Yesterday my wife and I saw the movie, “Show Me the Father.” It is outstanding. I strongly urge you to go and take as many people as possible. The catch is it only runs through this Thursday evening. So, please go to the movie website and type in your zip code. The theaters nearest to […]
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“I will sing to the Lord ’til I die”
This morning I heard a sweet Christian song that I thought was a spiritual. It turns out it was written in the 20th century, but it certainly had the sound of a spiritual. Before and during slaves sang spirituals. Often times they had at least two levels. One was the yearning to be free. At […]
“The Fruit of the Spirit”
As I mentioned in my previous post I likened the fruit of the Spirit to a bunch of grapes–individual grapes attached to one small vine. If we have the Holy Spirit within us (along with God the Father and God the Son), He helps us exhibit/show all the fruit. It won’t work if you try […]
“Give me patience… right now!”
Recently I was thinking about patience. A couple friends were delayed getting into another country. They texted they were learning patience. I have had three delays for a procedure this year. Will it happen in September? We’ll see. This morning I was looking forward to posting several blogs after a few week delay due to […]
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The Power of Forgiveness
Have you ever asked someone for forgiveness? Has someone ever asked you for forgiveness? Either way, asking and giving forgiveness is a profound gift from God. Once you have asked forgiveness, you have done your part. It is much more beautiful if the other person forgives you, but you have no control over that. God […]
“Mercy and Grace”
Mercy is defined as “not getting what you deserve,” that is each of us deserves going to hell. Grace is defined as “getting what you don’t deserve,” which means forgiveness, abundant life, and eternal life. Jesus never uses the words mercy or grace in the Gospels. He shows. Later, Paul would tell. Jesus shows it […]
The 8th Commandment and the Other 9, Part 2
Here is the second part of the outline showing how each of the other 10 commandments are affected by number 8–“Thou Shalt Not Steal.” A Commandment between You and God. Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” You steal from yourself if you do not keep the Sabbath holy. Isaiah 58:13 and […]
How the 8th Commandment Interacts with the other 9
Recently I gave two messages on the Eighth Commandment–“Thou Shalt Not Steal.” The first one was on July 4th and talked about stealing in America–by King George, with slavery, and the unborn. In these blogs I will share the outline of the second one that shows how the 8th commandment interacts with and informs the […]
Wherever you pricked Titus Coan, He “Bled Bible.”
As I did my research and wrote about Titus Coan, I kept coming across Bible verse after verse in his journals, letters, and other writings. Most of the time I recognized them. But some times I checked what might be a verse, a paraphrase or an allusion to a verse. And there it was! Often, […]