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‘What Have You Done For Me Lately?’

First, let us acknowledge that we have important, essential duties to one another as fellow Christians.  We are to help, encourage, edify, strengthen, support, and care for one another.  This includes both physical necessities and spiritual imperatives.  No one denies these realities. However, it seems that some Christians are looking to be on the receiving […]

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Worship and the Lord’s Supper

The first day of the week is a special day for Christians. Within that day a special event occurs — the Lord’s Supper. This feast does not fit into “worship” that is geared toward spectators or television audiences. It is just ten minutes of “dead time” in this kind of “worship.” To true worshipers, however, […]

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THE HAPPINESS FROM GOD

Happiness is certainly something we all desire, but what happens when it eludes us? What happens if weariness and discouragement prevail instead? I think about the points in David’s life when he hit rock bottom. He felt far away from Jehovah, and his heart was weary. He cried to God: “Create in me a pure […]

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“Finding What’s Valuable”

Here’s a tip to file away: If you’re going to lose a diamond from your ring, be sure to make it happen at the Pittsburgh International Airport.  Workers there have a track record in finding what’s valuable. April Schmitt was returning from a business trip this past Friday (Friday the 13th!).  As she reached to […]

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You need endurance

“For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised” Hebrews 10.36 The Bible teaches the necessity of faithfulness in order to be saved. A synonym for faithfulness is perseverance or endurance. Boyer’s little encyclopedia defines it as “steadfastness, constancy in faith, in virtues.” The CNBB Bible describes it […]

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The Grace to Know My Place

“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” (Romans 12:3) Dr. Bronson Ray, a highly respected brain surgeon, once happened upon […]

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Fools

Fools and foolishness are given ample coverage in the book of Proverbs. Combining descriptions found there with other biblical references, we can roughly define these people as: obstinate, not able to fathom themselves as wrong, stupidly stubborn, rushing headlong and without reason into life, close-minded to the havoc they cause themselves and others, senseless, and […]

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