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 …
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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,…
Life Goes On
This morning I got word that a restaurant that I frequent burned last night. Also got word that one of the youth in our church was diagnosed with diabetes. Then heard from my brother that they are going to a “gender reveal” for their first great grandchild. It was just a reminder that in the …
Pray for Ukraine AND America
Everyone’s mind and heart is being stirred almost hourly by the devastation in Ukraine as the Russian invaders ravage the land and the people. We are seeing the worst of mankind being played out by an evil dictator who is using young men and women as his pawns while he stays safe in his mansion. …
There is Something that Hasn’t Changed
Do you find yourself yearning for how things used to be before the pandemic? Do you wish you could just go about your day without worrying about masks, injections, or infections? Well, I’ve got news for you. There is something and Someone that has not changed. Scripture tells us that Jesus does not change. In …
Who’s in Charge Here?
I find it very interesting when the President, his cabinet members, the CDC and various governors try to act as if they have a solution to the covid 19 virus and its various manifestations. Every time they do this, something happens to blow their “solutions” out of the water and they then float out a …
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