Bible

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His Word Is A Path

I am educational director again this year at church camp.
That means I am responsible for the lesson plan used by all teachers in every class.
It can be quite an undertaking and I have been struggling with the topic “Are you good enough to go to heaven?”
I have written random bits and pieces here and there but nothing solid. Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary Wife Of My Youth (and old age)

Yesterday was our anniversary.
Linda and I have been married for 30 beautiful, glorious, wonderful, terrific, adventurous, outstanding years.
As I was standing in line at the store writing a check, when I went to fill in the date.
“What is today,” I said aloud. “Oh, yea, it’s the 4th, my anniversary!” Continue reading →

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Spread The Wealth

Do you remember what President Obama said to Joe the plumber during the campaign?
“My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off if you’re gonna be better off if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
There is an example of spreading the wealth in the Bible. Continue reading →

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Letter Of Encouragement

I wrote a letter of recommendation for one of the young men from church, who is about to graduate high school and continue to college.
I worded the letter very carefully and gave as glowing report of the young man that I possible could.
Letters have always had an important place in human history especially in the Bible. Continue reading →

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The Beginning Of Sorrows

Last century, a worldwide epidemic – a pandemic – known as the Spanish flu killed tens of millions, though the same virus today might not be as deadly because medical care is so much better.
Another flu pandemic emerged in 1957. It was known as the Asian flu and killed an estimated one million people. A third but less serious pandemic, the Hong Kong flu, broke out in 1968. Continue reading →

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The Shepherds

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the LORD. Jer 23:1-2 Continue reading →

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Fearful Sight

NKJV Luke 21:10-11
Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

NLT
… and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs in the heavens.

NIV
…and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

NAS
…and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. Continue reading →

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I Can’t Believe She Ate The Whole Thing!

Linda and I went to the annual Pastor’s Appreciation Gideon Banquet on Saturday evening.
We had Haylee with us all day so she went along.
The banquet always features an excellent meal provided by, cooked by, and served by the Gideons.
On the menu was steak and baked potato. Continue reading →

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Good People, Perfect God

The atheist can be a good person, just like a Christian.
An atheist can be a jerk, just like a Christian.
An atheist can be an intelligent nuclear physicist, just like a Christian.
Being an atheist doesn’t take a way from what a person can or can’t do. Continue reading →

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Creativity Demands A Creator

It is written “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” Rom 3:10-12 Continue reading →