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Tag Archives: Culture
November 21 – Remember The Way We Were
1 Peter 4; Jeremiah 37-38; Psalm 137 “For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles–when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. In regard to these, they … Continue reading
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November 19 – Religion – Overlord or Guide to Life?
Ezekiel 11-13 James 1 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27 NCV) Religion was … Continue reading
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December 24 – What’s In A Name?
Luke 1:57-80; Ezekiel 35-36; Isaiah 59 My wife and I discussed baby names long before she was even pregnant. We knew the names we wanted to use and we knew why a year or two before we even tried to … Continue reading
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Tagged approved list of names, astonishment, baby names, character, Christian, Culture, dad, Elizabeth, future, Germany, God's decree, Grace, His name is John, History, honor, honor the father spiritual experience, Jesus, Jewish tradition, John, John the Baptist, memory, mercy, misstep, named after a relative, naming party, Nazis, no more argument, people watching, Praise God, Rwanda, tradition, Zechariah
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January 14 – Stuff is Not Good Enough
Luke 12:1-31; Genesis 21; Psalm 14 You’ve probably heard about stories of rich millionaires, even billionaires, who take a “bombshell” wife that’s fifty or sixty years younger. It isn’t long before he dies and his new will leaves everything to … Continue reading
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Tagged accumulation of wealth, billionaires, bombshell, Culture, disinherited, family fights, God's blessings, inheritance, Jesus, Law, life, loopholes, millionaires, possessions, relationships, rich, share, stuff, wealth, wills, windfall
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August 4 – When the Culture Crumbles
Psalm 33:12-22; Job 21:1-16; Romans 9:1-9 In 1662 a number of churches in America adopted what was called the “Half-Way Covenant.” These churches had many people who had been baptized as infants, but had never shown proof of conversion later … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, America is good, atheism, Christian beliefs, conversion, Culture, genius, God on the golf course, God on the lake, Half-Way Covenant, ignore God, infant baptism, influence, make America great again, moral life, morals, Power, Relationship with God, ridicule, Righteousness, vaccinated against God, values
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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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May 13 – Counter Culture Christians
Psalm 104:24-34 35b; Isaiah 44:1-4; Galatians 6:7-10 No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. Thus begins John Donne’s Poem entitled “No Man is an Island.” It … Continue reading
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April 25 – Not the Culture Club
Acts 10:34-48; Joshua 9-10; Job 25 There is a bit of cultural arrogance in every culture. “The way we do it is best,” is at least thought by just about everyone at one time or another. It really gets bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, Cornelius, cultural arrogance, Culture, faithfulness, financially wealthy, followers of Jesus, God, impoverished, Jesus, Jews, Peter, religious arrogance, Roman centurion, spiritually wealthy
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October 3 — Countering the Culture
Revelation 3; Nehemiah 4; Psalm 98 When it comes to elite cities of ancient Rome, Laodicea was at the top of the list. When an earthquake destroyed the city and Rome offered help, Laodicea turned them down because they could … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Rome, black wool, blind, counter-culture, Culture, eye balm, eye salve, Jesus, Laodicea, medical leader, naked, poor, rich, The words of Jesus, white garments, wretched
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