By Not Voting, You Don’t Escape Responsibility

Are you planning to vote? Or are you among the 40 million Christians that I’ve read about who are planning to sit on the sidelines? I hope you are not one of these irresponsible folks. Yes, we hold citizenship in … Continue reading

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Just Thought You Ought to Consider

Introduction Does this sound like an opening phrase of your Pastor’s sermon introducing a new series on the book of I John? “You are part of a community of welcomers where people from all walks of life can belong and … Continue reading

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It Is Time for a Test

Introduction A good teacher utilizes some form of testing to evaluate their students’ comprehension level. Jesus is the Master Teacher, and in this chapter, we find him seizing upon the flow of life to test his disciples with a one-question … Continue reading

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The Kettle and the Frog

Introduction This is a ubiquitous metaphor everyone immediately gets but unfortunately seldom applies to themselves. This is a critical error. Why? because we in America and Great Britain are frogs in the kettle, and we are being conditioned on every … Continue reading

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Deliverance from An Addiction

This model can be effective in assisting addicts with pornography, alcohol, drugs, eating, and lying issues.  I Samuel 7 Instructions: Read I Samuel chapters 5-7. Then, using the following material, walk yourself slowly through chapter seven, considering the New Testament … Continue reading

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When Life Gets Tough, What Do I Do?

Promises to Contextualize Life Jesus offers some wonderful promises for living in the horizontal. For example, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, … Continue reading

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Deliverance from An Addiction

I Samuel 7 Introduction A variety of addictions plague our people today. But it is nothing new, just new versions, and in essence, it is the same old idolatry. Samuel gives us a useful model for dealing with addictions.  Israel … Continue reading

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How to Handle an Impossible Crisis

Text: Daniel 2 Introduction Daniel, a young man uniquely gifted to carry a unique life in a unique role in history, faced an impossible crisis. Just as God uniquely called Daniel, He has also uniquely called each of us to … Continue reading

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How To Live in a Broken Governance

Through the Eye of the Judge Today, I read the accounts of Jephthah and Samson (13-16). After that, I read the current issue of World magazine. I had the sense that the latter was an extension of the former. It … Continue reading

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I Got It! Let’s Make a Law

Facebook Deletes Occasionally, Facebook has flagged a post and then choose to delete so that it never saw the light of day. These deletes have only occurred when I’ve written something that raises a question about the current establishment. Seems … Continue reading

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