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Monthly Archives: July 2016
July 31 – Walls
Ecclesiastes 1:2 12-14; 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 Robert Frost has an amazing ability to put real life situations into poetry. In his poem “Mending Walls” he tells the story of an annual spring time rite: rebuilding the … Continue reading
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Tagged Colossians, curtain torn, Father, free, God, good fences make good neighbors, Jesus, love, Mending Walls, Paul, people love walls, Robert Frost, Romans, separation, sinful attitudes, sins, slave, Spirit, Temple, Walls, weaknesses
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July 30 – Enough
Psalm 49:1-12; Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; Mark 10:17-22 As a teacher most of the work I had kids do involved projects. They had to do research and present their results, they had to build something, or they had to create some kind … Continue reading
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Tagged affirmation, care for poor, enough, eternal life, give up wealth, Good Teacher, Grace, Jesus, mercy, minimum, own righteousness, pride, projects, rich young ruler, students, teacher, weakness, works
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July 29 – Setting the Stage
Psalm 49:1-12; Proverbs 24:1-12; Ephesians 4:17-24 Every night stage productions happen all over the world. Actors play the parts of other people and thrill audiences in all sorts of productions. Once the curtain calls are over, though, it’s time. Actors … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors, ambassadors, attitude, change, Christ, Church, corruption, costumes, false persona, follower of Christ, Forgiveness, God, Grace, holiness, hypocrite, like God, makeup, new, real person, Righteousness, stage persona, Sunday worship, theater
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July 28 – Fighting Slavery
Psalm 49:1-12; Proverbs 23:1-11; Romans 11:33-36 One of the myths of modern America is that slavery doesn’t exist today. Oh, we admit that it may happen in other cultures because they’re a bit backwards, but it doesn’t happen here. Still … Continue reading
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Tagged America, changed hearts, Cross, dead in sin, eternal life, evil, God, Grace, Jesus, lost in sin, mercy, new laws, other cultures, ransom, redeeming slaves, redemption, sex slaves, sex traffickers, sin, slave trade, slavery, slavery to sin
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July 27 – Payback
Psalm 55:16-23; Esther 7:7—8:17; Matthew 5:43-48 In the movie “Trading Places” two millionaire investors decide to explore the question of nature vs. nurture. They take a snobbish investor and make his life miserable while taking a street hustler and put … Continue reading
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Tagged Christians, Cross, Esther, evil plots, Forgiveness, God, Grace, guinea pigs, Haman, Jesus, Jews, luxury, mercy, nature vs. nurture, payback, self-protection, Trading Places, vengeance, Xerxes
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July 26 – It’s All About Me – maybe not
Psalm 55:16-23; Esther 6:1—7:6; Romans 9:30—10:4 Everyone loved Gaston. The men wanted to be Gaston. The women wanted to marry Gaston. He was the village hero. He was the man who led the hunts that provided the food. The problem … Continue reading
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Tagged all about me, Beauty and the Beast, Belle, credit, Cross, crucifixion, Ego, egotistical, Esther, face palm, Gaston, God, Haman, honor, Jesus, Jew, King Xerxes, Mordecai, others, Salvation Army, William Booth
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July 25 – Satisfaction
Psalm 55:16-23; Esther 5:1-14; Colossians 2:16—3:1 I can’t get no satisfaction. Ok, I know that’s bad grammar, double negatives and all, but, tell me you didn’t start singing that line if you’re of my generation. For those of you who … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, commercials, content, Esther, Forgiveness, Genocide, God, Grace, Haman, Jesus, Jew, mercy, Mordecai, more stuff, Persia, Rolling Stones, satisfaction, spiritual disciplines, Xerxes
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July 24 – Shocking!
Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15 [16-19]; Luke 11:1-13 It was about 200 years ago that Mary Shelley conceived the idea of Frankenstein. Perhaps I should say Frankenstein’s Monster. In the book, Dr. Frankenstein takes body parts from different dead … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross, dead to life, died on a cross, electricity, eternal life, ethical issues, forgive, Frankenstein, God the Son, Grace, innocent sacrifice, Jesus, Mary Shelley, Monster, Relationship with God, resurrection, science, sins, spiritual gift, spiritually dead, technology, walking dead
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July 23 – This Time, This Place – God’s Will
Psalm 138; Esther 4:1-17; Luke 8:22-25 You’ve seen this scene in a movie or a TV show at one time or another. The detectives are grilling the suspect. They know he isn’t the main guy, but he knows the plans … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Church, controversy, cultural decay, Cyrus, detectives, Esther, Genocide, George Orwell, God's anointed, gospel, Haman, hunted, integration, interrogation, Jews, King, Mordecai, popularity, speaking truth, such a time as this, suspect, Xerxes
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July 22 – “Them”
Psalm 138; Esther 3:7-15; Acts 2:22-36 “They” are always around. “They” are different. It may be their skin color, their language, their culture, their heritage, or their religion; but “they” are always around us. We have a natural reaction to … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, Christians, compassion, Culture, customs, different, ease, ethnic groups, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Gracious, Haman, hate, heritage, Jesus, Jews, language, mercy love, Mordecai, natural reaction, non-Americans., non-Christians, prejudice, religion, safety, skin color, them, they, Xerxes
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