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April 20 – Money Can’t Buy….
Acts 8:1b-25; Deuteronomy 33-34; Job 20 What do people value? If you google the phrase “Money can’t buy happiness” and look at the images, you’ll discover what money can buy that’s pretty much the same things as happiness, or what … Continue reading
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Tagged Ananias and Sapphira, care for others, care for widows, commercializing God, commodities, environment, evangelists millionaires, healing, Holy Spirit, integrity, isolation, lack of integrity, magician, minister, ministry, miracles, money, money can't buy happiness, net worth, orphans, persecuted, Philip, price on everything, Samaria, Simon, Value
April 7 – Keep On Loving
Matthew 27:32-66; Deuteronomy 7-8; Job 7 People don’t change their minds easily. Research shows that it is much easier to use information to reinforce a belief that is held, no matter how tenuous that belief might be, than it is … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, beliefs, can't save Himself, centurion, change minds, crowd, cruxifixion, emotions, facts, information, Jerusalem, Jesus, keep loving, messiah, minister, Pilate, religious leaders, soldiers, Son of God, taunting, trust in God, wrong
March 20 – Loopholes
Matthew 19:1-15; Numbers 9-10; Ecclesiastes 7 Michael Larson was an unemployed ice cream truck driver. He had nothing better to do than to watch TV. So, he did that. He enjoyed a game show called “Press Your Luck.” While he … Continue reading
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Tagged battered spouses, Christian, compassion, divorce, God's plan for marriage, Grace, hardness of heart, Jesus, Laws, lawyers, loopholes, male and female, marriage, minister, ministry, No Whammies, one flesh, Pharisees, poor, Press Your Luck, rules, simpler days, single moms, TV game shows, whammied, Whammys, women in poverty
March 12 – Jesus Deals With Grief
Matthew 14:1-21; Leviticus 20-21; Proverbs 30 One of the drawbacks of being a celebrity is that it’s very difficult to find time to be alone. Walking down the street or driving to a coffee shop will ignite a frenzy of … Continue reading
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Tagged alone time, ambitions, celebrities, crowds followed, death of family, death of friend, dreams, feeding 5000, flachback, grief, grieving, Herod, High Priest, hurting world, Jesus, John, John's death, Matthew, minister, ministers of reconciliation, paparazzi, privacy, Public, recovery, rumors, social media, work
March 9 – Beauty Tips for Life
Matthew 12:22-50; Leviticus 15-16; Proverbs 27 Mirrors are great. I can’t imagine shaving without being in front of a mirror. I use a mirror when I comb my hair, usually. Yes, I do comb my hair. My wife uses a … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, combing hair, disabled, entertainers, financial success, Hawkeye, heroes, inward beauty, judging people, life reflects heart, look our best, M*A*S*H, make a difference, minister, ministers, mirrors, moral backgrouns, morality, narcissism, obessed, oppressed, orphans, outward beauty, putting on makeup, shaving, skin deep, sports figures, teachers, tool, widows
February 19 – “It’s The Law”
Matthew 1; Exodus 20:1-21:36; Proverbs 9 “The Supreme Court has decided. It’s the law.” Many people let something as small as a Supreme Court decision be the guiding factor of right and wrong in their lives. Charles Hamilton Houston didn’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, advance God's Kingdom, betrayal, Brown v Board of Education, Charles Hamilton Houston, citizens of Heaven, dignity, divorce, earthly father, eye for an eye, family, Forgiveness, godly society, Grace, Holy Spirit, humiliation, Jesus, Joseph, Law, law of God, Mary, mercy, minister, Moses, Plessy, Plessy v Ferguson, redemption, rights, separate but equal, serve, stoning, Supreme Court
January 28 – God’s Got This
Luke 20:27-47; Genesis 37; Psalm 28 Have you ever wanted to run away and hide? Maybe it’s personal troubles and you just don’t want to be around people. Maybe relationships in the family aren’t going so well and it’s time … Continue reading
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Tagged adulting, blanket fort, brother against brother, David, family troubles, God, God's got this, Grace, help, hide, Israel, Lord, love, mercy, minister, Nabal, name of Jesus, persecution, personal troubles, physical difficulties, praise, refuge, rest, run away, Saul, shield, strength, time with God, troubles of the world, trust
December 29 – Jubilee!
Luke 4:1-30; Ezekiel 44-45; Isaiah 64 Jesus probably wouldn’t have been a very popular preacher in today’s world. He wouldn’t have been able to get a television ministry. He wouldn’t last long on radio. He might have been able to … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, broken-hearted, disabilities, freedom, gospel, Isaiah, Jesus, Jubilee, minister, oppressed, poor
November 14 – Faith That Makes a Difference
James 2; Jeremiah 23-24; Psalm 130 It is a continuous struggle among Christians. Is our relationship with God based on our faith or is it based on our works: doing the good things that make God like us. James reminds … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, change, difference, faith, God, Grace, hands and feet of Jesus, James, Jesus, minister, Relationship with God, works
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October 16 – The Wonder of it All
Revelation 16; Esther 9-10; Psalm 107:23-43 Many of the ancients feared the sea. It was dark and mysterious. It contained creatures that were different and surprising. Yet, as commerce expanded in the ancient world, some found it necessary to travel … Continue reading
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Tagged deep, frightening, God, God's feet, God's hands, God's heart, handiwork of God, hurting people, Jesus, loving people, minister, mysterious, needs of people, people, sea, wonders of God
