There is a story in the Old Testament about the Ark of the Covenant. It had been taken from the Israelites, by the Philistines, who had had it for seven miserable months. I say miserable because God did not take this act lightly. He brought plagues upon them and their land, and because of this […]
My text is, John 8:11, “She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” The adulterous woman was brought before the Lord. Jesus was teaching in the temple when the scribes and Pharisees entered with the adulterous woman. They told Jesus, with disgust in
You may have heard of ‘Newsies’ or seen them in movies depicting the 19th and 20th century eras. They were a group of children, most typically boys, who would sell newspapers on the street corners to earn a few pennies. The internet gives us this history, In the 19th and 20th centuries, major metropolitan newspapers
John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” The title verse chosen for this letter clearly brings into view the words and idea of, ‘ye think.’ This put me in search of a definition, or some alternative language. I know what
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Just coming through and now on this side of the holiday season, we probably all still have fond memories of all the delicious food we ate, especially the desserts, which come in varieties, including pies of all shapes, sizes, and flavors. The ingredients vary but when someone gets the ratios of those ingredients just right,
I will be basing my comments today based on the teaching of Jesus, taken from Luke 21:24, “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” Bible readers
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Our text is taken from Ephesians 6. Verses 1-9 state, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And ye fathers, provoke not your children
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This past Christmas I was so excited when I opened my Christmas gift and found that it was exactly what I had asked for. I know a lot of you out there might want frilly, smelly good things, jewelry, or clothing, for Christmas every year, and I do love those as much as the next
Let me first ask you a question and then answer the question for you. What is a successful prayer life? The successful prayer life is one of self-denial. It is a recognition of the Lordship of Christ, a giving up of things that are not wrong in themselves, but that hinder and take up our
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Many of you reading this article may have heard of Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday. This is a celebration or holiday season, which will run from November through Ash Wednesday, thus, also known as Shrove Tuesday, meaning the end of pre-Lent and the last day of their Carnival, known as Shrovetide, since
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