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A Poor Widow’s Rich Offering
“A poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus said, ‘this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. . . she, as poor as she is, has given everything she...
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Praying The Lord’s Name In Vain
Ex. 20:7—“You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name” (NLT). Just for the fun of it, I’ve been reading the Pentateuch, the first...
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God Answers Imperfect Prayers
“Meanwhile, Peter continued knocking. When they finally opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.” – Acts 12:16 Here’s the scene. A group of Christians has gathered together for an all-night...
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Can I Be Like Jesus And Be A Pastor?
A Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table . . . Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of...
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But Lord, 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 (NLT) For many people, the Christmas season is their favorite...
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I Have No Record
“He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” – Psalm 103:12 Usually when I eat breakfast, I have a book open in front of me. I eat and read almost every morning. But...
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What Martial Arts Taught Me About Prayer
For four years I was an Assemblies of God minister and a monk with the Brothers and Sisters of Charity at the Little Portion Hermitage. This is an excerpt from my book Taking Off My Comfortable...
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When Will You Die?
“So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.” (Deut. 34:5) I recently finished teaching a series on the life of Moses at my church, and when it was all...
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I Will Never Stop Teaching
“Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people” – Mark 6:6 I was in the produce section of Wal-Mart the other day when I saw Charles, who pastors another church in town. As is our custom...
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Presenting My Best
“So Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, ‘Hurry . . . and bake some bread.’ Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it. When...
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The Weed Eater Made Me Do It!
For four years I was an Assemblies of God minister and a monk with the Brothers and Sisters of Charity at the Little Portion Hermitage. This is an excerpt from my book Taking Off My Comfortable...
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Drinking 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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My Rich Guest
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly—Colossians 3:16 A few weeks ago, we had some family stay with us for a few days. They live about three and a half hours away, so when they come for a visit it...
View ArticleMy VERY Bad Imitation Of Moses
I was walking out of Lowe’s a few years back when I saw a man who had left the church I pastored a few earlier. Not long after he left, I merged our fellowship with another church in town and we were...
View ArticleGod Is Here
This is the season when we think about the infant Jesus, our God in human form who came to us as a helpless baby, lying in a manger, surrounded by His poor parents, poor shepherds and sacrificial...
View ArticleJesus Does Not Need My Boat
Matthew 14:25 says, “During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.” This seems like a straightforward Scripture, but the part that challenges me is this: Jesus does...
View ArticleJesus 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...
View ArticleNo More False Positive Confessions
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies” Psalm 34:12-13 I am now convinced that I did not become a proficient liar until...
View ArticleExposing Myself In Public
“Ham . . . saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside”– Genesis 9:22 A while back I worked for a company where the employees were very particular about their personal parking spaces....
View ArticleWhat 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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