My scripture for meditation this week is Psalm 66:16-20. Each week I will include three translations and my thoughts as I meditate on the passage. “Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell your what He did for me. For I cried out to Him for help, praising Him as I …
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Meditation for the Week (Feb 10)
Although I’m a bit late writing this, here are my verses for meditation for the first full week of February. I have decided to select one passage for meditation each week, and hopefully will remember to put them in my blog. I will present the verses in various translations and then record my thoughts Ephesians …
Here’s Some Good News
It has been a while, but I’m back to updating my blog. Here at our church we are undertaking the task of getting the Good News of Jesus out to everyone in Lake Placid, FL. So, just what is this good news. Let me share it in parable fashion. Once God, being infinitely creative, turned …
Elijah Therapy
Yesterday I hit a wall. Not literally, but figurativly. Still recoving from the effects of Hurrican Irma, without power at home, we still had SS and Church. God graciously had the power restored at the church, so that made services more comfortable. Only a few came, but we had a good time of worship and …
The Best Way to Read Your Bible
I know that the title sounds a bit pompous, but read on and see if there isn’t some truth to the statement. There is an old question and answer that goes; “How do your eat an elephant?” Ans. “One bite at a time.” The same is true about reading the Bible and coming away with …
Point of View is Important
I’ve noticed during my years (60+) of working in local churches from California to Florida, and in between, that the way people see the church depends on their point of view. We all have biases, and those biases often become lenses through which we see the church. Within the same church one person will see …
Are We the Fig Tree?
This morning I was thinking about the passage in Mark 11 where Jesus cursed a fig tree that had no figs, and it withered from the roots. He had come to the tree to get some breakfast. It looked as if it should have had figs on it, but it didn’t. Was Jesus just being …
Vacation “Take Away’s”
Tomorrow my wife and I will drive home from a week’s vacation. This has been one of the best that I can remember because of the simplicity of it. Here are a few of the “take aways” that I want to remember. Simple is better. Our “plan” was to spend time with family, and that …
A Christian Deals With Sin
Given the news that splashed all over the world this past week about how the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee had covered the known sexual abuse sins of many SBC pastors, staff and denominational workers, I felt I needed to review how the “chief of sinners” (Apostle Paul) dealt with sin. This is not an …
Things That Make One Unacceptable To God
Originally posted on Nuggets From God's Word:
DATE POSTED Tuesday, 2022-05-03WRITTEN AT: Okeechobee, FL SCRIPTURE FROM: Mark 7:20-23?TRANSLATION: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) BIBLE TEXT:?20?And Jesus said, “The things that make people wrong are the things that come from the inside.?21?All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing,…
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