“Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.” — Jem Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Whether you agree with His choices or […]
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TODAY’S VERSE: 1 John 5:3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome. In Prep School this month we learned how the 1st two people created, Adam and Eve, were made “perfect” (sinless). God gave them only 1 rule to obey in order to remain this way –
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. — Genesis 3:1a Imagine the following scene with yourself being a part of it, allowing yourself to get emotionally involved in it… You show up to the baseball field – just in time, too – as the
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We are all born sinners. If you don’t believe that, then you don’t believe the Bible and you may spurn the remainder of this blog. If, however, you do believe the Bible is the infallible, inspired Word of God, then listen up! This blog may require you to concentrate more than normal. Why? I propose
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M.A.S.H. stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. The television series sharing this acronym ran from 1972-1983 and was a favorite of many – still is, I suppose. In any case, the show was a situational comedy based on a group of surgeons out near the front lines in the Korean War. Their mission was to
“I just gave Suzie the Gospel and she walked away distraught.” “Why? Does she not believe that she is saved?” “Well, she did, but now she says she’s not sure.” “Hmmm…I guess it’s better to figure that out now than later, huh?” “Thank you, my friend, I needed to hear that…I was feeling poorly about
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TODAY’S VERSE:Romans 6:23aFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Leviticus 17:11For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes
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“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” — Benjamin Franklin It wasn’t too long ago that I had a couple of conversations, interestingly not that far apart, regarding the content of the above quote. In the ministry, death is an ever-present thought for the simple reason that our
Salvation is not a destination.Some might say, “If I’m saved, I get to go to Heaven…I want to be saved, then!” Heaven is a place where believers go, but that is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Believers congregate in Heaven after death (or the rapture of the Church) because that’s the way God
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I’ll never forget the time I was watching a documentary on inner city life and some man was being interviewed on the street. I forget the exact context, but somehow he had been on the wrong end of an accusation that challenged his manhood. When the interviewer conveyed what his ex had said about him,