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July 2 – Fruitless and Faithless: A Tale of Two Curses

Mark 11:15-33; 1 Kings 2; Hosea 5:5-15 “And Peter, remembering, said to Him, ‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.’” (Mark 11:21 NKJV) Sometimes the strangest stories have a background that clears things up. The story … Continue reading

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January 3 – I Think We Got This Backwards

Genesis 7-9 Matthew 3 “At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River and wanted John to baptize him. But John tried to stop him, saying, ‘Why do you come to me to be baptized? I need to … Continue reading

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November 28 – Ya Gotta Dance With The One That Brung Ya

Galatians 3:1-18; Jeremiah 51-52; Psalm 144 There’s an old saying that President Reagan used at a meeting of Conservative Activists. Speaking to the Conservative Political Action Committee, he talked about working with them as an opportunity to “dance with the … Continue reading

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November 7 – The More People Change, The More They Stay The Same

2 Timothy 3; Jeremiah 9-10; Psalm 123 Maybe you had one of “those” mothers too. You know the kind of mother I mean. One that quoted aphorisms to explain why you should or shouldn’t do certain things. “Why do I … Continue reading

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October 21 – Religion? We Don’t Need No Steenkin’ Religion!

Revelation 21-22; Isaiah 9-10; Psalm 111 Religion, down through the ages, is the record of man’s attempt to establish a relationship with the Almighty God. Most religions have sought to find a way to appease their god, or gods, having … Continue reading

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August 20 – Sabbath

Psalm 103:1-8; Nehemiah 13:15-22; Luke 6:1-5 As the school year gets ready to start, with me not doing so for the first time in 25 years, I look back nostalgically and think about some of the things I used to … Continue reading

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December 1 – Freedom in Christ

Galatians 5:1-15; Lamentations 5; Psalm 147 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1) Freedom in Christ is almost a cliché in … Continue reading

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