Tis the season for Holiday guests. I look forward to them coming and it always seems they leave too soon. A few weeks ago, we had some family come...
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Exit The Elephant
The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought,...
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When God Says “No”
The King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed.” – 2 Samuel 7:18 When I was in college I met a girl that I was quite taken with. She was beautiful to look at, loved God with all her heart...
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Caught In The Good ‘Ol Days
“Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. . . .because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting...
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Jesus is Looking at ME!
“When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish . . . . And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear ....
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Scriptures That Bother Me — John 2:9
“When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from . . . he called the bridegroom over” – John 2:9 It happened again. As the preacher was reading the...
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You Are The Man
The following is the last point of the sermon I will teach today called “You Are The Man.” “Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son,...
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Jesus The Samaritan
The [expert in religious law] wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor” – Luke 10:29 (NLT) Here I am, reading along and preparing for my Sunday sermon, feeling good...
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He Never Spoke A Word
“It was by faith that Noah build a large boat to save his family from the flood….by his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world.” – Hebrews 11:7 This little verse in Hebrews challenges me because...
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Just Jesus
“If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” – John 4:10 A few years back, there was a popular tee shirt...
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True Living
“For to me, living means living for Christ.” – Phil. 1:21. In order to really understand what Paul is saying in this verse, let’s try putting this statement in a different context. What if I were to...
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I Will Never Stop Teaching
“Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people” – Mark 6:7 I was in the produce section of Wal-Mart the other day when I saw Pastor Charles from another church in town. As is our custom...
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What Is That Ringing In My Ears?
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 Abraham’s patient obedience is...
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Gnawing On God
“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” — Joshua...
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