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Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation?
It was probably 10 years ago that I got a call from another pastor in town (since moved away) inviting me to lunch. He and I had never really connected, so I gladly accepted. As we sat down at Culvers one early afternoon, he didn’t take too long to get to his point. He had… Continue reading
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The Conversation That Never Happened
On resurrection morning, the three women who discovered an angel instead of Jesus’s body didn’t go away saying this… “They will all think we’re weird you know, if we tell them that we saw an angel.” Walking away from the tomb, Mary Magdalene confessed her concerns to Salome and Mary the mother of James. “Yeah,… Continue reading
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Naked as a Jay-bird
When I get to heaven, I’ll have a long list of questions to get answers to, but one of them I’d like to ask directly to Mark, the author of the second gospel. The question will be, tell me the details about these two verses… And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen… Continue reading
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A Sacrifice…That Costs Me Nothing?
It happened toward the end of King David’s reign that he sinned against the Lord and needed to make a sacrifice. Gad the prophet came to the repentant King and told him exactly where to do this – at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And as David approached him, Araunah went to meet… Continue reading
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Two-Faced People?
True or false? The people who worshiped Jesus by calling “Hosanna” on Palm Sunday were the same folks who shouted “Crucify” on Good Friday. Probably false, and I don’t know if I ever said that – I hope not, but then again, I’ve said a lot of things – but either way I’ve certainly heard… Continue reading
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A Declaration of Dependence
Jesus not only loves the little children, He also demands that all of His followers be just like them… And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder… Continue reading
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Cute Little Sinners?
We tend to think little thoughts about sin. In other words, we tend to think that sin is not such a big deal, as if we were two-year-olds being disarmingly disobedient before our Heavenly Daddy. You know: “Oh, isn’t he cute the way he smiles that impish smile and walks the other way when I… Continue reading
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Provision is not a Problem
Jesus is in the boat. That’s what you and I need to remember. it’s what we too easily forget. Jesus is in the boat. In a sense, I’ve already written about this chapter here, but I wanted to say one more thing and make it as clear as day, which it never was for the… Continue reading
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