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Monthly Archives: March 2017
March 31 – How to Prepare for the Return of Jesus
Matthew 24:32-51; Numbers 28-29; Song of Solomon 8:5-14 There is a story told of a sailor that had been put on restriction and confined to his cot. He thought it was unfair, but couldn’t do anything about it. “At least,” … Continue reading
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March 29 – An Inside Look
Matthew 23:13-39; Numbers 23:27-24:25; Song of Solomon 5:2-6:3 A number of years ago, after we moved into our house, we had a problem with bees. They were getting into the eaves through the vent. We had to work on getting … Continue reading
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March 28 – Not My Will
Matthew 23:1-12; Numbers 22:41-23:26; Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1 Education is a difficult field to work in. The kids we deal with have been hurt in the past and carry a load of baggage. Sometimes school has hurt them; sometimes family … Continue reading
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March 27 – Two For The Price of One
Matthew 22:23-46; Numbers 22:1-40; Song of Solomon 2:8-3:5 It’s an old joke, but I still like the story. A little boy is testifying in the courtroom and the defense attorney is having trouble shaking his testimony. The judge is protecting … Continue reading
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Tagged appease the gods, courtroom, defense attorney truth, genuine love for God, God loves them, greatest Commandment, hate people, Herodians, Law, lawyer, love God, Love Neighbor, nature of God, Pharisees, Sadducees, sin, terrified of gods, trappings of God, trip up Jesus, two commandments
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March 26 – What Are You Giving to God?
Matthew 22:1-22; Numbers 21; Song of Solomon 1:1-2:7 Spring is in the air and everyone’s thoughts turn to … taxes. Yep, that annual tradition so beloved by Americans of filling out our tax returns and sending them off so that … Continue reading
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Tagged all belongs to God, Caesar, example, faith, give to God, God, government, heart, helping the oppressed, Herodians, interest free loan, Justice, mercy, offerings, Pharisees, Roman tax, Spring, tax protestor, tax returns, tax season, tithes, wronged
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March 25 – Self Incrimination
Matthew 21:28-46; Numbers 19-20; Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14 The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution prevents a person from having to incriminate themselves. Police must stop questioning a suspect when they invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and ask for a lawyer. That doesn’t … Continue reading
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March 24 – Authority
Matthew 21:1-27; Numbers 17-18; Ecclesiastes 11:1-8 When I got a little sassy as a child, my mom might ask me, “Who do you think you are?” When I was really young and didn’t get what she was really asking, I … Continue reading
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March 23 – Sorry, No Cookies
Matthew 20:17-34; Numbers 15-16; Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20 You’ve probably seen this as a meme, or perhaps on a T-shirt: “Come to the Dark Side – We have cookies.” It’s hard to imagine Darth Vadar doing promotions to recruit new members, but, … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, big numbers, comfort the afflicted, cookies, Cross, dark side, Darth Vadar, eternal salvation, Forgiveness, free coffee mug, free gym bag, free hat, giveaway, heal people, influence, Jesus, marketing, minister to people in need, obedience, possessions, ransom for many, relationships, rights, sacrifice, servanthood, Son of Man, truth in marketing, unworthy servants, wash feet
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March 22 – An Unfair God
Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 I hear stories of them, but haven’t found anything I can verify through research. You know what I mean: death bed conversions. Every so often a well-known atheist or agnostic dies and rumors are … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheists, Billy Sunday, changed lives, death bed conversions, disappointment, forgiven, future, heaven, hope of heaven, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, landowner, live for Christ, parable, pay for a day's work, refuse to follow Christ, Savior, sins, turn to Christ, unfair, unfair God, work against the gospel
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March 21 – More Manna? Anything Else?
Matthew 19:16-30; Numbers 11-12; Ecclesiastes 8 Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics to a song that tells of a man who made it all. He was living what our society would call the good life. He could have whatever he wanted. … Continue reading
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