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Category Archives: Personal
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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One Flesh
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24, N.K.J.V.) The union of a man and a woman in matrimony can be illustrated in various ways, … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Children, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Family, Fatherhood, Husbands, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Priorities, Wives
Tagged and the two shall become one flesh, becoming one flesh in marriage, Divorce, Genesis 2:24, illustration about becoming one flesh, Marriage, Matthew 19:6
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Redefining Prosperity
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I wish my blog readership was bigger, my church had more people, my home was nicer, my salary was larger, and my bank account was more impressive. Does that shock … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Contentment, Covetousness, Desires, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Greed, Influence, Money, Personal, Priorities, Problems, Prosperity, Reward, Service, Trials
Tagged a biblical definition of prosperity, Joseph prospering in Potiphar's house, Prosperity, prosperity preaching, whatever he does shall prosper
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J.C. Penny & Chick-fil-A
For eight-and-a-half years, I pastored a non-denominational church that I started. Some Sundays, as a part of our services, I would describe an everyday situation and ask, “What would Jesus have us do in this situation?” My original plan for … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Balance, Bible Study, Church, Current Events, Discipleship, Doing Good, Evangelism, Faithfulness, God's Word, God's Work, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy, Marriage, Ministry, Personal, Preaching, Scripture, Sex, Sin, The Bible, Truth, Witnessing
Tagged Bible verses against homosexuality, Chick-fil-A traditional marriage, Christians and the cultural war, Christians and the homosexual agenda, gay marriage, J.C. Penney homosexuality, what does the Bible teach about homosexuality?
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Bread & Stone
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Complaining, Desires, Disappointment, Family, Fatherhood, God's Love, God's Omniscience, God's Will, God's Work, Husbands, Marriage, Ministry, Parenting, Pastors, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Priorities, Service, Trusting In God
Tagged babysitting, God's denials, Parenting, preacher's kids, refused prayer requests, stones and bread, taking your requests to God, when God says no
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The Right Tool for the Job
For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to … Continue reading
Posted in Faithfulness, God's Will, Individuality, Ministry, Obedience, Personal, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Talents
Tagged the right tool for the job, the right wet/dry vac, using your spiritual gifts in serving Christ, using your talents in serving Christ, what can I do for the Lord?
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The Disciple's Road 