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God’s Provision
I’ve never been a wealthy man, but there have been times when I was financially better off than usual. One such time was when I served as the pastor of a certain church. That church paid me a larger salary … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Faith, God's Guidance, God's Provision, God's Will, Money, Needs, Personal, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged God's Provision, I shall not want, Jesus talking about the birds and the lilies, Jesus using object lessons from nature, trusting God to meet your needs, When it's God's will it's God's bill
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Reunions
When I was elected President of my high school’s senior class in 1984, I thought it was an honor. What I didn’t realize was the title carried with it the lifetime task of organizing a class reunion every ten years … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Backsliding, Bible Study, Change, Church Attendance, Commitment, Discipleship, God's Work, New Year, Obedience, Personal, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Repentance, Salvation, Sanctification, Service, Witnessing
Tagged being a senior class President, getting older and better, high school reunions, rededicating yourself to Jesus, spiritual reunions
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Are You Getting Better?
When my youngest son, Royce, played 5th/6th grade football, his team’s line coach was a guy named Stacy Peterson. Even though I’d gone to high school with Stacy and had loosely known him for years, we’d always run in different … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Bible Study, Change, Commitment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Evangelism, Faithfulness, Giving, God's Word, God's Work, Ministry, Missions, Money, New Year, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Sanctification, Service, Sports, The Bible, Witnessing, Youth
Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:58, a good tip for coaching kids, abounding in the work of the Lord, bettering your service to Christ, coaching youth league football
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Hacked Computers, Armageddon, & Horses
Every so often we hear about some lethal computer virus that has been created, a virus that has the potential to render any computer that it gets into useless. Such reports always make me ask, “Who are these teams of … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Second Coming, Current Events, Personal, Prophecy
Tagged electromagnetic pulse weaponry, hacked computers, horses at the battle of Armageddon, Revelation's kings from the east, solar flares destruction, the first half of the tribulation period, the horses of Revelation 9:17-19, the last half of the tribulation period
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What Should a Christian Do About Christmas Trees & Santa Claus?
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #4) This will be the last post in our series on the origins of our Christmastime traditions. With this one, however, I don’t want to deal with the origins of any more … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Series: "The Origins of the Christmas Holiday"
Tagged Christmas and christian liberty, James Dobson and Santa Claus, Jeremiah 10:2-5 and Christmas trees, Jeremiah chapter 10 and Christmas trees, Jerry Falwell and Christmas, should a Christian have a Christmas tree?, should Christians observe Christmas?, the paganism of Christmas
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Christmas Trees, Santa, Bing Crosby, & Charlie Brown
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #3) We’re in a series on the origins of our Christmastime traditions. With the first post, I covered the subjects of the winter solstice and Saturnalia. With the second, I explained the effect the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Series: "The Origins of the Christmas Holiday"
Tagged Blue Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, Christmas trees, Clement C. Moore, Frosty the Snowman, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, origins of Christmas trees, origins of Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Thomas Nast, Washington Irving, White Christmas
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Constantine & Christmas
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #2) The previous post served as the beginning of my series on the origins of the traditions of our Christmas holiday. That post explained the winter solstice and the Roman holiday known … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Christ's Birth, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Church, Series: "The Origins of the Christmas Holiday"
Tagged Catholicism, Constantine, Constantine & Christianity, Roman Catholic church, Saturnalia, the battle at Milvian Bridge, the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun, the bishops of Rome, the Christianizing of pagan holidays, the Edict of Milan
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The Winter Solstice & Saturnalia
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #1) Let’s face it, Christmas is a weird holiday. What does the baby Jesus have in common with a fat man in a red suit who rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer? … Continue reading
How We Know the Bible Is God’s Written Word
Imagine the following conversation between the two of us: The problem with my defense of the book’s authority is obvious, isn’t it? No book should be considered God-inspired and authoritative simply because it claims to be God-inspired and authoritative. This … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, God's Word, Scripture, The Bible
Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, can we trust the bible?, evidences for bible inerrancy, how we know the bible is God's written word, plenary inspiration, the bible is inspired and inerrant, the divine inspiration of the bible, the inerrancy of scripture
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