Can We Trust Paul?
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3–5 minutesOver the last month I have had two comments made to me concerning the relationship between Paul and Jesus. Does Paul’s writing accurately convey…
The Disciple’s Embrace
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1–2 minutesShould you exercise? How often do you go to the gym or workout in your home? Perhaps I just convicted you to put your…
Little Detours
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1–2 minutesI shared a bit in Sunday school about our family adventure of picking up the dogs from their surgery last week. We took them…
Encouraged by God
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1–2 minutesEncouragement comes in the strangest forms. The Apostle Paul, in 2 Corinthians 11:23, begins a long list of the various trials and seemingly despairing…
Tough Topics
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1–2 minutesLast week one of our members had a medical emergency during Sunday school. The whole room jumped up to help and comfort the family,…
Calling for an Avalanche
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1–2 minutesWhen you hear of something falling from heaven, what is your first thought? The word avalanche explains an object or objects falling at a…
Stamped in Christ
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3–5 minutesI recently watched a man make an etching. He has different scraps of rubber and wood which he carved and then shaped into an…
Medicine
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1–2 minutesAs a kind of update concerning my tick adventure, I ended up with Lyme disease and received antibiotics. According to the doctor’s counsel, I…
Deer Ticks
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1–2 minutesDo you have a favorite kind of tick? I would hope not! Those little bugs only serve to feed other nicer animals. They also…
Memorable Speech
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1–2 minutesCould your friends and family recite a quote of something you say too often? As someone who talks to a lot of people more…
Three Words on Psalm 9
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2–3 minutesPsalm 9 features some powerful language about our God. Amidst these miniature pictures of God’s vengeance, power, and judgments David proves through all of…
Zealous for Obedience
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3–4 minutesA couple months ago we heard from 1 Peter 3:12–17. This passage gives to us a motivation, or a right compulsion, for following Christ…
Rejoicing in Discovery
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1–2 minutesLast weekend, our family had the joy of spending time with another family in some Pine Creek waterfalls. The girls splashed and climbed as…
The Gospel and Biscuits
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1–2 minutesI don’t bake very often, but I understand a little something about biscuits. Flour and butter serve as the main components. You have specific…
Address it High
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1–2 minutesAs is so often the case in sermon preparation, many things on which I meditated did not end up in the preaching draft this…
Gardening the Soul
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1–2 minutesSome folks spend years developing technique, handling of tools, and coordination so they might chisel a sculpture into being. Other folks spend months agonizing…
