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Thoughts on Keeping the Sabbath
Here’s the one thing you need to know about the Jewish Sabbath: it was meant to be a good thing. It was meant to be a gift, a blessing. But it didn’t turn out to be that for a lot of people. In fact, the day that was meant to be the best day of… Continue reading
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I Will Make You Fishers of Men
“I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men. I will make you fishers of men…if you follow me.” Do you remember the song? For me, it dates back to sometime probably during the ’60’s, when I sang it at Briarwood United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. I doubt I knew… Continue reading
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Jesus Didn’t Come for Everyone
Jesus Christ defined the people He came for when He preached at the synagogue in Nazareth. Quoting the Prophet Isaiah, He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to… Continue reading
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Why Do I Need to Repent if Salvation is by Grace Through Faith?
For years I was confused about the call to repentance in the Bible. I knew that salvation was by grace through faith, and yet I wondered about the emphasis on repentance which I saw in the New Testament. This emphasis is certainly all over the place, and so it’s clear that to become a Christian, a… Continue reading
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Christmas in July
The Christmas story is summed up with a simple thought: God became a man. But why? Well, the answer has to do with our sin. Did you know that God couldn’t have solved our sin problem from the Hallowed Halls of Heaven? He had to come to us. And here are two reasons why… 1.… Continue reading
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The One Thing John the Baptist Did With His Life
If you had to sum up the one thing that John the Baptist did, what would you say it was? There was one main thrust of his life, and the fascinating thing was that his father was told by the Angel Gabriel what it would be…before he was born: “…For he will be great before the Lord. And… Continue reading
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The First Thing to Teach Children
When Josh was somewhere between 2 or 3 years old, he was playing in the living room in our apartment in Lake Forest, Illinois (an apartment within a mansion – another story). His toys were scattered on the floor, and I noticed that he was stepping on the little trucks and such. Fearing that they might break, I… Continue reading
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What God Told Husbands to Do…
In an email to our church this past Saturday, I explained that I would soon be writing about the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize Gay Marriage. And the truth is that I’ve written a lot (probably worked about 6 or 7 hours on my thoughts since the decision)…I just haven’t posted. So…extensive writing may not be forthcoming… Continue reading
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VBS Reflections
VBS ended tonight. It was a great week. In fact, as I write, it’s 11 p.m. on Thursday night, and I only just now remembered that I needed to write a blog for Friday morning. That’s not happened all year. So, it was a busy day. I served all four nights of Camp Kilimanjaro, which is more nights… Continue reading
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A Pastor and a Rabbi Preach a Sermon…
Imagine you were traveling across the country, and found yourself scanning radio stations. Now suppose you heard an engaging preacher and stopped to listen – here’s my question: how would you be able to tell if it was a Christian preacher or a Jewish Rabbi? (To make this more interesting, let’s just say that in this scenario, Jewish folks are a… Continue reading
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