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Category Archives: Sowing and Reaping
Learning From Rhododendrons
When the calendar page rolls over to April and the weather turns noticeably warmer, my thoughts drift toward yardwork. Trust me when I say that I don’t eagerly embrace that drift. The way I see it, I’m an apartment or … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Confession, Conviction, Faithfulness, God's Will, Personal, Rebellion, Repentance, Sanctification, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Temptation
Tagged David and Bathsheba, doing yard work in the spring, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite, how sin can ruin your life, learning from rhododendrons, maintaining rhododendrons, sin in the life of the Christian, the negative effects of sin
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Oral Roberts & “Seed Faith” Giving
Oral Roberts was undoubtedly one of the most famous preachers America has ever produced. He died on December 15th, 2009, at the age of 91, after 70+ years of ministry. As we look back over the totality of that ministry, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Business, Contentment, Giving, Money, Reward, Seed Faith Giving, Sowing and Reaping, Stewardship
Tagged City of Faith, death of Oral Roberts, Giving, God granting a harvest, is it God's will for a Christian to be rich?, is it God's will for a Christian to be wealthy?, Oral Roberts, Oral Roberts University, Patti Roberts, prosperity preachers, Richard Roberts, Seed Faith Giving
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Galatians 6:9
Robert Raikes was the father of the Sunday School movement that swept over England in the late 1700s and spilled over into the United States in the early 1800s. As the editor of the Gloucester Journal, Raikes became greatly burdened about the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Children, Church, Commitment, Disappointment, Doing Good, Doubt, Dress and Appearance, Encouragement, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Work, Impatience, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Patience, Perseverance, Problems, Reward, Service, Sowing and Reaping, Sunday School, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting, Witnessing, Youth
Tagged Galatians 6:9, in due season we shall reap, let us not grow weary in doing good, Robert Morrison, the first Sunday Schools
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Did the Apostle Paul Miss God’s Will?
Did the apostle Paul miss the will of God in one of the most important decisions of his ministry? Such a question might seem ludicrous to those who rate Paul barely a notch below Jesus, but some sincere students of … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Counsel, Decisions, Desires, Discernment, Discipleship, Disobedience, God's Will, God's Word, God's Work, Ministry, Obedience, Rebellion, Seeking Advice, Sowing and Reaping, Temptation, The Holy Spirit
Tagged Did Paul miss God's will in going to Jerusalem?, different opinions about Paul going to Jerusalem, Paul being warned not to go to Jerusalem, Was Paul supposed to go to Jerusalem?
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God Is Not Mocked
Dr. R.G. Lee was one of the most famous Baptist preachers who ever lived. From 1927 to 1960, he served as the pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. During those years the church grew in membership from 1,400 … Continue reading
Posted in Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Rebellion, God's Wrath, God's Holiness, God's Judgment, Depravity, Atheism
Tagged R.G. Lee, Bline Palmer, The Druidical Society, mocking God, Ephesians 6:7
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Swimming at Your Own Risk
One summer, when the boys were young, we had one day left on our beach vacation. So, we used that day to give the boys a final opportunity to enjoy the ocean and pool. This had been the first year … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Choices, Confession, Disobedience, God's Chastening, God's Judgment, God's Word, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Scripture, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, The Bible
Tagged getting stung by a jellyfish, ignoring the Bible, putting vinegar on a jellyfish sting, The Bible, the consequences of sin, what do you do about a jellyfish sting?
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Poor Choices
Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction. All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly. (Proverbs 13:15-16, N.I.V.) Two prisoners were on the chain gang digging a ditch. The … Continue reading
The Disciple's Road 